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As we wrote about the St. Regis penthouse in July: According to a plugged-in source…construction should be finished in a couple of months and the renderings will give way to reality. As a plugged-in tipster adds today: The St….

From the recently expired (without a sale) listing for One Rincon Hill (425 1st Street) #1408: “Have a 2nd car? Extra parking is available!” ∙ It’s “Official,” One Rincon Hill’s Tower Two Is Indefinitely On Hold [SocketSite]…

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Part of the Presidio’s Riley Row, this 2-bed, 1-bath duplex is loaded up with so much “architectural charm” that it leads people “to believe they were built as officers’ quarters, yet they were built in 1909 and 1931-32 as enlisted family housing.” And now, the Presidio’s renting it, and others, out with a limited time offer of $2,460 a month— a monthly reduction of $275. That’s no couch change. The catch? Living with the Doyle Drive revamp, which starts pretty soon (fall 2009/early 2010) and continues in its various stages for the next four honkin’ years. Calculator says: total savings of over 13 grand. So … “noise, dust, road closures and detours, traffic”: worth it?
· 126-A Riley Avenue, San Francisco, CA [Craigslist]
· Approved: $1 Billion Plan for Doyle Drive [Curbed SF]

The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s continuing their campaign against blight on SoMa’s Sixth Street with two full-time employees whose jobs it’ll be to act as the “eyes and ears” of the SFPD. The word seems to be they’ll report on crimes, provide advice, and “clear paths” for pedestrians, but an advocate for the homeless thinks it’s not unlike programs designed to “remove … poor people.” Cost of the yearlong program: $150,000. [SF Examiner, previously]

Via SocketSite: home to much sibling fireworks and teenaged angst, the “Party of Five” house at 2311 Broadway’s about to hit the market— and so soon after pregnant Arnold’s house! As they note, the house was last sold in 1999 for a solid $5.4 mil— wagers on its asking price today, anyone? Bonus for factoring the collective success of its now extremely grownup actors. Oh, and feel free to drop 2311 a Yelp review, because it’s kind of important.
· “Party Of Five” House (2311 Broadway) Coming Soon [SocketSite]
· The Party of Five House [Yelp]

[Vis Valley apocalypse via Whole Wheat Toast]

Scheduled to become a “transit village” complete with pastel colors, the site of the former Schlage Lock Factory is all but rubble now. Construction should begin next year, but just in case, don’t hold your breath.
· Rendering Reveal: Schlage Site Unlocked For New Housing [Curbed SF]

Union Street has won the battle against the dreaded bus terminal Muni was planning on installing. After gathering a thousand signatures in opposition to the long-bus terminal and meeting with Muni’s top brass, the band of brothers was able to extract a “compromise”: the big buses would only run from 5 to 9 a.m. (already the plan, last we checked), and the terminal at Fillmore would be “temporarily abandoned.” Translation: abandoned forever. [SF Examiner, previously]

From a plugged-in tipster with respect to 2311 Broadway: Seems the “Party of Five” house [at 2311 Broadway] is about to make it’s debut on the MLS. Great house, great address, apparently GREAT for an acting career – Neve…

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Perhaps fed up with the forever empty lots that sit where the Central Freeway used to stand, the Mayor’s Office has dialed up architecture firm envelope Architecture+Design to put together temporary structures on Octavia fronting the Hayes Green. The mixed-use project, which encompasses retail, food, galleries, and gardens, is collectively called “proxy,” and is kind of a long-term pop-up retail idea— two to three years goes the thinking. In the meantime, the urban fabric is restored “through a combination of frame, fabric, mesh, wall and volume,” all eco-friendly and local and sustainable no doubt. Note also the same firm (which participated in Slow Food Nation not so long ago) has a mixed-use live/work project also on Octavia, though its readiness is also no doubt subject to the big bad economy, just as the Hayes Green lots are. So when does “The Sound of Music” screen?
· Proxy: Octavia Blvd – Lots K+L [Envelope A+D]
· That Empty Lot Problem? Solved. [A/N Blog]
· Goodbye Parking Lots: Central Freeway Land to Go [Curbed SF]
· Rendering Reveal: Stanley & Co. do Slow Food Nation [Curbed SF]

“Two full-time city employees will begin patrolling [Sixth Street] and its alleys this month. They will have two-way radios to report crimes, provide advice and clear paths for pedestrians, under a program adopted by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.” ∙…