Billboards In San Francisco: 733 Down, 109 (969?) Left To Go
A total of 733 illegal billboards have been removed from buildings in San Francisco since 2007. Of the 969 billboards that remain, 860 are legal with 109 left to be…
Arquitectonica Designed 1998 Market Street Ready To Break Ground
Unanimously approved by the Planning Commission back in 2009, the plans for 115 condos to rise in an Arquitectonica designed development at 1998 Market Street have been dusted off and…
A Peek Inside The Crazy Cool 369 Upper Terrace Lair
Having graced the cover of Metropolitan Home, featured in Dwell and on the AIA Home Tour, the modern flair of 369 Upper Terrace is hidden away behind a simple entrance.…
At Least It’s Not Mounted Over A Fireplace
As we wrote in 2006 with respect to the photo above, “While plasma screen televisions still manage to grab people’s attention, sometimes they do so for all the wrong reasons.”…
Fewer Walls (And No Apples) At 42 August Alley
Purchased for $2,250,000 in 2008, in 2009 walls were moved, a new kitchen and wet bar were installed, and “selective structural work” was completed at 42 August Alley. Listed with…
The 280 Seventh Street Scoop (And Evolving Neighborhood Editorial)
A little while back the owners and operators of the Café in the Castro purchased the Rawhide II club building at 280 Seventh Street, once “the largest and…only Country Western…
The Renderings For The Corner Of 8th And 16th Streets As Proposed
As plugged-in people know, the building in which the Axis Café currently resides at 1150 16th Street will be razed as proposed and in its place a four-story building for…
A Maniscalco Designed Modern Apple Atop Dolores Heights
Another 2011 AIA Home Tour property, the modern John Maniscalco redesigned “Hill Street Residence” at 350 Hill Street sold for $2,900,000 ($853 per square foot) in 2009. Featuring four bedrooms…
The 1% And Proposed Trust Fund Even Occupiers Should Support
Adopted in 1985, San Francisco Planning Code Section 429 currently requires developers to spend one percent (1%) of construction costs for on-site public artwork for most new development projects or…
3235 Pacific Ave: Purchased With A $20 Down Payment (In 1908)
With a Presidio Heights lot that was purchased with a $20 down payment in 1908, Edwin Stadtmuller and his wife Elisabeth hired architect William Knowles to build the two-bedroom home…