Designs For A 350-Foot Tower To Rise At 75 Howard Street
As we wrote a year ago, an application had been filed to raze the eight-story and 550 space parking garage at 75 Howard Street and build a 284-foot building with…
Sponsors Of The 1601 Larkin Street Development Try, Try Again
San Francisco’s Planning Commission first disapproved of the proposal to demolish the dilapidated church at 1601 Larkin Street and construct a new six-story building with 27 condos and 29 off-street…
2901 Broadway Sells For $28,250,000 And The City Seriously Benefits
After 2,058 days on the market, the sale of 2901 Broadway closed escrow on Friday with a reported contract price of $28,250,000 to become the third most expensive single-family home…
Will This Be San Francisco’s Most Expensive Home By Year’s End?
First listed for sale for $55,000,000 in 2007 having served as the 2007 Decorator Showcase Home, the seller of 2901 Broadway received a rumored four offers that year, all of…
The Fort Mason Design Competition Finalists And Their Concepts
As we reported earlier this year, while there’s currently no budget to implement the plans, invitations were sent to a select group of firms to participate in a design competition…
From Defunct To Potentially Delicious (Or Demolished?) In 2013
While all eyes might be on, or perhaps trying to avoid, the naked protest planed for today’s Board of Supervisors meeting should the Board finalize the adoption of San Francisco’s…
Picking Up The Slack For Six Million Dollars On Sacramento
Built on bedrock in 1891, the Slack Mansion at 2224 Sacramento Street survived the great quake of 1906. Commissioned by Judge Charles Slack, and having once served as a bed…
The Next Big Housing Thing To Define The New Mission
Plugged-in people have long known about the plans to renovate the New Mission Theater and develop the adjacent lot at 2558 Mission Street, upon which the Giant Value building currently…
Calling All Warriors Willing To Bet On The Watermark And An Arena
While a number of penthouses atop the Watermark at 501 Beale Street have gone back to the bank and sold for substantial discounts over the past couple of years, the…
Traditional Thanksgiving Thoughts With An Untraditional Floor Plan
With an octagonal floor plan, only one of two in San Francisco, and a totally tubular glass elevator, the only one of which we know, we break tradition and leave…