Monthly Archives: December 2021

Iconic Pac Heights building sells for highest price per square foot in SF

It was built in the 1920s by Conrad Alfred Meussdorffer, who also designed the St. Regis apartments in Lafayette Park (the Beaux Arts beauty of which catapulted Meussdorffer’s career among the city’s elite), as well as 2006 Washington Street. This half … Continue reading

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Elon Musk Finds a Buyer for His ‘Last Remaining House,’ Outside San Francisco

Tech titan and space entrepreneur Elon Musk has found a buyer for his last remaining residential property, a historic California estate listed for nearly $32 million.  The 16,000-square-foot mansion in Hillsborough, California—an affluent area in Silicon Valley—went into contract over … Continue reading

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Soot, fog and square footage. The story behind San Francisco’s iconic bay windows.

The bay window most San Franciscans think of — the one exhibited on a classic Victorian like the Painted Ladies, for example — is a specific type of two shorter windows and one longer window that come together at angles … Continue reading

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