SAN FRANCISCO: The development of a new neighbourhood on a brownfield site has proved to be a rare opportunity to address a housing shortage that has displaced low-income households and threatens the city’s cultural and economic diversity.
A core component of the plan was that one-third of the proposed housing would be dedicated as affordable. The experiment has proven that prominently located, well designed, and skillfully managed new neighbourhood can enliven a district that lacks the complexity and charm of the city’s older neighbourhoods…