Varnish Fine Art's Last Day at 77 Natoma Street
Jamie Whitaker - RHNA President
On Friday, please stop by Varnish Fine Art at 77 Natoma Street
starting at 5pm to toast owners Jennifer Rogers & Kerri Stephens who
opened their Rincon Hill neighborhood gallery and wine bar in 2003.
They are being forced to move out to make way for the new Transbay
Transit Center along with 25 or so other businesses and another 25 or
so residential units near 2nd and Howard Street. Let's hope they find
a space in or nearby the Rincon Hill neighborhood to re-open Varnish
Fine Art. http://www.varnishfineart.com/
Infinity resident (and Metropolitan unit landlord) Phil Hwee invites
you to a fundraiser for Doctors without Borders. Free food, live
music on Saturday, January 16, 2010 from 6pm until Midnight at The
Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street in San Francisco. The suggested
donation is $10. You can learn more about the event by visiting
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiserdwb Doctors without Borders is
one of the non-profit organizations helping out Haitians recover from
Tuesday's disastrous earthquake.
If you haven't heard, the Transbay JPA released a new Transbay Transit
Center Project website the other day at http://www.TransbayCenter.org
... check it out! Related to the Transbay Transit Center, the online
petition posted by Supervisor Chris Daly's office asking the
California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman and Executive Director
to cease further consideration of the Beale Street Alternative has
received the support of almost 500 individuals. See the letter at
http://www.change.org/actions/view/save_high_speed_rail_in_san_francisco
Also, consider attending the State Senate Informational Hearing on
High-Speed Rail at the Palo Alto City Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton
Ave., Palo Alto, CA on Thursday, January 21, 2010 starting at 7:00pm
to voice your support during public comment at the meeting for
terminating high-speed rail at the Transbay Transit Center and
encourage the CHSRA Board to stop further consideration of the so-
called "Beale Street Alternative."
The next park planning meeting for 333 Harrison Street, hosted by open
space advocates Isabel Wade and Corinne Woods, is scheduled for
Saturday morning, January 23, 2010 from 10:30am until Noon at the park
site itself (southeastern corner of Fremont and Harrison Streets, 333
Harrison Street). If rains get in the way, it will be rescheduled to
a nicer weather day (either January 24th, 30th, or 31st .. the first
day in the series that offers dry weather). Please phone (415)
777-2914 or email urba...@igc.org for further details or visit the
project web site at http://www.harrisonstreetpark.com
Get an update on the Brannan Street Wharf from Port Planner Dan
Hodapp, the future dog park at Bryant and Beale, and other
neighborhood information as part of the quarterly San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency's Rincon Point - South Beach Citizens Advisory
Committee meeting on Monday, January 25, 2010 starting at 5:00pm at
the South Beach Harbor Services Building Community Services Room.
Mark your calendar and invite the baseball fans into the City for the
San Francisco Giants Fan Fest 2010 on Saturday, February 6, 2010 from
10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at AT&T Park. In the past, the day has
included autographs, a chance to run the bases, and tour the dugout/
locker room.
Two-Hour Disaster Preparedness Workshop covering what everyone should
know to prepare personally, as a business and as a community, for a
disaster. This FREE workshop will be held on Tuesday February 16th,
3pm to 5pm during the regularly scheduled South Beach/Mission Bay
Business Association meeting.
Location: South Beach Harbor Services Bldg, Community Room (between
Pier 40 and AT&T Park). RSVP: By email sffd...@sfgov.org or call
970-2024 to register. Thank you to Gary Pegueros, Katherine Webster,
and SFFD’s Lt. Erica Arteseros (NERT Program Director) for offering
this valuable information session for our community.
Sunday Streets is coming to the Rincon Hill neighborhood along The
Embarcadero on Sunday, March 14th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Learn more at http://www.SundayStreetsSF.com Please consider signing
up to volunteer to help make Sunday Streets a safe, fun event for
everyone - fill out the volunteer form at http://sundaystreetssf.com/?page_id=54
Did you notice that construction activity is proceeding inside the
retail space at The Infinity that is marked for the Boulevard team led
by Nancy Oakes as a new restaurant called Prospect? There's also a
rumor that the other Spear Street facing retail space at The Infinity
has been bought by folks who intend to open a cafe!
There's a lot more going on in Rincon Hill and nearby, but those are
the essentials for now ...
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Have a great MLK Jr. holiday weekend!
Jamie Whitaker
President
Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association
http://www.RinconHill.org