San Mateo Electric Railway Company

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Grand Plans for Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse Rebirth

October 17, 2014

Designed by the Reid Brothers and built in 1901 at the corner of San Jose and Geneva Avenues for the San Mateo Electric Railway Company, the landmark Geneva Car Barn…

Notcom on Apples-to-Apples for a Masterfully Rebuilt Victorian
Historically none of the lots had forebuildings https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~214054~5501407:Vol--3%2C-Page-337-338--San-Francisco?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:5850.000;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=170&trs=378 (At least in 1905....I can't verify if they did before that; actually…
BobN on Apples-to-Apples for a Masterfully Rebuilt Victorian
The garage is outside the footprint of the Vic...
Mark on House-Like Russian Hill Gem Take Two
We have a stacker and only own one car. The other spot is for when guests visit, cleaner comes, etc.…
jimbo on Trendy Dogpatch Condo Trades Down Over 20 Percent
S&P up 100% over this timeframe. should have rented the Avalon and invested downpayment in S&P
Notcom on Is The Captain’s House (300 Sea Cliff) Preparing For Another Voyage?
Correctomundo. Or perhaps not: the city itself maintains a database which doesn't list it. So someone is wrong (having not…
SocketSite on Modernized Victorian Drops (Further) Below It’s 2020 Price
UPDATE: Modernized Victorian Trades Down Over $450K
Baddad on Banked Ginsberg’s Pub Site Back on the Market
Except oddly it wasn't the only one - O'Greenburgs's in Noe Valley (now gone).
mikeg on Is The Captain’s House (300 Sea Cliff) Preparing For Another Voyage?
The Chuck Norris film “An eye for an eye” appears to have been filmed at the site in 1981. It’s…
Shaney on Trendy Dogpatch Condo Trades Down Over 20 Percent
Notwithstanding the mortgage interest or opportunity cost of investing the down payment or purchase
Tipster on Trendy Dogpatch Condo Trades Down Over 20 Percent
Except that Avalon would have charged the owner $5K per month, about $325K total. Instead, he lost $300K plus $55K…