Going Up (And Perhaps Coming Down This Weekend)
While Palms might be known as “high-rise condominiums for rats,” apparently vines are escalators. From a plugged-in builder in San Francisco: Hate to point out a glaring negative, but ivy…
Getting “Artistic” With The 2012 Dream House Marketing Materials
Apparently there wasn’t enough of an actual Bay view from this year’s San Francisco Dream House for their marketing materials, so as a plugged-in tipster catches, they simply photoshopped in…
Piers Exploratorium 60 Percent Complete, Opening Spring 2013
Having broken ground (or Piers) at the end of 2010, construction of the new Exploratorium on Piers 15 and 17 has reached the 60 percent complete mark and is on…
Clearing The Way For Postcard Row 2.0
As a tipster captured last week, the demo of the non-historic addition behind the mansion at 940 Grove Street has begun in order to clear the way for the three…
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An Ethereal Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Designed $3.2M One Bedroom
It’s not (yet) official inventory, but 1170 Sacramento #15A which was redesigned by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy with white Japanese crystallized glass floor tiles, white lacquered wood wall panels and highly polished…
8 Washington: Special Meeting And Votes To Approve This Week
With the replacement tennis courts having been shed and number of groups opposing the development, San Francisco’s Planning Commission will hold a special meeting this Thursday at 10 am to…
A Modern Marina Apple On Magnolia Is Picked
As we first reported with respect to 145 Magnolia this past September: The site was purchased for $466,000 in 1998 and by 2000 a four-story and light-filled 3,400 square foot…
Over Asking For 728 Duncan! (But $579,000 Under Its 2007 Sale)
As we reported in June 2010: Listed for $2,550,000 in March, the list price for the self described “Noe Valley modern cool” home at 728 Duncan was reduced to $2,385,000…
2505 Divisadero Returns Sans Kirk Hammett And Its Beard
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has long moved on, but his former Pacific Heights home at 2505 Divisadero Street has just returned to the market listed for $9,250,000. According to its listing,…
Preliminary Designs For 801 Brannan On The Boards
Representing a little over half the 824 housing units proposed to rise across the full project area, and as has long been massed, David Baker + Partners has posted their…