HOPE VI Completed Developments
HAYES VALLEY
A 195 unit mixed income family housing development located three blocks from the San Francisco Civic Center. It replaces 294 small severely distressed public housing units built at angles to the right of way and facing away from the community, with hidden passages and anonymous open spaces.
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Hayes Valley before demolition
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New defensible design features include front doors off right of way, eyes on the street and secured backyard areas. Each unit has an alarm system and modern amenities.
McCormack Baron Associates was the development partner.
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After - Completed and Occupied in 1999
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BERNAL DWELLINGS
208 Units Before Demolition
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Bernal Dwellings was a 208 unit severely distressed public housing high rise development in the Mission District. The 160 new townhouses and flats were completed in September 2001 The site has childcare space, a computer learning center, resident business incubator space, a multi-purpose facility, accessible paths of travel and 30 fully accessible units.
During construction resident apprentices worked along with union workers to complete the construction of the site on time and on budget. The SFHA requires that public housing residents work 25% of construction work force hours.
Defensible design features include front door off right of way, private back yards, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards.
Developed by the San Francisco Housing Authority
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After - Completed and Occupied in 2001
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PLAZA EAST
Before demolition, the high rises had 276 units
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193 new public housing townhouses and flats were completed in December 2001 in the Western Addition.
Defensible design features include front door off right of way, private back yards, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards.
McCormack Baron Salazar Developer Partners with SFHA
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After - Completed and occupied since 2002
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NORTH BEACH PLACE
229 Units Before Demolition.
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Completed in 2004 with 341 mixed income family and senior housing units along with retail and commercial space - an award winning affordable housing development.
One of the most visible developments with an upscale appearance surrounding San Francisco's historic cable car line adjacent to Fisherman's Wharf.
Defensible design features include front doors off right of way, private decks, extensive lighting, and surveillance cameras on a secured podium over retail/ commercial areas.
BRIDGE Housing, The John Stewart Company and EM Johnson Interests developers in partnership with SFHA
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New pedestrian-friendly residential apartments (left) with commercial space (center)
and the new Cable Car turnaround and a view of the Bay Street façade at Taylor Street (right).
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VALENCIA GARDENS
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Valencia Gardens multiple buildings before demolition
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Location: Mission District, in the core of San Francisco's commercial and residential ethnically diverse community
Design: 260 mixed income family townhouses and and senior apartments units with multi-purpose facilities and family, senior, childcare and community centers. Defensible design features include front door off right-of-way, private back yards and decks, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards
Completion: 2006, 576 bedrooms
Development Partner: Mission Housing Development Corporation
The new children, family and senior-friendly community has a permanent exhibit of the Berniamino Bufano sculptures.
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The new entrance at Valencia Street and 15th Street.
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