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Gangs of San Francisco (On a T-Shirt)

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Happy Friday, Folks!

Thought I’d share a fun, and not too well known (at least not yet) site that features some AWESOME San Francisco T-shirts.

The site is www.gangsofsanfrancisco.com and their shirts rock!

From the site’s “about me” page:

Gangs of San Francisco is a one man operation out of San Francisco’s Outer Richmond. A work in progress, it is run by me, Laureano Faedi. A self taught maker of things, I do all the design work, silkscreening, shipping and research. Having migrated to the Bay Area from Buenos Aires 30 years ago I have found San Francisco to be one of the best cities in the world to live in. This project serves as an outlet for my learning of it’s history as well as a way to teach myself silkscreening. I hope that not only will people enjoy my products but that it might also inspire them to learn more about the city.

His collection is a great start, but I’d LOVE to see more!  Let’s not forget about the various racetracks in the City, the brothels (oh yeah, we had those), the cemetaries (all over the west side of SF until they were moved out to Colma) and even old sports teams like the San Francisco Seals!

Anyhow – the shirts are cool, the shirt maker is a small local business man, and what better way to dress your weekend best than in a comfy shirt that celebrates your San Francisco pride! :-)

Enjoy your weekend!  And buy a shirt! :)

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1896 San Francisco Firehouse For Sale!!! (And a Tour Business and Memorabilia to Boot!)

**UPDATE** 

We’ve determined pricing for the Firehouse and the Tour Business!!!! 

The Firehouse is $975,000

The Tour Business is $249,000

And if you are interested in grabbing the torch and taking over the complete lifestyle, then make a reasonable offer for both!!!  For once, the sellers are not JUST interested in the price (though money DOES talk), but more than anything, they would really love to see someone carry on the legacy they created.  And frankly, I’d like to see the dream kept alive as well! 

(And ideally, I’d like to reserve the right to slide down the firepole from time to time, but that’s not a deal breaker. ;-) )

I’m giving you a fair warning – this video is addictive, amazing and has a jingle you may not be able to get out of your head for days!!!  It is NOT your typical property listing video.  TRUST me. 

And thanks to the video, I’ve been singing the “The Big Shiny Mack Truck Fire Engine!” for DAYS now!  I haven’t had anyone complain yet, and may have been the cause of people all over San Francisco singing that jingle now too! :-D

But the video and the song are just bonuses…. along with the song, you get over 4000 square feet where you can whirl around the firehouse :-) which, to my knowledge, is one of the last San Francisco firehouses (if not THE last one) that has still maintained it’s historical integrity. 

The couple that owned it lovingly restored it (a before & after pic are below), and fell so much in love with the place and the lifestyle that they added a “Big Shiny Mack Truck Fire Engine” to their collection and used it to create a profitable tour business that had made kids (of all ages) from ALL over the world smile!!! 

But as many stories go, it’s time for the current owners to move on.  Which means you can pick up this HOT (badumpum) piece of real estate for yourself.  :-)   As a fellow colleague joked, it would make an especially “HOT” Valentine’s present. LOL!

Though the price is still not yet determined, numbers are being crunched and the list price will be announced in the next few weeks.  The building, business and historic collection will all be for sale – together, or separately. 

In the meantime, email me at luba@zephyrsf.com or call me at 415-307-1392 for more information. 

 

 

           

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30 Days of Sold San Francisco Real Estate

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Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday.

If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below.

Sold Listings 12/25/09 – 1/28/10

Neighborhood Total Listings Average Price Average DOM
Anza Vista 1 $1,220,000 75
Bayview 6 $483,333 98
Bayview Heights 8 $403,161 29
Bernal Heights 9 $669,889 62
Buena Vista Park 1 $1,099,000 64
Central Richmond 2 $867,500 131
Central Sunset 5 $783,200 87
Central Waterfront 2 $630,000 216
Clarendon Heights 1 $1,148,000 95
Corona Heights 3 $598,333 130
Cow Hollow 1 $1,170,000 2
Crocker Amazon 6 $415,250 28
Diamond Heights 3 $522,000 69
Downtown 7 $686,571 89
Duboce Triangle 3 $478,222 35
Eureka V./Dolores Hts 7 $1,048,857 75
Excelsior 5 $545,000 71
Financial District 1 $1,025,000 151
Forest Hill Extension 1 $1,000,000 26
Forest Knolls 2 $731,250 82
Glen Park 4 $896,250 223
Golden Gate Heights 1 $1,150,000 101
Haight Ashbury 3 $1,361,667 71
Hayes Valley 2 $912,500 78
Ingleside 2 $692,500 34
Ingleside Heights 6 $438,333 41
Ingleside Terrace 1 $1,020,000 102
Inner Mission 14 $670,893 102
Inner Parkside 1 $900,000 129
Inner Richmond 6 $1,045,333 121
Inner Sunset 5 $873,000 56
Lake 6 $926,667 97
Lake Shore 5 $820,400 96
Lakeside 2 $799,444 85
Lone Mountain 2 $1,645,000 124
Lower Pacific Heights 6 $888,667 52
Marina 5 $2,457,800 91
Merced Heights 1 $615,000 62
Merced Manor 1 $775,000 90
Miraloma Park 2 $725,000 27
Mission Bay 4 $732,250 50
Mission Dolores 2 $717,500 68
Mission Terrace 2 $655,000 189
Monterey Heights 1 $2,400,000 83
Mount Davidson Manor 1 $767,000 35
Nob Hill 7 $871,429 114
Noe Valley 9 $1,081,722 159
North Beach 1 $775,000 79
North Panhandle 3 $549,567 67
North Waterfront 2 $480,500 127
Oceanview 1 $425,000 7
Outer Mission 3 $485,933 19
Outer Parkside 4 $612,000 57
Outer Richmond 3 $651,333 151
Outer Sunset 1 $560,000 11
Pacific Heights 7 $2,959,571 70
Parkside 4 $778,750 48
Pine Lake Park 1 $899,000 35
Portola 5 $613,778 25
Potrero Hill 5 $590,300 180
Presidio Heights 2 $1,156,500 102
Russian Hill 7 $1,303,714 92
Sea Cliff 2 $3,625,000 176
Sherwood Forest 3 $1,340,333 109
Silver Terrace 2 $459,500 21
South Beach 9 $639,722 84
South of Market 15 $694,267 77
St. Francis Wood 2 $1,765,000 127
Sunnyside 3 $663,333 39
Telegraph Hill 1 $842,000 78
Tenderloin 1 $2,600,000 198
Twin Peaks 2 $3,207,500 136
Van Ness/Civic Center 5 $679,600 148
Visitacion Valley 6 $467,000 19
West Portal 4 $894,938 67
Western Addition 1 $400,000 35
Westwood Highlands 1 $674,500 150
Westwood Park 3 $724,333 51

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San Francisco’s Ocean Beach – 107 Years Ago! (Plus Info on a Beach Clean-up!)

Cliff House & Ocean Beach Panorama, 1903 from Richmond SF Blog on Vimeo.

I’ve got my FOURTH cold of the year.  Yeah.  I’m thinking of buying stock in Nyquil. 

But in between blowing my nose and wiping the water pouring from my eyes, the one thing that is keeping me sane is being able to work from home while I watch the ocean from my window (which you can coincidentally do too if you buy my listings at 2458-2460 Great Highway - and as a bonus, you’ll be my neighbor! ;-) )

I also happened to find some cool videofootage from the Richmond SF Blog of Ocean Beach back in the days when appropriate beach apparel was a 3 piece suite instead of a wetsuit. 

Since I love San Francisco history, and I LOVE Ocean Beach, I thought I’d share the video here. :-)

And a fat “high-five” the Richmond SF Blog folks for finding this awesome footage!  Keep it coming!!!

Oh, and coincidentally, there’s a clean-up scheduled at Ocean Beach on January 31st at 9am.  From the invite:

Starting at Lincoln Blvd. and moving south, we will pick up the trash that has been deposited by the recent large storm swells on the beach. There is ALOT of very small plastic and styrofoam that is VERY hazardous to the environment and animal life on la playa. Please join us; bags and gloves will be provided.

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Please, Won’t You Be My Neighbor! SF Ocean View Flats for Sale!

Ocean Beach Living!

Ocean Beach Living!

 

It’s always a beautiful day in my neighborhood.  If you read the blog regulary, you know I live here on Great Highway in the Outer Sunset. 

You’ll also know that I LOVE my neighborhood.  Even on a crappy day like today, with the wind blowing and the rain pouring, I can sit in the comfort of my very own house and watch the Pacific Ocean waves land on Ocean Beach. 

It’s a different vibe over on this side of San Francisco.  There’s an amazing community feel, and the local businesses are fantastic.  Whether we’re talking about the Riptide Bar or Noriega Produce or Java Beach or The Pizza Place, you’d be hard pressed to find another group of business owners in the City that care more about their neighborhood than these folks do.

And, we also have amazing neighbors.  People actually care about the neighborhood and they get involved.  And with Carmen Chu making herself available to the community to both hear our concerns and respond to them (yes, she listens AND acts on what she hears!  Crazy, right?) the hood just gets better and better.

So, I’m thrilled to announce that you’ll have an opportunity to be my neighbor.  We won’t be living next door to each other, but when you live on Great Highway, all of your nighbors feel close, even if they’re a few blocks away.  And better yet, your neighbors become your friends! :-)

I won’t give you the whole spoiler about the listing because I think to REALLY appreciate it, you need to see it for yourself.  But the website, www.2458-2460GreatHwy.com will give you a little tease as to what living at the beach can be like.  Besides the ocean views and daily access to sunsets over the horizon, and your own ginormous landscaped yard perfect for parties (complete with bonfire pit!), you get an enclosed outdoor shower (the folks at Socketsite should appreciate that!) where you can get down to your birthday suit and not be afraid of neighbor’s prying eyes.

The Enclosed Outdoor Shower!

The Enclosed Outdoor Shower!

Check out the website (www.2458-2460GreatHwy.com) or give me a call at 415-307-1392 for more info. 

And, “Won’t you please, please won’t you, please…….. Please won’t you be my neighbor???  Hello Neighbor!”

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A Castle in SF’s Ingleside – Complete with a Drawbridge!

The Ingleside Castle
The Ingleside Castle

Some people say your home is your castle and they mean it figuratively.  These folks say it, and mean it literally. 

The blog posts haven’t been as frequent as I’d like lately, and it’s because I’ve been busy.  Like “working 15-19 hour days and sleeping 5 hours a night most nights” busy. 

It’s a good thing I love this San Francisco realtor gig I’ve got going, or I would have SURELY lost my mind by now. ;-)

Anyhow, somewhere amidst my travels whilst looking at homes with a client today, I thought I actually HAD lost my mind when I thought I saw a DRAWBRIDGE!

Upon closer examination, the drawbridge (and wisteria) are merely a mural, but I have to say, for a minute there, it looked pretty damn three-dimensional.

If you ever are in the Ingleside and are curious enough to check this place out, it’s on the 100 block of Margaret Avenue

And if you ever want to talk about buying or selling your (literal or figurative) castle in SF, give me a holler at 415-307-1392 or email me.  Please leave the drawbridge open though, I’m not a fan of moats.

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30 Days of Sold San Francisco Property Listings

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Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday.

If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below.

Sold Listings 12/07/09 – 1/07/10

Neighborhood Total Listings Average Price Average DOM
Alamo Square 1 $695,000 66
Bayview 5 $321,800 98
Bayview Heights 3 $466,767 34
Bernal Heights 15 $743,627 75
Buena Vista Park 3 $766,333 50
Central Richmond 8 $792,063 82
Central Sunset 13 $815,838 59
Central Waterfront 2 $706,500 36
Clarendon Heights 4 $1,284,500 84
Corona Heights 2 $1,207,000 60
Cow Hollow 5 $1,329,000 99
Crocker Amazon 1 $615,000 26
Diamond Heights 1 $288,000 159
Downtown 8 $471,563 132
Duboce Triangle 5 $602,933 30
Eureka V./Dolores Hts 11 $1,221,591 89
Excelsior 9 $446,778 62
Forest Hill 1 $1,253,000 44
Forest Hill Extension 1 $1,000,000 26
Forest Knolls 3 $722,167 94
Glen Park 6 $858,703 106
Golden Gate Heights 3 $1,014,833 125
Haight Ashbury 9 $656,222 89
Hayes Valley 7 $783,607 81
Ingleside 4 $672,000 87
Ingleside Heights 5 $411,180 60
Ingleside Terrace 3 $1,009,667 71
Inner Mission 19 $835,861 72
Inner Parkside 1 $787,000 63
Inner Richmond 8 $1,061,125 126
Inner Sunset 6 $924,167 41
Lake 5 $807,400 77
Lake Shore 5 $833,600 71
Lakeside 1 $825,000 74
Laurel Heights 2 $1,607,500 111
Lone Mountain 3 $1,138,333 63
Lower Pacific Heights 12 $927,917 59
Marina 1 $967,387 66
Miraloma Park 1 $910,000 43
Mission Bay 6 $741,667 76
Mission Dolores 7 $579,429 136
Mission Terrace 4 $597,500 90
Monterey Heights 1 $2,400,000 83
Mount Davidson Manor 2 $870,500 23
Nob Hill 9 $758,444 90
Noe Valley 13 $1,067,577 187
North Beach 4 $1,399,750 84
North Panhandle 5 $804,800 86
North Waterfront 2 $620,000 61
Oceanview 4 $391,250 8
Outer Mission 6 $490,667 108
Outer Parkside 6 $682,833 49
Outer Richmond 7 $679,571 82
Outer Sunset 4 $632,250 73
Pacific Heights 15 $2,730,500 82
Parkside 6 $754,667 71
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts 1 $790,000 45
Portola 5 $549,000 63
Potrero Hill 5 $843,800 120
Presidio Heights 2 $1,409,900 84
Russian Hill 11 $1,287,636 177
Sherwood Forest 1 $1,920,000 168
Silver Terrace 5 $460,100 66
South Beach 7 $682,357 173
South of Market 21 $840,429 93
St. Francis Wood 2 $1,477,500 61
Sunnyside 9 $643,556 70
Telegraph Hill 8 $1,132,750 75
Twin Peaks 2 $857,000 126
Van Ness/Civic Center 10 $634,490 130
Visitacion Valley 5 $459,200 14
West Portal 3 $1,244,917 63
Western Addition 2 $579,500 45
Westwood Highlands 2 $746,500 103
Westwood Park 1 $703,000 65

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Newsom Facebook’s his Press Release about Treasure Island Transfer from Navy to SF

sustainable design, green design, san francisco, urban planning, treasure island, green building

Photo from Inhabitat.com

According to a Facebook update (yes, I’m Gavin’s FB friend, I’d like to think we’re actually really close and he reads my status updates and laughs. ;-) ):

[Mayor Newsom] just announced an agreement with the Navy to transfer Treasure Island (TI) to San Francisco. The development of TI will create thousands of jobs and one of the most environmentally sustainable developments in US history.

Um, pretty cool! 

In fact, if you haven’t heard about the plans for Treasure Island, Inhabitat.com had some good details about the path to a green and sustainable mini City.  It could be one of SF’s new awesome AND green neighborhoods in the near future!

So if you’re a real estate developer planning on, say, selling any awesome new green developments in the next 50 years in that area and need an awesome San Francisco realtor, give me a holler so that I can fit you into my business plan. :-D

You can read the press release (I found the link in the FB post) HERE.

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San Francisco Real Estate – SOLD!

San Francisco real estate

Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday.

If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below.

Sold Listings 11/09/09 – 12/10/09

Neighborhood Total Listings Average Price Average DOM
Alamo Square 1 $1,030,000 169
Anza Vista 4 $1,007,500 36
Balboa Terrace 1 $890,000 47
Bayview 4 $312,475 27
Bayview Heights 7 $437,117 47
Bernal Heights 21 $791,143 67
Buena Vista Park 6 $818,667 58
Central Richmond 7 $913,857 52
Central Sunset 10 $772,138 49
Central Waterfront 4 $686,750 116
Clarendon Heights 2 $1,788,889 30
Corona Heights 9 $976,444 78
Cow Hollow 6 $838,500 50
Crocker Amazon 4 $502,000 23
Diamond Heights 11 $553,508 78
Downtown 13 $361,269 176
Duboce Triangle 5 $618,400 61
Eureka V./Dolores Hts 12 $1,204,750 34
Excelsior 8 $439,102 113
Financial District 1 $1,195,000 43
Forest Hill 6 $1,398,000 43
Forest Hill Extension 1 $1,060,000 28
Forest Knolls 5 $699,200 76
Glen Park 10 $936,650 68
Golden Gate Heights 2 $801,250 48
Haight Ashbury 5 $1,452,500 78
Hayes Valley 9 $947,861 55
Ingleside 3 $538,000 40
Ingleside Heights 5 $438,400 17
Ingleside Terrace 1 $822,500 55
Inner Mission 16 $805,758 81
Inner Parkside 3 $666,667 48
Inner Richmond 3 $1,423,333 83
Inner Sunset 7 $1,181,929 44
Lake 2 $1,113,000 40
Lake Shore 5 $923,200 95
Lone Mountain 6 $1,532,000 79
Lower Pacific Heights 6 $399,150 43
Marina 3 $1,627,462 66
Merced Heights 1 $628,000 17
Miraloma Park 4 $824,375 68
Mission Bay 6 $862,000 100
Mission Dolores 11 $908,636 63
Mission Terrace 4 $676,000 55
Monterey Heights 1 $1,170,000 97
Nob Hill 7 $739,429 98
Noe Valley 21 $906,653 124
North Beach 4 $750,000 87
North Panhandle 6 $666,767 45
North Waterfront 1 $740,000 70
Outer Mission 7 $546,361 85
Outer Parkside 7 $672,270 36
Outer Richmond 6 $750,833 80
Outer Sunset 5 $619,800 70
Pacific Heights 20 $1,299,000 72
Parkside 9 $783,611 60
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts 4 $1,113,625 37
Portola 4 $570,125 66
Potrero Hill 6 $849,167 96
Presidio Heights 2 $6,400,000 90
Russian Hill 9 $1,701,556 73
Sea Cliff 2 $5,662,500 140
Sherwood Forest 1 $989,000 85
Silver Terrace 3 $477,667 37
South Beach 13 $640,954 86
South of Market 23 $972,075 90
St. Francis Wood 1 $1,455,000 24
Sunnyside 3 $651,667 37
Telegraph Hill 4 $1,000,000 102
Tenderloin 1 $530,000 95
Twin Peaks 1 $424,000 76
Van Ness/Civic Center 13 $552,596 54
Visitacion Valley 7 $430,286 26
West Portal 2 $874,500 46
Western Addition 2 $599,500 36
Westwood Park 1 $880,000 118

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San Francisco Real Estate – Sold!

San Francisco real estate

Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday.

If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below.

 

Sold Listings 11/04/09 – 12/04/09

Neighborhood Total Listings Average Price Average DOM
Anza Vista 3 $926,667 28
Balboa Terrace 1 $890,000 47
Bayview 2 $262,500 34
Bayview Heights 7 $437,117 47
Bernal Heights 20 $750,700 66
Buena Vista Park 5 $856,400 61
Central Richmond 7 $893,857 51
Central Sunset 10 $754,538 42
Central Waterfront 3 $744,000 131
Clarendon Heights 1 $1,877,777 31
Corona Heights 8 $927,250 57
Cow Hollow 7 $964,243 57
Crocker Amazon 4 $410,750 25
Diamond Heights 12 $527,799 70
Downtown 9 $330,222 143
Duboce Triangle 7 $627,429 57
Eureka V./Dolores Hts 16 $1,166,063 38
Excelsior 7 $458,288 110
Financial District 4 $1,851,250 44
Forest Hill 5 $1,427,000 42
Forest Hill Extension 1 $1,060,000 28
Forest Knolls 4 $698,000 66
Glen Park 10 $961,150 67
Golden Gate Heights 2 $801,250 48
Haight Ashbury 5 $1,388,200 48
Hayes Valley 8 $882,219 41
Ingleside 2 $510,500 44
Ingleside Heights 4 $451,525 20
Ingleside Terrace 1 $822,500 55
Inner Mission 12 $687,386 86
Inner Parkside 2 $672,500 54
Inner Richmond 2 $1,662,500 37
Inner Sunset 8 $1,158,906 50
Lake 3 $1,282,000 34
Lake Shore 5 $776,000 91
Lone Mountain 6 $1,532,000 79
Lower Pacific Heights 5 $400,680 11
Marina 2 $1,957,500 66
Merced Heights 1 $628,000 17
Miraloma Park 5 $824,500 73
Mission Bay 6 $862,000 100
Mission Dolores 9 $930,556 53
Mission Terrace 3 $618,000 46
Monterey Heights 1 $1,170,000 97
Nob Hill 7 $642,857 66
Noe Valley 18 $1,105,917 66
North Beach 4 $928,750 85
North Panhandle 9 $596,289 53
North Waterfront 1 $371,000 49
Outer Mission 5 $575,505 46
Outer Parkside 6 $652,963 28
Outer Richmond 6 $745,167 45
Outer Sunset 3 $596,667 39
Pacific Heights 16 $1,455,344 83
Parkside 6 $744,583 74
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts 6 $1,019,083 53
Portola 3 $566,833 62
Potrero Hill 6 $890,500 82
Presidio Heights 2 $6,400,000 90
Russian Hill 8 $1,860,500 73
Sea Cliff 2 $5,662,500 140
Sherwood Forest 1 $989,000 85
Silver Terrace 3 $457,667 79
South Beach 14 $789,214 87
South of Market 15 $895,048 81
Sunnyside 5 $663,800 31
Telegraph Hill 3 $1,041,667 107
Twin Peaks 1 $424,000 76
Van Ness/Civic Center 10 $582,585 50
Visitacion Valley 5 $427,600 30
West Portal 2 $874,500 46
Western Addition 3 $648,333 45
Westwood Park 1 $880,000 118

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Zephyr Real Estate

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