Monthly Archives: January 2021

Apartment rents rose across San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland in January, the first price growth since the coronavirus pandemic erupted last spring, according to a new report. San Francisco’s one-bedroom median rent was up 0.8% to $2,680 per month … Continue reading →

Upper Market Gallery has opened virtually, with a real grand opening still in the works, and with a view toward tearing down barriers in the local art world creating new spaces that invite conversation and community. Upper Market Gallery, or … Continue reading →

Apartment rental prices in San Francisco – a city mocked for being so unaffordable that residents pay more than a grand each month to sleep in a bunk bed and share space with strangers – have plummeted during the coronavirus … Continue reading →

The virtual meetings I sat in on were charged with a sense of high purpose, as designers on the front lines used their skills to potentially save lives. Signage was key; 2020 proved to be a golden age for graphic … Continue reading →

“Grand Lake Villa” was built in the 1920s by William H. Corlett and Walter Reed. Reed and Corlett designed such buildings as Chabot Elementary School, the Modern Safeway Stores Office Warehouse Building on International Boulevard, the Financial Center Building, the … Continue reading →