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9 hours agoThis Prewar Brooklyn Apartment Is Full of Surprises
A prewar apartment in Brooklyn was transformed from nine rooms to fourteen, emphasizing subdivided spaces instead of open layouts.
Philz Coffee's recent decision to remove pride flags from their stores has left many team members and customers feeling confounded and unsupported. Within Philz's expressed core values, the company emphasizes its goal to create a 'customer and team-member focused' experience. The pride flags within the stores hold deep meaning and value to both staff and visitors, symbolizing that these locations are safe and welcoming spaces for all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
"I grew up in that bar. I spent more time there than I did in my own home." Rick Figari reflects on his deep connection to the Ha-Ra Club, where his parents met and where he has countless memories.
Nisha, who looked to be about 15 years old, drew a parol - a star-shaped lantern displayed during Christmas - and a Bahay kubo - a traditional Filipino-style house - with a small pencil, as she sat at a table of the Bayanihan Community Center in SoMa.
Pleasant Ridge Reserve is just quietly the best alpine-style cheese made in the U.S., with the awards to prove it. Rush Creek is exciting because it is limited, unusual, and heralds the coming of the food holidays. Pleasant Ridge, on the other hand, is just quietly the best alpine-style cheese made in the U.S., with the awards to prove it.
These [California metros] just became hotter markets, and so, there's less inventory, there's more demand, so that means it becomes more attractive for someone who is an investor. The flurry of investor activity could be from investors betting on a continued artificial intelligence boom and an emphasis on return-to-office mandates in California metros.
I had lived in the Bay Area longer than anywhere else, and I was ready for a reset. Something about the rhythm of Miami felt like the next chapter. More movement, more culture, more color. When COVID-19 hit, everything came to a standstill. Like many service-based businesses, the photography business that I had been running in SF since 2007 went to zero almost overnight. It was a big reset moment for me, and it was time for a change.
Stepping into 2800 Pacific Ave. is like taking a trip back in time, arriving in San Francisco's Gilded Age, when architects like Ernest Coxhead were creating opulent mansions to enshrine the city's elite. In this Georgian abode, we are presented with a carefully preserved example of Coxhead's work, as well as a particularly rich slice of local history. And though 2800 Pacific Ave. has been called SF's "most iconic" mansion by Chronicle columnist Herb Caen,
In addition to 7,000 new units of housing that are currently under construction and should be ready for occupancy within the next year or two, there are now 11,100 net-new units for which building permits have either been issued, approved or requested, and another 27,400 units in projects that have already been approved but not yet permitted (which includes the majority of the 10,500 units by Candlestick, 7,800 units on Treasure Island and 5,680 units at Parkmerced, projects which have overall timelines measured in decades, not years).