Proposition 13 In Practice Along San Francisco’s Gold Coast
The impact of Proposition 13 and the inequities it’s created along San Francisco’s Gold Coast has long been a topic of conversation and debate amongst the plugged-in crowd. Today The…
Well, We Do Recognize A House Or Two…
While we passed on publishing an early tip as to the neighborhood preparations for the President’s dinner at the Getty’s last night (there’s no need to be atop the Secret…
Parkmerced: Planning On The Future But Presently In Default
While the proposed plan to redevelop Parkmerced moves forward through San Francisco’s Planning Department, it appears as though the past (or rather present) has caught up with the owners of…
U.S. New Home Sales Up 48% YOY As Tax Credits Expire
Purchases of new homes in the U.S. increased to an annual pace of 504,000 in April, up 15 percent from a revised March (439,000) and up 48 percent on a…
15 Surrey Relisted And Reduced (And The Permit Clock Is Ticking)
Listed for $995,800 this past October touting “READY to brake (sic) ground,” the 625 square foot one bedroom home at 15 Surrey with approved plans to become an “over 2800”…
The Era Of Their Ways…
A reader’s random (i.e., way off topic) question of the day: Is there a specific era regarded as especially poor for condominium construction? I often hear “early 1980s, late 1970s”,…
1601 Larkin Reignites An Architects Versus Planning Design Debate
It’s not a new dynamic in San Francisco; in fact it’s one we first wrote about over two years ago. But an apparent impasse over the Saitowitz design for 1601…
A Twist And A Turn For The Warfield Theater Building (988 Market)
A plugged-in reader reports with respect to the Warfield Theater Building at 988 Market: It looks like there may be some “potential” issues with the interpretation of the “accessory use…
March Case-Shiller Index: Mixed Messages For San Francisco MSA
According to the March 2010 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose 1.5% from February ’10 to March ’10, down 37.4% from a peak…
Don’t Put A Fork In Spork Quite Yet (The Appeal Of 1050 Valencia)
Having already been postponed from April, on Thursday the Planning Commission will entertain a requested continuance until July 8 for the hearing of an appeal of the Planning Department’s preliminary…