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Final Transbay parcel takes shape in new rendering

By Adam Brinklow Jul 5, 2016, 3:06p

It's 60 stories of shimmering glass, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli. It may be coming to a skyline near you.

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What it's like to live in quick-changing Oakland

By Adrian Glick Kudler Jul 5, 2016, 2:52p

Last week, Curbed explored some of the many facets of a rapidly changing Oakland. In response, many Oaklanders shared their stories of living in the city and watching it transform; here's what they had to say.

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Bay Area’s safest towns 2016, ranked

By Brock Keeling Jul 5, 2016, 2:31p

Pulling data from towns with at least 5,000 residents, Niche, a statistical ranking site, narrowed down the allegedly safest cities for people (safe for socio-economically lucky people, mind you) in the country to live.

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Rent Report: SF has dropped to the second most expensive city in America

By Adam Brinklow Jul 5, 2016, 2:07p

It's too early to be sure, but for the first time in many years, a single rental site recorded a lower median rent in San Francisco than New York. Only weeks of nail-biting will tell us if this is a harbinger of things to come or a cruel fake out.

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Curbed San Francisco Pocket Guide: Summer 2016

By Brock Keeling Jul 1, 2016, 10:35a

The ultimate summertime places to visit (or revisit) in everyone's favorite city

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Curbed Comparisons: What $4,300/month rents in SF

By Adam Brinklow Jul 5, 2016, 12:59p

Victorians opening up on Liberty Street, houses spreading out in Cole Valley, and penthouse living popping up in Potrero Hill.

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Major Lake District Edwardian renovation wows, will ask $4.49 million

By Brock Keeling Jul 5, 2016, 12:06p

You have to hand it to this major redo in San Francisco’s tony sliver of a neighborhood, Lake District. This onetime two-unit structure at 158 Eighth Avenue turned into quite the stunner, both aesthetically and reconfiguration-wise.

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The price of Mission fires doubled last year

By Adam Brinklow Jul 5, 2016, 10:41a

Building fires in one San Francisco neighborhood did twice as much property damage in 2015 as the previous year. Almost as much as four years combined, in fact. The most likely culprit: One huge fire.

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Western Addition Eichler condo asks $1.05 million

By Brock Keeling Jul 5, 2016, 10:01a

A block away from Japantown in the Western Addition is an 18-story high rise that, though an Eichler, isn’t terribly special. What is interesting, however, are the six, 12-unit low-rise buildings that surround it.

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15 photos of San Francisco’s jaw-dropping fireworks spectacular

By Brock Keeling Jul 5, 2016, 8:37a

On July 4th, the United States celebrates Independence Day. And on that very same day, coincidentally, San Francisco takes part in its annual illumination of the fog ceremony.

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Midcentury meets maritime at Rhode Island home

By Mary Jo Bowling Jul 5, 2016, 7:00a

We visit the Watch Hill, Rhode Island, Shingle-style home of Kelly Shea and Brendan Banks, a couple who took the long way (15,000 miles, to be exact) to get there.

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China’s most expensive home costs $154 million

By Jeremiah Budin Jul 5, 2016, 9:38a

If you’re paying that much for a house, you better believe it comes with a mist-covered pond.

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Ask Flipped: How should I store my book?

By Jeremiah Budin Jun 30, 2016, 10:37a

I recently got a book. What do I do with it?

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Game of Thrones, Season 6, Episode 10: Decor Recap

By Jeremiah Budin Jun 27, 2016, 6:00a

For sale: one Sept of Baelor, slightly damaged.

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Independence Day 2 has us wondering who hates architecture more: aliens, asteroids, or ghosts?

By Jeremiah Budin Jun 24, 2016, 7:05a

In honor of Independence Day 2, we explore who has the worst track record of destroying architecture in movies.

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Inside a rapidly changing Oakland

By Adrian Glick Kudler Jun 29, 2016, 7:06a

With techies pouring in from across the Bay and prices skyrocketing, Oakland may be the most rapidly changing city in America right now. From hipster flips to Uber to brand new neighborhoods to the Black Panthers, here’s the view from the inside.

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SF's most and least expensive homes this week

By Adam Brinklow Jul 1, 2016, 2:50p

One of the city's most expensive homes finally sells for $10 million. And one of its least expensive homes sells for a downright implausible $157,000.

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Another Warriors heartbreak for Oakland

By Brock Keeling Jul 1, 2016, 2:29p

Just as the NBA Finals wounds have started to scab over, the city of Oakland faces another blow: the team’s move to San Francisco. When the 2019 season arrives, the Warriors will leave Oakland's Oracle Arena behind for SF's Mission Bay.

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Map: How Every Single Candidate Did in Every Neighborhood

By Adam Brinklow Jul 1, 2016, 2:05p

One guy sat down and compiled a map of every single candidate in the June primary, and every possible head to head comparison of them, down to the very last district.

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Millennial commune in Alamo Square asks $650/month, lots of hugs

By Adam Brinklow Jul 1, 2016, 10:56a

You won't have a lot of legroom, but it's a ten bed, 11 and a half bath, 1894 Victorian from the founder of San Francisco Beaux-Arts, for a bargain price.

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Supervisor Campos sparks arson allegations in Mission fires

By Adam Brinklow Jul 1, 2016, 8:04a

Supervisor David Campos hints at real estate crimes and insurance fraud in recent outbreak of infernos. The fire department says no, it's just density and bad luck. The data, as usual, could go either way.

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Darwin Bell’s ‘Colors of the Tenderloin’ photo exhibit opens

By Brock Keeling Jun 30, 2016, 4:19p

"The second I moved into my little studio, I knew I was home," Bell, who lives and works in the neighborhood, tells Curbed SF. "I find something new to photograph within every block and a half, every single day."

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Roommates share eclectic style in an Oakland live/work loft

By Brock Keeling Jun 30, 2016, 3:00p

Ben Lewis, Nicholas Albrecht, and Allie-Brooke Shelby like the sense of community in sharing a live/work loft in Oakland. They've decorated it with a delightful mishmash of midcentury and contemporary furniture.

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Curbed Comparisons: What $1,650/month rents you in Oakland

By Adam Brinklow Jun 30, 2016, 2:11p

Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column exploring what you can rent for a set dollar amount in different neighborhoods. Since it's Oakland Week, we're venturing across the bridge again. Our price: $1,650/month.

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Local hero/reporter shames Alamo Square tour buses

By Brock Keeling Jun 30, 2016, 1:33p

Bay Area treasure Stanley Roberts noticed that, even though it is now illegal, tour buses are still circling Alamo Square so that gawking tourists can snap pics of the Full House homes. And he isn’t having any of it.

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LuXe Pac Heights penthouse returns asking nearly $5.4 million

By Adam Brinklow Jun 30, 2016, 12:28p

After less than a year of wear, the topmost mark of the super decadent but surprisingly minimalist Pac Heights building hangs a new "for sale" sign on its door.

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Drone footage shows Apple Campus 2 nearing homestretch

By Adam Brinklow Jun 30, 2016, 10:18a

The good news for Apple Campus 2 voyeurs is that a fresh batch of omnipresent drone footage was uploaded by local YouTuber Matthew Roberts. The accompanying bad news is that someday soon we’ll all have to give up these aerial examinations.

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Mission condo near Dolores Park asks under a million

By Brock Keeling Jun 30, 2016, 9:29a

Top-floor living a couple blocks away from Dolores Park for under a million? Indeed. This three-bedroom, one-bath Victorian condo at 3380 16th Street lands on the market this week for $895,000.

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Which tech workers can actually afford San Francisco?

By Adam Brinklow Jun 29, 2016, 3:59p

Even Google employees may have trouble finding affordable housing, but it does depend on which definition of affordable you employ. Nobody is living on Easy Street, but parallel streets may have vacancies.

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Massive 172-unit Potrero Hill development for sale

By Adam Brinklow Jun 29, 2016, 1:26p

After three years seeking entitlements, the potential major new player on 16th street is courting buyers rather than breaking ground.

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Landmark Berkeley mansion, built for oil baron, asks $5.45 million

By Brock Keeling Jun 29, 2016, 12:59p

For the first time in 48 years, this 1910 mansion in the tony Claremont Court of Berkeley hits the market. Originally built for oil baron/banker Paul 0. Tietzen, 2840 Claremont features eight bedrooms, five and a half baths, and 8,639 square feet.

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Under $700K Club: Three budget-friendly San Francsico homes

By Adam Brinklow Jun 29, 2016, 12:23p

The future of Bayview, the centerpiece of Van Ness Avenue, and the soaring ceilings of SOMA join the club.

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Arsonist repeatedly sets fire to Stern Grove

By Adam Brinklow Jun 29, 2016, 10:27a

Someone has been using the festival's distinctive benches and tables for spare kindling. Three times in the last nine days, park staff have found the furniture torched in the middle of the night.

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Weather: Karl the Fog returns

By Brock Keeling Jun 29, 2016, 10:10a

What a treat! Instead of the DoloPark-bro weather we’ve been saddled with as of late, San Francisco was rewarded this morning with the much-needed return of Karl the Fog. Consider yourselves #blessed.

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Skylight-studded roof highlights Telegraph Hill home, asks $6.5 million

By Brock Keeling Jun 29, 2016, 9:10a

Look, you can hardly go wrong in Telegraph Hill. This hill-top/hillside neighborhood gets bragging rights to some of the best homes in the city. And this looker at 524 Vallejo is no different.

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An Oakland musician makes her home sing

By Mary Jo Bowling Jun 29, 2016, 6:30a

Inside the Oakland, California, home of Zena Carlota, a musician whose powerfully evocative music reflects the meaningful way she has assembled her personal surroundings.

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Map: Rents won't rise, but stubbornly refuse to fall

By Adam Brinklow Jun 28, 2016, 4:04p

Mapping SF rents, areas south of Market see prices higher than almost ever before, while areas very, very far south of Market hold out against price creep for cheaper living (as much as can be expected) as prices stagnate but refuse to really fall.

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What $4,850 rents you in San Francisco right now

By Adam Brinklow Jun 28, 2016, 2:55p

Dueling South Beach condos, awe-inspiring painted Victorians, and a bit of rustic charm in West Portal. All refreshingly pet friendly.

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Mission District Victorian renovation stuns to the tune of $2.5 million

By Brock Keeling Jun 28, 2016, 2:14p

Reflection is a dirty word in San Francisco 2016 real estate, and no one is that more evident than in the Mission District. This unapologetic Victorian renovation at 1217 York shows you why.

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