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“That a successful effort to get car-dependent Californians to embrace mass transit could be derailed by another transportation project may strike some as ironic.” So writes the AP in a story about an L.A. commuter-train-and-townhouse development that took a lot of mayoral pull and years to get done. Now, to make way for the bullet train, the high-speed rail authority says either the townhouses have to get the wrecking ball, or the Metrolink train station. Oh, the humanity. [AP]
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Via SocketSite and Inside SF RE, the 4-bed, 3.5-bath house at 206 Palo Alto Ave is one of a string of swanky homes in Clarendon Heights to hit the market in the last few days. At 4,340 square feet, this one’s got a lot of space to kick around in, and does so with a contemporary flair befitting its designer owner — though the two-story rear addition noted by Inside SF RE probably does a much better job at the stuff-strutting than the older house in front. The property boasts “Bridge to Bridge views” and and “melds different genres.” Asking price is $4,200,000. Nice touches include roof-deck peeping telescope, walk-in megacloset, and tree stump, though we assume only one of those is included with the house.
· 206 Palo Alto [Redfin]
· Luxury Market Heats Up in Clarendon Heights [Inside SF RE]
· The Clarendon Heights Contemporary Parade Continues: 206 Palo Alto [SocketSite]
["zuni," via Curbed SF Flickr photog real plastic trees]
· Wishing away renters now that buyers are back [NYT]
· Still trying to save Hugo Hotel furniture art [SFGate]
· Legislature restores transit assistance funding [Transbay]
· Architect’s backstage tour of the Oscars set [Fast Company]
Both sides of the debate on the Redwood City Saltworks megaproject are recruiting: former San Francisco mayor Art Agnos says he was approached nearly simultaneously by enviro group Save the Bay through former supes prez Aaron Peskin, and by the developer, DMB Associates. Agnos did a little digging, and concludes the 12,000-unit project would be “the most sustainable development in the history of the state, and perhaps the country.” Bold words! [City Insider, previously]
San Francisco’s first construction project to snag Recovery Act stimulus funds? According to a press release, it’s the rehab of two low-income senior housing buildings in the Tenderloin at 165 Turk and 249 Eddy. The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation bought the buildings in 2007 because their Section 8 contracts were about to expire, and the previous owner reportedly was going to go market-rate. Now, says the TNDC director, the elderly residents can keep their homes, and “dozens of construction workers over the next year” will have jobs fixing up the buildings. [Curbed Inbox]
New to market in the Castro: this ’50s era house at 4015 21st St. was designed by William Wurster, cofounder of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design — part of the boom in ranch-style houses, or at least referencing the style in its projecting eaves. The 2-bed, 2.5-bath house has 1,995 square feet, two parking spaces, and last sold in 2001 for $1,440,000. The kitchen has undergone a “studs out” remodel, and the house also has a built-in remote control surround sound system. Today’s asking price: $1,575,000.
· Wurster House [Website]