An Unheard Of Price At Symphony Towers We’ve Heard Before
In October 2008 the sales office at Symphony Towers (750 Van Ness) “smashed” prices by up to 30% with penthouse studio #T907 being reduced from $515,000 to $419,000. The verbiage…
The Lines On Linden Have Been Blurred, The Benches Coming Soon
The cement has dried, the curbs are gone, and the lines between street and sidewalk at the eastern end of Linden have been “blurred.” And according to a plugged-in tipster,…
$2,000 In Tax Credits For 20 Percent In Energy Savings
“The City this week is launching a new tax credit for residents who are interested in retrofitting their homes to cutback on their energy use. Homeowners can get up to…
8 Washington Street Project Proposal (And Renderings) Revised
San Francisco Waterfront Partner’s 8 Washington Street project website has been updated with their revised proposal and renderings in response to the Planning Department’s Northeast Embarcadero Study which has been…
One Percent Down In 2004 (And Perhaps More Down More Since)
In 2004, the Cow Hollow condo at 2382 Union sold for $759,000 and was purchased with a variable rate first mortgage for $599,200 and a fixed rate second mortgage for…
Through A 50th Floor Window Of The 60-Story Building
To answer a reader’s question from a comment we’ve moved to below, San Francisco’s Millennium Tower is in fact 60 stories with 58 floors of residences. And yes, yesterday Dan…
The Pitch To Sail The America’s Cup Into San Francisco’s Bay
San Francisco’s pitch to bring the next America’s Cup to The Bay includes providing the “free land and future development rights on the property in exchange for the America’s Cup…
History Lesson(s) And A Listing For 31 Alta Street
Excerpts from the website for 31 Alta which has just hit the market asking $3,800,000: In 1852 Captain Andrews built his home on the Eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, on…
The Kind Of Decks And Views That Inspire Song (1216 19th Street)
Re-built in 2003 for renowned mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom (who passed away this past March), the three bedroom Potrero Hill home at 1216 19th Street offers the kind of decks and…
So You Want To Be In Animated Renderings Redux
Two years ago Steelblue invited plugged-in SocketSite readers the opportunity to be immortalized in live action animations for San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center. And now they’re doing it again,…