And On His Little Urban Farm He Grew A Little Apple…
Purchased for $749,000 in March of 2007, another one of the four little Donald MacDonald “Urban Townhouses” on Hermann (396) didn’t find a buyer at $795,000 (which would have represented…
A Quote We Wish Could Be Written For San Francisco As Well
“At its best, the celebrity-architect trend is finally upending the presumption that developers can put up any piece of junk if they have the location and the view. Van Berkel…
The Potrero Update: 90% Sold, Paid Mortgage Incentive Extended
The Potrero’s 12 months paid mortgage incentive that started May 1st and “must end June 15th” has been extended another month (now “must end” July 15th). Reporting “nearly 90% sold,”…
Across The Bay (But Modern Museum Architecture Is On The Brain)
“He doesn’t have the name recognition of a Frank Gehry or a Daniel Libeskind, but Toyo Ito is one of Japan’s most acclaimed and adventurous architects. Looking at the design…
Plans For The Presidio’s Post: Four Alternatives And Visualizations
From the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Presidio’s Main Post (released this morning), a series of “Existing Conditions” (above) with visualizations of what could come to be (the…
JustQuotes: Presidio Plans, Proposals, And Preservationist Protests
“Over the past 12 years, the nonprofit has renovated hundreds of historic buildings within the 1,491-acre park, many of which had been ready to crumble. The Presidio Trust now leases…
Our First And Second Thoughts For The Recently Reduced 76 Caselli
Our first thoughts upon noticing the $100,000 (3.8%) reduction for 76 Caselli: Tips From Brokers on How to Renovate Apartment. (Ironically, “Sellers are licensed real estate agents.”) Our second thoughts?…
Seasonality, Surprises, And Avoiding Looking Like A Schmuck
“The index of pending home resales rose 6.3 percent to 88.2, the highest level in six months, following a 1 percent drop in March, the National Association of Realtors said…
From Warehouse, To Squat, To Sweatshop, To Condos: 935 Folsom
According to J.K. Dineen, an application has been filed by condo developer Spring Capital Group to raze the existing two-story warehouse 935 Folsom Street (purchased in 2005 for $4.1M) and…
Another Soup To Nuts (But No Apples) Contemporary Noe Renovation
It’s yet another soup to nuts contemporary renovation in Noe Valley (“from the foundation to the roof and everything in between”). And while there isn’t an apple to be had,…