San Francisco Metblogs » South Beach http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 3rd and King Borders store to close http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/08/24/3rd-and-kin-borders-store-to-close/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/08/24/3rd-and-kin-borders-store-to-close/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:50:44 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=6800 SFist reports that “store closing” discount signs have appeared in the aisles of the Borders bookstore on Third and King Streets, depriving Giants fans of a rendezvous spot and after-game shopping experience. The store, whose cafe was usually lively, has been open pretty much ever since the ballpark opened ten years ago, is another victim of the changing book retail industry. A bowling alley may go in its place, SFist reports. LiveSOMA has more details, and the closing date, Oct. 16.

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/08/24/3rd-and-kin-borders-store-to-close/feed/ 1 New Harrison St. offramp to open Monday http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/02/08/new-harrison-st-offramp-to-open-monday/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/02/08/new-harrison-st-offramp-to-open-monday/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:37:36 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=5337

CalTrans will reopen a brand-new Harrison St. offramp from the Bay Bridge to the South Beach district at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning, three and a half years after the original exit closed in 2005. For drivers new to the area, the exit is a left exit off the bridge, half a mile before the left-hand Fifth St. exit.

The new ramp is another milestone in the multi-year project to earthquake-retrofit the bridge, the biggest piece of which will replace the eastern span (the part between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland) with a new suspension structure due to open, oh, seven or eight years from now.

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