As we outlined back in the fourth quarter of 2016: Having been approved for a pair of super skinny buildings to rise up to five stories across the Hayes Valley site, the two former Central Freeway Parcels M and N (a.k.a. 300 and 350 Octavia Street) are now on... Read More »
Having been approved for a pair of super skinny buildings to rise up to five stories across the Hayes Valley site, the two former Central Freeway Parcels M and N (a.k.a. 300 and 350 Octavia Street) are now on the market rather than preparing to break ground. As designed... Read More »
While opposed by neighbors whose property line windows and verandas will be blocked (along with stated concerns about construction noise and the displacement of the mature trees on the site), the plans for a pair of super skinny Hayes Valley buildings to rise up to five stories at 300... Read More »
Speaking of former Central Freeway parcels and future Hayes Valley developments, the plans for a pair of modern five-story buildings to rise on Central Freeway Parcels M (350 Octavia) and N (300 Octavia), two undeveloped parcels which are just over 18-feet wide, have been refined and are working their... Read More »
As we wrote about the Noe Valley “Space Invader” home two weeks ago: Listed for $2.25 million in 2012, the Noe Valley Victorian at 264 Clipper Street which was remodeled under the direction of Envelope Architecture + Design, and embedded with a Space Invader in the concrete out front, sold for $1.895... Read More »
Listed for $2.25 million in 2012, the Noe Valley Victorian at 264 Clipper Street which was remodeled under the direction of Envelope Architecture + Design, and embedded with a Space Invader in the concrete out front, sold for $1.895 million in January 2013. Returned to the market two weeks ago... Read More »
As we wrote and revealed about 264 Clipper Street back in 2009: The Envelope Architecture + Design remodel of 264 Clipper Street over in Noe Valley lands in The New York Times today. Purchased for $1,368,000 in August of 2005 according to public records (“$1 million in 2005” according... Read More »
As we wrote and revealed about 264 Clipper Street back in 2009: The Envelope Architecture + Design remodel of 264 Clipper Street over in Noe Valley lands in The New York Times today. Purchased for $1,368,000 in August of 2005 according to public records (“$1 million in 2005” according... Read More »
The leases for Octavia Boulevard Parcels K+L have passed from San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee last week to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors for adoption this afternoon. How envelope A+D’s evolved design for the “proxy” project on the parcels could evolve: The Biergarten should be in... Read More »
Envelope A+D’s designs for a temporary “proxy” on Octavia Boulevard lots K+L: A placeholder for a more permanent building, proxy is a temporary two-block construct that imagines a vibrant focal point for commerce and community. proxy is conceived in relation to the realization that, due to the economic downturn,... Read More »
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