Proposed Church Sale Angers Some: "We understand that people are going...

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"We understand that people are going to be upset about this," said archdiocese spokesman George Wesolek. "That's where they were baptized, maybe married. There are strong emotional connections. But we have to move on." The potential sale of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church on Russian Hill has some residents upset, even though the church hasn't been used since last summer. "We are very upset, very angry and so disappointed," said former parishioner Clementina Garcia Landgrave. The church, which is a local historic landmark, is currently asking $3.5M. [SF Examiner/photo via Dominic Labbe]

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Going Back to Finish a Project … Eventually

I'm sure I'm not the only one guilty of this. I get really, really close to the end of a project and then I simply peter out, often leaving a bit of touching up to be done later. Sometimes that later comes around pretty quickly and other times it can take months (or even years!) to swing back around for completion…

Chalk it up to impatience, a short attention span, or the fact that most of my projects are camera-ready but may show some flaws in real life. Whatever the reason, most of my projects end up almost finished, if not for a few finishing touches. Take the Rope Wrapped Hanging Clothes Bar, for instance. When I was working on the project I was a bit crunched for time so I didn't bother filling in the extra hole I had drilled into the ceiling and I also didn't bother to patch the holes and peeled paint caused by the drawers hanging on the wall.

It was fine to have the hole in the ceiling when I was just photographing the project to write about — I could simply Photoshop the mistakes out of the image. Oh, if only there was a Photoshop for everyday life! Since there's not, I finally went back and properly finished the project over the long weekend. I filled in the holes and then sanded and painted both the ceiling and the wall.

Now the project finally looks really finished — whether seen online or in real life. Surprisingly, it took me less than a month to come back to this project. Now I just have those other projects that have been sitting mostly finished for the past year (or two).

(Images: Jason Loper)

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Comment of the (Yester)day: "I love the design. Not going...

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AM Linkage: Muni-Themed Wedding; California Going After Fannie and Freddie; Palo Alto Hates Rails; More!

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Everything's Going According to Plan: Great news for dogs and their...

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What's Going On Here, Wells Fargo?: Mission Mission's hot on a case!...

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Going Up...: "We're very, very fortunate in San...

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Ask Curbed SF: Mid-Market: OK, What's Going On Here?

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A Curbed SF reader sent us the photo above, asking:

There has been some minor construction action at 1401 Market St. for the last 2 days.  Seems like they're digging to locate buried pipes/electrical/??? something.  Any ideas if they're finally moving toward constructing Crescent Heights?

Meaning the big condo project designed by Heller Manus Architects planned for this blockfront of Tenth Street between Market and Mission Streets. The folks at Crescent Heights did not respond to our email yesterday, but hey, they're busy. Meanwhile, it's entirely possible the work is related to an upgrade of the parking lot. Or an EIR? The lot, which is recorded at 1411 Market Street, last changed hands in March, 2006 for $25,000,000, is directly across Tenth Street from the new Twitter headquarters. After the jump, what might have been. If you've got intel on this long-empty lot let us know in the comments.

1401 Market Street rendering c.2007 [Credit: Heller Manus Architects]

Meanwhile, at Ninth Street, the California State Compensation Insurance Fund shed themselves of their 17-story 1275 Market Street in exchange for $48,000,000. From the Wall Street Journal (from behind a subscription wall):

We wanted to take advantage of the market in San Francisco right now," said Denise Burian, the fund's real-estate manager. "The Twitter deal in midmarket San Francisco has positively [affected] the area

The purchaser is said to be the privately-held TMG Group, presumably seeing the potential in luring start-up or growing tech tenants to the building with the Mid-Market tax breaks.
[Update: And not a moment too soon- as per the SF Business Journal, it looks like the project's been revived as rental units and designed by Handel Architects. Our thanks to guest commenter #1.]
· No Construction Watch: Crescent Heights Condos [Curbed SF]

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Something is going on

Can't give you full details since I don't have any. But I have had some gut feelings that are slowly being confirmed through personal chatter.

What I feel is another shake up is coming. Bigger than the last.

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