Curbed SF – Lafayette Park conceptual plan (click to enlarge) [Photo: FOLP] It looks like the long-toiling Lafayette Park renovations are finally done, and the city will be holding a reopening party on Saturday June 8. The redesigned park has been in the works since 2008, when $10M of a $185M Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond was allocated to Lafayette Park. After sloughing through a few neighbor… read more…

Curbed SF – Let’s get to know 300 Cornwall, which consists of six independent homes (one has already gone into contract) designed by award-winning architect Owen Kennerly. Each home is has two levels, three bedrooms and either two or three bathrooms. The homes are located in the Inner Richmond and range from 1275 square feet to 2400 square feet, with prices ranging from $1.495M to $2.295M. Unlike most developments, each home… read more…

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Was: $19,500,000
Now: $16,995,000
You save: $2,505,000 Back in mid-2012, 2950 Vallejo Street landed on the market asking $19.5M. The home has sat on the market since with no reported action, so it comes as no surprise that it has finally taken a bit off the top of its price. Tom Laursen with Redfin toured the Neo-Tuscan 8-bed, 5.75-bath property… read more…

Curbed SF – [Rendering courtesy of Pacific Waterfront Partners] The drama-laden luxury condo development at 8 Washington now finds itself battling a potential s**tstorm courtesy of its long-time foe, Supe David Chiu. The draw of the 134-unit, 136ft high luxury condominium project relies heavily on its sweet location near the Ferry Building, but it’s also situated a cool 6ft away from a pressurized sewer pipeline that handles a quarter of… read more…

Curbed SF – April’s had some big sales and even bigger listings, so this month’s map of the 25 most expensive homes for sale in San Francisco has quite a few new members. At $30M, the priciest abode is still former chairman of the Pacific Stock Exchange Doug Engmann’s home at 2724 Pacific St. in Pacific Heights. Absent from the list but without a reported sale is YouTube co-founder Steve Chen’s penthouse… read more…

Curbed SF – Last month we mapped the new construction projects waiting to break ground, but what about the buildings that are just getting a little nip and tuck? Here now, a map of rehab and conversion projects already either approved or under construction. Some are historic buildings getting an adaptive reuse to breathe new life into them, while others are just getting a facelift to freshen things up. Know of one not… read more…

Location: 164 24th Avenue, Lake Size: 3-bed, 3.5-bath, 3,800 sq. ft. single-family home Price: $3,795,000 Pitch: “Architecturally significant, this mid-century modern home has been dramatically transformed into a modern day classic. It is just as much about the art through architecture, as it is about the livable home, which makes this one stand alone in its class. The 3-story home has one of the most unique, retractable canopy/skylight roofs in… read more…

Curbed SF – How many times have we written about the California Pacific Medical Center Long Range Development Plan? We lost count a long time ago. Tomorrow the Planning Commission will get an earful of the revised Development Agreement between the City and CPMC as hammered out over the past year. To recap: CPMC’s original expansion plan was appealed over an escape clause in… read more…

Curbed Sf – We told you about this 3-bed, 3.5-bath, 3,879 sq. ft. Tenderloin penthouse when it first appeared on the market way back in late 2009 asking $4.5M. Pointed out in our original post and still true today, the penthouse overcompensates for location with its decor. Sure, the layout can’t be beat and its got some great architectural details (gigantic solarium plus terraces?!)? but the… read more…

Curbed SF – We’re feeling celebratory here at Curbed, and boy do we love our maps, so we thought we’d kick off the first week of April with a spotlight on our cities centenarians. Though not the oldest city in the country, we certainly have our fair share of old timers, and all 13 of these are celebrating their 100th birthday in 2013 read more…