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An anti-Victorian pair of townhouses
LANDMARKS | BRIDGET MALEY The two English-inspired Tudor style townhouses at 3356 and 3362 Jackson Street are a perfectly matched set. Built for George and Ruth Beveridge in 1898, this charming Presidio Heights ensemble was designed by the short-lived architectural partnership of Newton J. Tharp and Edward L. Holmes. George Beveridge, a successful miner who…
A stylish office close to home
A NEW SHARED “forward-thinking workspace” with refined aesthetics and upscale amenities is in the works in a long-vacant upstairs space at Fillmore and Sacramento. Expected to open in September, Canopy will offer shared tables, a personal desk or a private office in an airy space with communal areas and conference rooms for a price: $650 to…
Big Nate: a good neighbor
LOCALS | MARK J. MITCHELL Sports fans mourned the death of Nate Thurmond, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, who died on July 16 at the age of 74. He was the first player ever to score a quadruple-double in the history of the game and the only player to have his…
The smell of death
FIRST PERSON | JACK M. DAIRIKI In Hiroshima City’s Atomic Peace Park, there is a poem carved into a rock that states: “Please rest in peace, for this error shall never be repeated.” It is a pledge to all living people of the world to protect all of humanity. I witnessed the holocaust three and…
Finding the divine in wine
Q & A | FAITH WHEELER The latest wine bar to pop a cork in the neighborhood is Scopo Divino, a cozy bar and restaurant that has taken over the Food Inc. space at 2800 California, near the corner of Divisadero. Owner Tim Schuyler Hayman, a first-time restaurateur and career newspaper ad man — with…
From the farm to the Fillmore
THERE’S A friendly new face behind the artfully arranged array of squash, tomatoes, onions, carrots, beans and other produce at the Fillmore Farmers Market on Saturday mornings at Fillmore and O’Farrell. It’s Marsha Habib, founder of Oya Organics, who started by farming a one-acre satellite garden a few years ago with low-income Latino farmers in…
Maybe I loved my car too much?
FIRST PERSON | VICTORIA DUNHAM I whined most of the day — well, at least from 9 a.m. on, when my downstairs neighbor called and said: “I have bad news. You know that loud crash you heard last night?” I had heard a big crash at around 3 a.m., then a car alarm going off…
One twin without the other
LANDMARKS | BRIDGET MALEY Something appears to be missing from the house at 1969 California Street. Indeed, the other half of the intended complex was never built. Originally conceived to have a twin to the west, the half arch that would have accessed a center drive between the two houses terminates mid-air and crashes into…
‘Petit Trianon’ sells for a petite price
REAL ESTATE | PATRICK BARBER The recent sale of the mansion known as the Petit Trianon in Presidio Heights highlights the importance of realistic pricing and proper maintenance, while another sale just a block away underscores that today’s high-end San Francisco homebuyers gravitate toward modern architecture. In mid-July, the 14-bedroom, 20,000-square-foot French chateau replica at…