A Call For Private Review Of Developer’s Public Art
“A 25-year-old mandate requires that developers with large projects in the Financial District and along upper Market Street must spend at least 1 percent of their total construction budget on…
A Quick Curb A-Peel Change For A Weathered Wooden Facade
Three days ago the foreclosed upon 2523 Steiner hit the market and we promptly featured the property and its façade, the condition of which drew a few comments. Today, a…
Did 4381 26th Street Weather The Storm?
Purchased for $2,600,000 in 2006 by the former CEO of the now-defunct PlanetOut, and having failed to sell in 2010 when listed for $2,479,000, yesterday the Mark Brand designed contemporary…
364 Fair Oaks “Fairly” Priced At $595 Per Square
Picked up for $2,105,000 in 2002, it’s probably not going too far out on a limb to say the list price of $2,275,000 for 364 Fair Oaks today is rather…
The Streamline Moderne 849 Sanchez Takes A Little Hit
The sale of the Streamline Moderne 3,100 square foot (per its previous listing) property at 849 Sanchez closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $3,200,000. Call it $1,032…
From Quintessential To Designer And A New “$15,000” Kitchen
2721 Sacramento #B wasn’t listed as a “designer” condo when it sold for $1,400,000 in 2008. At the time, it was simply “quintessential.” Since then, however, and amongst other improvements,…
Living Large In 435 Square Feet: Inside 86 Stanton
Behind the little gate and down the flagstone steps at 86 Stanton, a 435 square foot cottage originally constructed in 1918 but recently remodeled lies on two lots. And while…
To Enclose Or Not To Enclose, That’s A Reader’s Question Of The Day
As an an old post based on a plugged-in reader’s comment leads another reader to recently rethink the addition of a pot filler to her kitchen, today we turn to…
Two Big Tests For San Francisco’s New Board Of Supervisors
San Francisco’s new Board of Supervisors will hear and vote on the appeals against certifying the Environmental Impact Reports (EIR’s) for two big developments in San Francisco this afternoon, first…
1840 Washington: Rendering, Timeline And Floor Plan Scoop
It was two and a half years ago that we first plugged you in to the plans for 26 new units at 1840 Washington and a year ago when construction…