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15 Napier is a 2-bed, 2-bath single-family home that was just put on the market with an asking price of $1,295,000. It’s among a small group of Telegraph Hill homes from the second half of the 19th century that survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. The house is on a wooden alley connected to the Filbert Steps and is surrounded by the Grace Merchant Garden, home to awesome native plants and the parrots of Telegraph Hill. The house was remodeled in 2002 and 2003, bringing the kitchen and baths up to date with today’s fancypants standards.

· 15 Napier [Redfin]

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· Lake Merced sure is gorgeous [Ocean Beach Bulletin]
· Celebrities and their kitchens [Zillow]
· Everything is $1 we mean $1.25 [We Built This City]
· Caltrain construction begins [SF Appeal]
· Scenes from the Mission’s 16th Street and Bryant Street bus stops [Mission Local]

For more than half a decade a portion of SoMa has been noisy and unpleasant due to the $471,000,000 undertaking to retrofit the western approach of the Bay Bridge. To help ease local residents through the process, $4,000,000 was set aside for public improvements, including a dog park at Beale and Bryant streets. On Wednesday, the funds were allocated for the landscaping upgrades. The site will eventually feature two dog areas: one for big and one for small dogs. There will also be watering holes and a slew of green space. [SF Examiner]

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· Help clean up Dolores Park [Dolores Park Works]
· The Furture is where it’s at [Mission Mission]
· The Panhandle bandshell has gone missing [SF Citizen]
· North Beach NIMBYs bummed about person singing [SFist]
· Even BART is like “ugh, Clipper” [SF Streetsblog]
· Treasure Island environmental review receives more than 700 comments [WOW]

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Ah, yes. The woes of 465 Hoffman, the 4-bed, 4.5-bath, 4,500 square foot mega contemporary abode in Noe Valley. It was designed by Group 41 and then plopped on the market in May of 2009 with an asking price of $3,900,000. Shoot forward to early February of this year and it was significantly reduced to $3,000,000, a $900,000 chop. One month later it sold, but for $2,970,0000. Well, folks, now it’s back, and for $666 a square foot, or $2,995,000. Why the quick sale? Why do the current owners think they’ll make $25,000 after being handed the keys less than a year ago? If any tipsters have information, please email us or leave a comment.

· GuessChopping Reveal: Noe Valley Modern Mega House [Curbed SF]

· Modern Mega House in Noe Valley Drops From $3.9 to $3 Mil Flat [Curbed SF]

· Group 41 House Sells After 24% Chop [Curbed SF]

· 465 Hoffman [Redfin]

Our interiors-obsessed cousins at Curbed National are in hot pursuit of an associate editor to join their team of merry bandits. The freelance, paid position is ripe for the picking by someone whose vital signs go haywire at the sight of an Albert Hadley-dressed living room and who’s got design-world contacts to boot. Click the link for details. [Curbed National]

My Garbage, My Neighborhood is a documentary that hopes to answer the question of “who owns the crap I throw away?” Centered around the Haight and Golden Gate Park, the film takes a look at the subculture of trash pickers and scavengers that still exists despite mandatory recycling. [MyGarbage.org]

The board overseeing the redevelopment of Treasure Island is seeing major changes, courtesy of one lame-duck Mayor Newsom.Newsom has not only gotten rid of the only TI resident on the board, he’s replaced him with a non-resident son of a plumbers union boss. Treasure Island residents are concerned that many of the new board members will not have heard their concerns going into decision time this spring. On the docket: the redevelopment plan itself and certification of the environmental impact report. [Way Out West]

Haighteration reports today that the prospective tenant for 400 Divisadero is Chase Bank. Many in the neighborhood have already complained that this “super tenant” was going to be kicking out shops that specialized in truffles and cheese, and we can only wonder how they expect that to go over in the court of public opinion. Voice your opinion (if you live in the hood) at tonight’s NOPNA meeting, and we’re sure the many local bloggers will report on the ensuing sh**show. [Haighteration]

“I’m not willing to risk all that for high-speed rail,” Katz said. Citing the various, more local projects he’s involved in, Los Angeles transportation official Richard Katz is stepping down from the state panel overseeing development of California’s high-speed rail system. He and another lightning-fast bureaucrat, High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Curt Pringle, have been under pressure to leave the authority as opponents seek to undermine our ability to go to LA for lunch and be back in time to pick the kids up from school anytime in the near future. [LA Times]