Speaking of real estate overlooking Dolores Park, the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union has filed suit against the City and County of San Francisco demanding the removal of the park’s newly-constructed “pPod” pissoir, the plans for which we first reported back in 2013. According to the civil suit filed... Read More »

Plans to add a three-car garage and triple the size of the existing Liberty Hill home at 3751-3753 20th Street, a half-block from Dolores Park, are making their way through planning.  With the home considered a contributing resource to the Liberty Hill Landmark District, the City’s Historic Preservation Commission... Read More »

While the “Castle On the Park” at 601 Dolores sold as a 17,000-square-foot single-family home for $6.6 million in 2011, it has since been converted into a school.  And as such, 41 Cumberland, the sale of which has just closed escrow for $4,999,500, is now the most expensive home within... Read More »

Following a down to the studs renovation, expansion and opening up, the five-bedroom home at 41 Cumberland Street sold for $3.15 million in February of 2010 having been listed for $3.395 million at the time. While there have been a couple of changes to the interior design of the... Read More »

With a total of four (4) existing toilets in the dated Dolores Park Clubhouse and fewer porta-potties in place than in the past, the line to pee privately versus publicly in the park seemed to measure well over an hour this weekend. As plugged-in people know, relief is in... Read More »

Citing problems with public urination, the grand plan for the $13 million makeover of Mission Dolores Park now includes San Francisco’s first pissoir, the “pPod,” to be built at the southwestern corner of the park, between the Muni tracks and north-south pathway. Everything you wanted to know about the... Read More »

Following in the footsteps of the Dolores Park Playground renovation, it’s finally time for the rest of the 16-acre park’s “athletic courts, buildings, open space, edges and entrance points, internal circulation system” to be rehabilitated. The full plans and timing for the makeover including the installation of a... Read More »

Citing concerns that the Children’s Day School’s proposed changes to 601 Dolores would “substantially impact historical significance and its qualifications as a historical resource,” the historic stewards at 629 Dolores filed a legal appeal to block the proposed renovations at 601 Dolores, including the addition of a... Read More »

A plugged-in tipster delivers the news that 601 Dolores, a.k.a. the “Castle on the Park,” is now in contract with an accepted offer of $6,600,000 for the 17,000 square foot property which was last officially listed for $7,490,000. Born the Mission Park Congregational Church in 1909, 601 Dolores was... Read More »

It’s not only a new listing on the MLS (and now official inventory) but a new website and photos featuring one heck (for some reason “hell” doesn’t seem appropriate) of a bedroom for 601 Dolores. No new surprises, however, on the price ($7,490,000).  And yes, we know that’s actually... Read More »