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This 3-bed, 3-bath, 2,700 square foot home just hit the market with an asking price of $3,500,000. That’s right, kiddies, $3,500,000. No need to adjust the glasses. That’s what it takes to obtain a 94121 zip code. Besides, you get Robin Williams as a neighbor (not directly, but he does own a pad in the hood).

Once inside the house you’ll find a formal living room with a boring looking fireplace, a dining room that probably should have considered different window treatments (we see trees! Don’t cover up the trees!), and a library that doesn’t have any books in it. What we do love is the fantastic layout of the kitchen, along with the dark wood inlay in the hardwood flooring. Outside areas include landscaped gardens and 2 separate garages with interior access.

Quick note to the listing agent: please consider hiring a stager!
· 40 27th [Redfin]

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It’s official: Blick has moved into its new location at 979 Market Street, just a few steps away from the shuttered Pearl art supplies store. Blick alerted us to this ground-breaking news by updating their Yelp page with an announcement of their new location. Blick’s also has locations in Berkeley, Oakland, and several more throughout Southern California. Perhaps the move from Van Ness to Market will bring some much needed foot traffic and commerce to dreary Mid-Market.
· Mid-Market Loses Pearl, Just as Blick’s Prepares to Move In [Curbed SF]
· Mid-Market Renaissance Continues: Blick Art Materials Opens Today at 979 Market Near Sixth [SF Citizen]
· Blick Art Materials [Yelp]

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The weekend is upon us and we’re getting beachy. Up the coast there’s Stinson Beach, the popular and noisy strip of wide sand bar and former wetlands loved by both surfers and plutocrats alike. The plutocrats have Seadrift, the gated private community between the Pacific and and Route One, mostly expensive spec houses on artificial lagoons from the late-fifties and their successors. Some of these became teardowns, making way for big statements in cedar and glass, including one beach house designed to look like a small village. In keeping with the gated community vibe, Seadrift actively discourages short term rentals, large groups and parties. The rest of Stinson Beach has no such compunctions, however, and the heady mix of estrogen, testosterone and AXE hits as you drive into town.

Uphill we found this low-slung ranch from 1958. The listing says “back on the market with huge price reduction” but doesn’t let us know what “huge” is. Whatever, $1.795K seems like a pretty good starting place to make a deal. Nice setting and pool, although you have to drive to the beach. Or never leave the house. No, we’re not crazy about the interiors, either and FTW is with that exhaust in the kitchen and is that really a stuffed seal in the living room? And yes, that seems to be an attempt at doing something solar on the roof. But once you get there, will you really care?
· 125 Laurel Avenue, Stinson Beach [Redfin]
· Stinson Beach [Wikipedia]

Unlicensed civil engineer and notorious SF permit “expediter” Jimmy Jen is going up against more than 200 felony charges for allegedly creating fake documentation for about 100 construction projects in San Francisco. Jen’s employee, Jian Min Fong, is also being charged for being involved with the scheme, which raises questions among prosecutors about the city’s approval process. [SF Gate]

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· Your late night Muni ride soundtrack [Muni Diaries]
· Yesterday the city had something to celebrate, so it did [SF Appeal]
· California beaches are filthy, says study [SF Examiner]
· Shenanigans on board land plane at SFO [SFist]
· Rats! They love 24th Street [Mission Local]

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· Gallery of reactions after Prop 8 announcement [SFist]
· Hotel doorman is insane, but for cool reason [SF Appeal]
· San Francisco apartments really do have the best views [Civic Center]
· For sale: awesome print of Dolores Park [Flickr]
· Famous old person visits our local museums [SF Citizen]
· Weird stuff happens at the Powell cable car Turnaround [SF Citizen]

Here at Curbed we tend to focus our snarky and witty banter on neighborhood NIMBYs and real estate porno. But just for a moment we’re going to switch hats and say congratulations to California for striking down the ban on same-sex marriage, and thank you to all the hardworking folk who made today one for the history books. [SF Gate]

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This 2-bed, 1-bath single-family home just hit the market with an asking price of $699,000 (realtors, just round up, please). Clocking in at 1,425 square feet, this cute little number has ornate flooring, fireplace, central courtyard (well, it needs some work), fantastic looking bathroom, breakfast nook, garage, laundry on site, and a large and lawned backyard. Although the property does face east, you might be able to scale your own wall (provided there isn’t proper roof access) to get a nice glimpse of filthy Ocean Beach (we’re just joshing, Ocean Beach).
· 1825 37th Ave [Redfin]

Cities for centuries have played an integral part in producing food for their residents. Only recently did cars and trains replace horses—and garden-friendly horse poop—a switch that made possible the long-distance supply chain of big-farms-to-big-supermarkets that’s the foundation of the modern American urban food system The beginnings of a series on urban farming from our friends at Grist.