San Francisco
San Francisco wins right to host America’s Cup
San Francisco Business Times San Francisco will host the next America’s Cup, a coup for city officials who hope that luring sailing’s most prestigious event will pump more than $1 billion and 8,000 jobs into the region. The city’s selection … Continue reading
Best American cities to invest your real estate dollars in 2011
By: Anna Marie Hibble SFGate On Tuesday we started with the doom and gloom by showing you the predicted worst places to invest in real estate in the coming new year. In the spirit of bad news first, here’s the … Continue reading
Will the World Series give a boost to local real estate? : On The Block – Real Estate
By: Jenny Pisillo , SFGate It’s orange and black all over the city of San Francisco today, as the bay area is euphorically celebrating the World Series win of their beloved Giants baseball team. With a super successful season behind them, … Continue reading
60 Minutes profiles the historic Market Street film from 1906
On tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes, Morley Safer visits San Francisco to find out more about the fabulous Market Street film that was made public several years ago. Since its discovery, some local historians uncovered exactly when it was made … Continue reading
Blocks hungry to fill storefronts with eateries
By Robert Selna SFGate.com In 1987, San Francisco banned new restaurants on Noe Valley’s 24th Street because residents felt they were losing local shops to eateries that drove up rents and caused traffic jams. Now, with nearly 15 vacant storefronts, … Continue reading
Earth Day Celebrations in San Francisco
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse! Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22nd. Do your part to contribute to a greener society and celebrate with one of several Earth Day festivities taking place around the City. Although Earth Day gives us reason to celebrate, … Continue reading
City of San Francisco- Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Service
Want to know the name of your district supervisor? Or perhaps you’re looking for post office or library? The following link is a compilation of many of the City’s most requested and used services, along with a directional map. http://gispub02.sfgov.org/website/nuviewer/monsmap.asp?bhiw=1239&bhih=774 … Continue reading
Billion-Dollar Push on Public Housing
TMG, Related join nonprofit builders to overhaul S.F. projects San Francisco Business Times J. K. Dineen In a potential $1 billion investment into some of San Francisco ‘s most downtrodden neighborhoods, developers — including TMG Partners and the Related Cos. … Continue reading
S.F. schools to market 8 properties
District could raise $100M and fuel construction of 900 housing units By J.K. Dineen San Francisco Business Times The cash-strapped San Francisco Unified School District is looking into unloading eight properties that could pump upwards of $100 million into the … Continue reading
Megaregions, Real Estate, and Destiny
By Carol Lloyd, Special to SFGate As the real estate market continues to behave like a folded paper cootie catcher, with radically divergent fortunes depending on which flap you open, I’ve been scratching my head trying to figure out why … Continue reading
