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AM Linkage: Watch Out For the Whales; Love For the Dolores Park Rehab; New Mural In Hayes Valley; More!

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AM Linkage: Naming Hayes Valley Residents; Dolores Park Flyover; San Francisco in '64; More!

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On the Market: $950K Gets You Your Own Private Dolores Park Bathroom

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, February 23, 2012, by Sally Kuchar A few other things are included in the sale, like three bedrooms and a parking spot. This 1,739 square foot top floor condo on Dolores Street is a mere three buildings from where Dolores Park starts. It's also within a block of Bi-Rite Market, Delfina, Tartine Bakery and Dolores Park Cafe. And while $950,000 is a little steep, your mortgage payments will be a breeze if you charge park dwellers to use your toilet (which is housed in a separate room than the shower and sink) on a sunny weekend afternoon. Condo highlights include a fabulous kitchen with all sorts of shiny and wonderful stainless steel appliances, including a Wolf range cooktop and double oven. There's also a pretty large and private (recently remodeled) laundry room that overlooks the shared and awesome backyard. Monthly HOA dues are $300 and the parking spot is leased at $250.
· 481 Dolores [Redfin] 481 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA

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PM Linkage: Dolores Park Playground Still On Track; Bad Behavior in Bernal Gets TV Attention; It Poured On Trinity Plaza; More!

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AM Linkage: Public Park Woes; Berkeley's Public Housing Problem; Dolores Park Playground Update; More!

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AM Linkage: Mythbuster Shenanigans; Dolores Park's Great View; Not Thrilled About High-Speed Rail; More!

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On the Market: Mission Dolores Penthouse Gets the "Location, Location, Location" Stamp

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, November 10, 2011, by Sally Kuchar Are you a wealthy hipster who's currently seeking shelter? Then we have a listing for you. Unit #3 at 870 Church is a 3-bed, 2-bath, 1,600-square-foot penthouse that has an "enormous" view deck that overlooks Dolores Park, which is a mere block away. Asking price? A cool $1,195,000. The kitchen was recently remodeled and features all the shiny and new stainless steel appliances you could ever ask for. There's 1-car parking in the garage and monthly HOA dues are $425.
· 870 Church, #3 [Redfin]

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PM Linkage: SF Neighborhood Animal Mascots in Print; Dolores Park Turf Wars; Historic Bell Gets Stolen; More!

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Turf Wars: Uh Oh: Is Dolores Park a Historical Landmark?

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[Home of Peace Cemetery, looking east from Church Street, 1880 via FoundSF.org]

A draft of the Historic Resource Evaluation Report on the history of Dolores Park may spark the imagination and send San Franciscans back to years past, but could it extinguish the renovation plan that is already well underway?
The project plans have already been complicated by neighborhood resistance, questions about how wide the ADA actually requires access paths to be, and even the possibility of disturbing undiscovered graves that may not have been removed when the park was converted from a cemetery. But just because something is listed on the National Register doesn't mean changes have to be approved by anybody. It's an honorary list, and has no regulatory power. - Cole Armstrong
· Dolores Park: An Historical Landmark? [Mission Loc@l]
· Mission Dolores Park Historic Resource Evaluation [PDF]

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AM Linkage: New Mural Coming to Lower Haight; Cable Car Roundabout Craziness; Dolores Park Shenanigans; More!

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Real Estate Sold: Guess What's Moving Into 601 Dolores?

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, by Sally Kuchar

Big news: 601 Dolores, the church across the street from Dolores Park, has found itself a buyer. But first, a history. The property, which needed massive seismic retrofitting before it was ready for occupancy, was placed on the market in 2007 with an asking price of $2,100,000. Curbed SF discovered that Siamak Akhavan, the owner of a seismic retrofit engineering company, then purchased the 17,000 square foot property and turned it into a 3-bed multimillion-dollar home. In early 2009 601 Dolores was placed back on the market with a very expensive price tag of $9,950,000. No bites, so it was delisted. In 2010 it showed up again, this time with a reduced asking price of $7,490,000. Now the property's in contract.

Marion Quinones, the Director of Development for Children's Day School confirms it: the buyer of 601 Dolores is Children's Day School. The property's now in contract with an accepted offer of $6,600,000.

The space will be used for the Children's Day School's middle school, plus a large gathering/performance space which it plans to make available to community groups, Quinones said. The school currently has a location at 330 Dolores. 601 Dolores will be the school's second location. Quinones also told us that the building will undergo interior renovations to build classrooms, complete additional seismic strengthening and make the building a legit school. Children's Day School will preserve the exterior and the historic integrity of the property. The school has "very happily worked" with Jensen Architects in the past for renovations to 333 Dolores, and hopes to continue that relationship with the renovations at 601 Dolores.
· Ask Curbed SF: Holy Land on Dolores Street [Curbed SF]
· Curbed SF Answers: Holy Land on Dolores Street [Curbed SF]
· (Back) On the Market: Your Very Own Church in the Mission [Curbed SF]
· Dolores Park Church Mansion Loses Nearly $2.5 Mil Off 2009 Price [Curbed SF]
· Children's Day School [website]

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PM Linkage: Dolores Park Shenanigans; Don King's Gaudy Digs; Really Nice Closets; More!

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PM Linkage: Working Out in the Lower Haight; Dogs of Dolores Park; Restaurant Hotties; More!

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