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| 07/01/2005: Signature Properties has provided a schedule for concrete pouring activities at their 288 3rd Street site. Expect to see the foundation slab poured on 7/14 and 7/21, and their tower crane to be errected at the start of August. The six levels of construction will then take about one month each starting mid July and ending mid-January 2006. Tower Lofts residents will say goodbye to their downtown view in September and October. |
| 06/22/2005: Two new documents have been added relating to the Oak to Ninth development proposal. The first from Naomi Schiff is a presentation of alternative proposals for the development which include some interesting re-routing of Embarcadero to enhance public access to the waterfront. The second is a study of how the Ninth Avenue terminal could be re-used adaptively instead of being mostly demolished. It sites many other projects that successfully utilized existing large waterfront buildings, including the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. |
| 06/02/2005: Signature Properties has provided an updated Construction Period Impact Management Plan for the 288 Third St project (formerly 300 Harrison). |
| 05/25/2005: By popular demand here is the URL for the webcam that is facing the 288 3rd St construction site: jlda.org/webcam. The webcam shows only a still image which is taken every minute between 7am and 7pm. The images are being used to create a timelapse movie of the entire construction project showing 30 minutes of activity per 1 second of of movie or to put it another way, speed up 1,800 times! A sample segment of one week of excavation is available for download (Windows Media Player required). |
| 05/05/2005: In repsonse to the 5/4/05 community meeting Webcor have provided JLDA with their construction management plan and construction schedule for the 127 Second St project. Also Pulte Homes have provided us with a traffic control and construction management plans for the 428 Alice St project (formerly known as "426 Alice"). Please see the links in the documents section below. Please note that Signature Properties now appears to be refering to their 3000 Harrison Street project as 288 3rd Street. Since the majority of the project faces 3rd we'll be using that name here too. |
| 04/05/2005: Signature Properties has scheduled a community meeting to review construction issues for their project at 300 Harrison St. Issues to be discussed will include parking, traffic and noise impacts. The meeting will be held Monday April 25th 6:00pm at The Egghouse, 229 Harrison St (@ 3rd). Those attending should first download and review the Construction Period Impact Management Plan or request a copy directly from Signature Properties by calling Chris Weekley at 925-468-3703 or sending him email: cweekley@sigprop.com |
| 04/01/2005: City staff have supplied us with the conditions of approval for three of the development projects currently under way in our neighborhood. 300 Harrison Street, 121-129 2nd Street, and 206 2nd Street. |
| 04/04/2004: Photos of models for the Jack London Square Redevelopment project are now available online. The FDP massing, architectural and Harvest Hall models are all included. |
| 02/05/2004: The Jack London Square Redevelopment Project Final EIR is scheduled to be be released week of Feb 9. Public meetings have been scheduled: 4 in February and 4 in March, leading to final approval in April! See Calendar |
| 10/28/2003: We just learned today that BCDC (SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission) is starting its review of the Jack London Square Redevelopment Project in just over 2 weeks. And there are LOTS of public meetings on this project scheduled during November, December, and January! See below and MARK your calendar! |
| 10/17/2003: The Oakland Tribue ran a story "Groups try to delay Jack London plans" reporting on requests to extend the Draft EIR review period from 45 to 90 days. The story cites Gary Knecht of SoNiC, Jim Falaschi of Ellis Partners, Naomi Schiff of Oakland Heritage Alliance, and Claudia Cappio on behalf of the City of Oakland. |
| 9/28/2003: The Oakland Tribune ran a story "Jack London Square plan divides city" that reported comments made by interested parties after the 9/24 Planning Commission design review meeting. |
| The Jack London Square Redevelopment Project Draft Environment Impact Report is now available online. A couple of printed copies are still available from Jack London Mail (248 Third Street @ Alice). The Oakland Planning Commission Design Review Committee Staff Report and a map of the site are available in the documents section below. |
| 9/04/2003: The Port of Oakland has issued a press release on the sale of 60 acres of land between Oak and 9th Avenue for a new project which is located adjacent to the Jack London Square Redevelopment Project. The land was valued at $34M, but environmental clean up costs were estimated at $16M - the land will be sold to Oakland Harbor Partners LLC for $18M. OHP plans to spend over $400M to construct 2000 condominiums and apartments with 20 acres remaining as open space devoted to "refurbished marinas and a hiking trail". The sale has yet to be approved by the City Planning Commission and various local and state oversight groups. |
Community Comments
| Date | Project | Author | Comments | Description |
| 10/27/03 | JLS | California Department of Transportation | Page1 Page2 | DEIR comments |
| 10/25/03 | JLS | Heinold's First and Last Chance | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Glen Jarvis | Page1 Page2 | DEIR comments |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Colland Jang (City of Oakland Planning Commissioner) | GIF | DEIR comments |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Bay Area Air Quality Management Distrcit | Page1 Page2 | DEIR comments |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Oakland Landmark Preservation Advisory Board | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Lakeside Apartment Neighborhood Association | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Waterfront Action | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Sierra Club | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | South of the Nimitz Improvement Council | PDF GIF | DEIR comments |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Simon Waddington | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Oakland Heritage Alliance | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Jack London Mail, Jack London Merchants Association | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Oakland Chinatown Coalition, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, Asian Health Services | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | Steve Lowe | DEIR comments | |
| 10/24/03 | JLS | East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy | Page1 Page2 | DEIR comments |
| 10/23/03 | JLS | Anna Naruta | DEIR comments | |
| 10/23/03 | JLS | Alan Templeton | Design comments | |
| 10/20/03 | JLS | EBMUD | Page1 Page2 | DEIR comments |
| 10/16/03 | JLS | California State Lands Commission | GIF | DEIR comments |
| 10/02/03 | JLS | Alan Templeton | Design comments | |
| 06/11/03 | JLS | Steve Lowe | Project comments prior to DEIR publication |
If you have a comments (e.g. criticism, suggestions, analysis, praise etc.) on Jack London District development projects that you would like to share on this web-site please email them to feedback@jlda.org
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Documents
| Date | Project | Description | Files |
| 06/21/05 | Oak To Ninth | The Ninth Avenue Terminal - A feasibility study for adaptive reuse | |
| 06/21/05 | Oak To Ninth | Project alternatives suggested by Naomi Schiff | |
| 06/02/05 | 288 Third Street | Construction Period Impact Management Plan | |
| 05/05/05 | 428 Alice Street | Construction management plan | |
| 05/05/05 | 428 Alice Street | Traffic control plan | |
| 05/05/05 | 127 Second Street | Construction management plan | |
| 05/05/05 | 127 Second Street | Construction schedule (as of 5/5/05) | |
| 04/01/05 | 300 Harrison Street | Conditions of approval | |
| 04/01/05 | 127 Second Street | Conditions of approval | |
| 04/01/05 | 206 Second St | Conditions of approval | |
| 04/04/04 | JLS | Photos of FDP models | HTML |
| 03/30/04 | JLS | Comments by City Councillors made at the March 30th Workshop | HTML PDF |
| 03/29/04 | JLS | SoNic appeal of the 3/17 Planning Commission decisions | HTML |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph from high above | JPG |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph from above | JPG |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph looking towards Oakland | JPG |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph looking towards Alameda | JPG |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph looking towards San Francisco - note perfect placement of hotel (site F3) for view of SF | JPG |
| 10/03/03 | JLS | Aerial photograph looking towards South Bay | JPG |
| 09/30/03 | JLS | Project Scope Comparison Chart | HTML |
| 09/24/03 | JLS | Oakland Planning Commission Design Review Committee Staff Report | HTML Word |
| 09/08/03 | JLS | Draft Environmental Impact Report | PDF (20Mb!) |
| 9/08/03 | JLS | Map of the proposed project area | GIF |
| 06/99 | Estuary Policy Plan | PDF (7Mb!) |
Resources
- Oakland Community and Economic Development Agency
- Oakland Heritage Alliance
- Port of Oakland
- SF Bay Conservancy and Development Commission
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Oak to 9th Project (in particular read pages 40 onward of the response to the RFQ)
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