A Reader Reports: Landmark Sarcasm (We Can Only Hope)
A reader photographs and reports: Your posting “not for the faint of heart” reminded me about the run-down, boarded up theater in North Beach, opposite the beautiful Washington Square park.…
No Flip Or Folly (Perhaps Just Fickle)
Last week we dished up the scoop on 898 Francisco hitting the market and a “plugged-in” reader added to the intrigue by noting the celebrity seller (Nicholas Cage). Well, after…
555 Mission Rock Apartments: Additional Details And Timing
Additional details on 555 Mission Rock, a 192-unit apartment building under construction in South Mission Bay: Eight stories (previously reported as nine); one and two bedroom units ranging in size…
Who Are These “People” And What The Heck Are They Thinking?
Developer AF Evans has proposed to build 282 residential units, 332 parking spaces, and approximately 14,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space in a “seven-story building stretching from 1634…
Trinity Plaza: Just One Signature (And Around Three Years) To Go
San Francisco’s Trinity Plaza project has been approved by the Board of Supervisors. And now it’s in the hands of our Mayor Newsom to add his signature and final approval…
The Port, The Piers, The Parking And The Terminal
Frederick comes through with the skinny on the potential development of AT&T’s parking lot A (as well as parcels to the north) and a meeting this afternoon concerning the future…
Plug In To One Rincon Hill’s Spring 2007 Newsletter And Update
Thanks to a couple of “plugged-in” tipsters, we (and now you) have the link to One Rincon Hill’s Spring 2007 Newsletter. A couple of highlights that caught our attention: “Amidst…
It’s All About Upside (And Whether Or Not You Believe)
The neighborhood hasn’t developed (yet), and we can’t vouch for the building, but if you buy into in the long-term mid-market redevelopment plan as well as the nearer-term impact of…
Why You Should Care About All Those New Developments (Part I)
Realtor Malcolm Kaufman’s latest Pulse of the Market focuses on South Mission Bay. And two paragraphs in particular caught our attention: While I have had a casual interest in the…
We’re Buying It (The Description Not The House)
This Joseph Leonard designed Arts and Crafts house is described as an “architectural work of art.” And we’re buying it (the description not the house). Although if we did buy…