As we foreshadowed, the proposed development to rise on the northwest corner of Folsom and Russ Street, upon the current Fondue Cowboy and Deli Board site, has been redesigned.

Gone are the Art Deco and industrial flourishes which Planning had viewed as “muddled.” And in addition to adding a seventh floor, while maintaining a building height of 64 feet and 6 inches, six inches below the maximum height for which the site is zoned, the proposed unit count has jumped from 46 to 63 while the garage space has been reduced from 21 to 17 spaces and the ground floor retail space is down to 2,100 square feet.

But the issue of casting some new shadow on Victoria Manolo Draves Park’s basketball court across the street remains.

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