Minor’s “Abandoned” Mansion At 3800 Washington
While it’s looking a lot better today than it did in 1906, as a plugged-in reader notes (and following an anonymous complaint a year ago), Halsey Minor’s Le Petit Trianon…
Argenta (1 Polk) Sold In Bulk To Behringer Harvard
As a plugged-in resident reports, the bulk sale of Argenta (1 Polk Street) which had been built as condominiums, was unsuccessfully marketed for sale in 2008, and turned rental in…
OMG! ODC Connected Appeal Of 17th And Folsom Park Is Withdrawn
As a few plugged-in readers report, the appeal against the proposed park at 17th and Folsom which was filed by a board member and past President of the neighboring ODC…
More Than Meets The Eye Behind The Opposition To 350 Mission?
A plugged-in reader reports with respect to the proposed tower at 350 Mission: Shorenstein via Tom Hart also showed up at the Commission to oppose the project. Some dirty pool…
Oh No They’re Not, Oh Yes They Are At 2523 Steiner Again
It’s been a week since they finished repainting 2523 Steiner. And as a plugged-in tipster notes, they’re back at it today. We doubt any plugged-in person will be too surprised.…
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399 Fremont: April Showers (And Site Prep) Will Bring…Wildflowers
As we wrote last June: Approved for development in 2006 with a performance period set to expire in June 2008, Fifield started clearing the site for the proposed Californian at…
Avalon Towers By The Bay (388 Beale) No Longer Owned By Avalon
A plugged-in reader reports: “I live at Avalon Towers (388 Beale Street) and learned yesterday that they had been sold to UDR (or should I say swapped with other properties).…
San Francisco’s First Fresh & Easy Should Open Second Week In May
According to a plugged-in reader and a construction worker on site, the first Fresh & Easy in San Francisco should open its doors in the Outer Richmond the second week…
Reader’s Tales Of The City: The Ultimate Doorman Tip
“I looked at a condo in this building in 1988. Asking price then: $1,000,000. Owner had died, leaving the condo (free & clear) to one of the doormen – who…
Bonus Points For The Plugged-In
Two days before they officially announced, it was a couple of plugged-in tipsters that correctly pegged Emirates Team New Zealand as one of the two unknown America’s Cup entrants at…