Preparing For The Construction Of 201 Folsom Street
While the building permits for 201 Folsom haven’t yet been issued, they’re getting closer. And as a tipster captures, they’ve begun demolition of the outdoor steps that provided sidewalk access…
A Cool Noe Breeze Or Conscientious Repricing Strategy?
Purchased for $2,850,000 in June of 2009, the contemporary Noe Valley home “with a conscience” at 3961 25th Street returned to the market ten days ago listed for $3,299,000. In…
Starbucks’ Market Street Plan Shot Down By Planning
Following the Planning Department’s recommendation and reasoning, San Francisco’s Planning Commission has voted 5 to 1 against Starbucks’ proposal to take over the retail space at 2201 Market Street at…
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The House With A Conscience Returns
From the plugged-in reader who purchased the Noe Valley “house with a conscience” at 3961 25th Street for $2,850,000 back in June of 2009: Fun to read all of your…
The Brand New House Built Without A Legal Way To Reach It
Despite neighbors’ objections, the construction of 1410 Stanyan Street was approved for development and finished last year, “pushed, squeezed shoehorned into the space between two existing homes,” one on Clarendon…
Bidding Is Back In Style On San Francisco’s Courthouse Steps
To the chagrin of those who had been colluding to rig the outcome of foreclosure auctions in San Francisco, actual bidding is back in style on the courthouse steps. Purchased…
45 Lansing Ready To Start Rising 39 Stories On Rincon Hill
As we first reported this past December with respect to the 39-story Rincon Hill tower set to rise at 45 Lansing Street: According to a plugged-in source, Build Group has…
Letting Go Of A Nostalgic Notion And Mixing It Up In San Francisco
Designed to be built with a black tile façade, the Planning Department requested the architects change the color scheme of the proposed building to rise at the corner of Fulton…
The Price Of For Being Evicted In Pacific Heights
Speaking of a potential Owner Move In (OMI) eviction, a reader reports and asks: I’m being evicted for OMI in Pac Heights after 8 years in the building. Been offered…
The Rebuilt Façade Of 1436 Sanchez Street Today And Before
With 83 photos on the marketing site for the rebuilt Victorian at 1436 Sanchez Street but nary a one of the façade, a plugged-in reader delivers a photo taken today…