Weekend Open House Report: Bernal Heights Edition
Location: 9 Peters Ave. at Fair Ave.
Size: 3-bed, 1.5-bath 1,450-square-foot single-family home
Price: $1.495M
Pitch: "Remodeled 2-Story Craftsman on Bernal Height's desirable West Slope. Formal living & dining room w/ charming period details. Remodeled kitchen with new appliances and quartz counters. Sunny office /play room with direct access to level patio/yard. 3 bdrms + remodeled ba on top floor. Wonderful western views & great light throughout. Super functional entry mud room, large laundry room + powder room on 1st level. 1 car garage + large storage room/work bench. Updated systems & improvements: High efficiency furnace/hot water heater, new sewer line, updated electrical box, seismically reinforced foundation, new windows, skylights, LED lighting, new appliances, etc! Quiet cul-de-sac street near restaurants, MUNI, BART, easy 101/280 access."
Open House: Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 4pm
Peeking Inside the Nearly Finished Units at Rincon Hill's Jasper
Photos via Patricia ChangRincon Hill's Jasper is well on its way to finishing up its 40 stories of glossy, high-end rentals and amenities. The building has topped out, and many of the units have their appliances, cabinetry, and flooring installed. Leasing has also begun on the first 13 floors of the HKS Architects-designed building, formerly known as 45 Lansing, and move-ins on those apartments will begin in October. Jasper comes from Crescent Heights, the developer behind the super-fancy NEMA, and is shaping up to have all the sleekness of its Mid-Market cousin, with interiors designed by Stanley Saitowitz. According to Crescent Heights regional manager Roman Speron, Jasper is inspired by film noir, and its look and feel will be based around a monochromatic color scheme of black, white, and gray.
A new survey from Bay Area Council finds that although most residents rely on cars to get around, they strongly support a $3 billion bond measure to make BART better. Respondents were also in favor of the construction of a second Transbay Tube to connect the city to the East Bay. Despite high levels of concern over traffic issues, those surveyed were less supportive of paying higher vehicle license fees to fund improvements to streets and highways. Fewer than half of respondents supported either a new flat fee or a plan to charge drivers for the number of miles driven each year. [SFGate]San Francisco Rings In Marriage Equality at City Hall & Beyond
After a truly landmark Supreme Court decision that effectively legalizes same-sex marriage across the United States, the city erupted in cheers, tears, and blasts of honking horns. We honestly can't find enough people to hug/high-five/cry on, so while we're doing that, here's photographic evidence of other people doing those very things. Much of the party has concentrated around City Hall, where an enormous rainbow flag has been unfurled over the entrance, and where both Mayor Ed Lee and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom gave remarks to an emotional crowd waving flags and wearing "love" T-shirts.
The latest Burning Man-inspired artwork to hit Hayes Valley is the 37-foot-tall Temple at Patricia's Green created by artist David Best, and after two weeks of construction it is being dedicated today. The temple is a smaller version of the ones that he builds and burns at Burning Man, and visitors are invited to fill the structure with memories and messages for people they've lost. Another temple from Best stood on the site 10 years ago. This one will be up for the next year. [Hoodline/Photo of Best's 2005 temple via Black Rock Arts]The US LGBTQ History Sites That We Should Preserve
A group in the Gay Liberation Front House in Washington, D.C. Photo via Bilerico Project.
Earlier this month, Chicago's Henry Gerber House, a starting point for the gay rights movement in the United States, was designated a National Historic Landmark by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, making it the second such LGBTQ heritage site to be landmarked in the United States (after New York's Stonewall Inn). But that's far from the only such site on the radar of the Rainbow Heritage Network, a group trying to gain recognition and, most importantly, protection for the nation's LGBTQ history.
A coalition of more than 400 preservationists and gay rights activists, Rainbow Heritage, which started in January, has begun to push for preservation on a national level. According to one of the founders, Mark Meinke, who also worked with the Rainbow History Network, preserving LGBTQ sites on a local, state, and federal level presents its own unique challenges.
Intensely Wallpapered Hayes Valley Victorian Wants $2.875M
The intricate exterior of the Victorian at 630 Page Street in Hayes Valley gives only a few hints about what is behind the home's doors. The house has lots of visible stained glass and an entryway flanked by finely carved pillars, but that's nothing compared with the overwhelming mishmash of patterns and period details within. Normally we would love the moldings, light fixtures, and fireplaces, but it all kind of gets lost in a sea of oriental rugs and dark carved furniture. The slightly madhouse five-bedroom, two-bath home hit the market this week asking $2.875 million, and while it's kind of crazy, at least it is interesting. 
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Backyard Tent Renting for $899/Month Sums Up Everything That's Wrong with the Bay Area
Screengrab from CBS's reportAbout a week ago, enterprising millennial John Potter listed a backyard tent for rent on Airbnb, advertising a rate of $20/night. The tent, a nine-by-seven-foot Coleman set up in the backyard of his parents' house in Mountain View, comes with a sleeping bag and a pillow. It's close to Caltrain and (hint hint) Google. Also, there are amenities: Tenants (tentants?) are permitted one shower per day, and there's free Wi-Fi. Yesterday, CBS's NightBeat stopped by with a TV crew and trumped up the "Oh, zany Silicon Valley!" angle, asking Potter about the pros of sleeping out-of-doors ("Fresh air!") and the cons ("Racoons!"). After receiving so many reservation requests, Potter told the website Fusion, he upped the rate to $46/night and is also offering a monthly rate of $899. Yes, $899 per month to sleep in a tent that's walking distance from Walmart. Our first thought: This has got to be some kind of prank, or perhaps a conceptual art piece. Right? Right??
Totally Transformed Farmhouse Lists for $9.6M in Cow Hollow
Photos via Sotheby's International RealtyAccording to its brokerbabble, the five-bedroom home at 2829 Green Street in Cow Hollow was one of the neighborhood's very first farmhouses, originally built in the 1870s. The house sits near the Lyon Street cul-de-sac that leads up to the Lyon Street steps, meaning that it is also just down the street from the edge of the Presidio. The home's modest exterior makes it look enough like an 1800s-era cottage, although inside, of course, everything has been been updated and modernized. It just hit the market asking $9.6 million, making this one very expensive farmhouse.
Behold, 10 of the World's Wildest New Interior Spaces
All photos via INSIDEWhen it comes to the built environment, the architecture of the structure is never the full picture. Running alongside this year's World Architecture Festival in Singapore in November will be the World Festival of Interiors, an international gathering of interior design pros that, like its architecture counterpart, will also hand out category awards, plus the big "World Interior of the Year" title. A shortlist of 50 new projects from 16 countries was recently unveiled. Here's your look at some of the most striking entries, spanning the categories of hotels, offices, residential, and more.
What $3,600/Month Rents You in San Francisco
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various San Francisco neighborhoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out! Today's price: $3,600.
↑ This 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom Edwardian flat in the Central Richmond is on the rental market for $3,500/month. It's packed with Edwardian charm, though it has modern updates like stainless steel appliances in the kitchen and a dual-flush toilet in the bathroom. There's also a small bonus room in the back. There's no mention of parking or pets, but there is laundry in the building. 
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