Tag Archives: City By The Bay

In San Francisco, Life Without ‘Starchitects’

The developers of Walker Tower, a luxury condo conversion in Chelsea, have taken it a step further, trumpeting the original designer of the former commercial building, Ralph Walker, whom The New York Times in 1957 called the “architect of the … Continue reading →

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In San Francisco, High-Rises by the Bay

ROUGHLY two decades ago, during an earlier Internet start-up boom, many entrepreneurs and fast-typing coders and engineers set up shop in a still-gritty area of this city: South of Market Street. The young tech crowd rented — and sometimes bought … Continue reading →

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SF Leads Bay Area in Vacant Homes

Surprising news out of the census: San Francisco had 30,000 empty homes in 2010, reports Blanca Torres of the San Francisco Business Times. That’s an 8.3 vacancy rate, higher than the state average, and higher than any other county in … Continue reading →

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