DBA’s Livable Density Bike Tour

By
David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP
September 8, 2023
David Baker and other people walking through the Five88 Courtyard with their bikes in San Francisco.
Image Credit
David Baker Architects

Hop on your bicycles, scooters, or BayWheels to tour some DBA high-density, mixed-income, mixed-use developments!

You can visit seven DBA projects, comprising 1,955 homes, 849 of them affordable. You’ll see a variety of projects, including Mason on Mariposa, Potrero 1010, and 855 Brannan—market-rate and affordable communities that integrate new homes and businesses, provide public open space, promote neighborhood connectivity, and bring sensitive density to the Potrero Hill and SoMa neighborhoods.

You’ll finish the relatively flat nearly-three-mile ride at Five88, workforce housing in Mission Bay, adjacent to SPARK Social SF, a perfect place to grab a snack after your ride!

A. Mason on Mariposa

Address: 1601 Mariposa Street
Year Completed: 2020
Total Units: 299 
Affordability: 20% Affordable (60 units)
Project Type: Rental
Developer: Related

B. 18th and Arkansas/g2 Lofts

Address: 18th Street at Arkansas Street
Year Completed: 1995
Total Units: 94 
Affordability: 30% Affordable (29 Artist Lofts)
Project Type: Condominium
Developer: Holiday Development

C. Potrero 1010

Address: 1010 16th Street
Year Completed: 2016
Total Units: 453 
Affordability: 20% Affordable (90 units)
Project Type: Rental
Developer: Equity Residential

D. 888 Seventh Street

Address: 888 7th Street
Year Completed: 2008
Total Units: 224 
Affordability: 80% Affordable (179 units)
Project Type: Condominium
Client: AF Evans

E. 855 Brannan

Address: 855 Brannan Street
Year Completed: 2018
Total Units: 449
Affordability: 12% Affordable (55 units)
Project Type: Rental
Developer: Equity Residential

F. Crescent Cove

Address: 420 Berry Street
Year Completed: 2007
Total Units: 236
Affordability: 100% Affordable
Project Type: Rental
Developer: Related

G. Five88

Address: 588 Mission Bay Boulevard North
Year Completed: 2017
Total Units: 200
Affordability: 100% Affordable
Project Type: Rental
Developer: Related