8:28 AM Thu 19 Aug 2010 GMT
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'Piers 30-32: Located just south of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge on the Embarcadero, It's still in usable condition, although some structural work would be needed. Possible to squeeze a village there, however it lacks any utilities and the city has just spent bundles revamping the Embarcadero and may be inclined not to to tear up that major thoroughfare again.'
Erik Simonson ? www.pressure-drop.us
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that environmental and planning issues will need to be fast tracked, if the Californian state is to realise its dream of staging the 34th America's Cup: Officials are moving quickly to acquire an exemption to state environmental law in time for a deadline to submit a proposal on hosting the next America's Cup, The Chronicle has learned. 'Without this legislative action, it is likely that San Francisco will not be selected and the regatta will be held overseas,' said a recent memo from Mayor Gavin Newsom's office that was used to brief environmentalists on the
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