The San Francisco call. [volume], April 13, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

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REAL ESTATE
AND
BUILDING NEWS.
The district lying at the eastern side
of Telegraph Hill down to the water
front is beginning to show up as one
of the most important in the city.
There are several class A buildings
being constructed there, and, judging
from preient appearances it will be in
a few years the favorite quarters for
the bigger Importers and merchants.
This district was at a standstill before
the fire. There were no improvements
and the buildings were the same as
when first put up.
It Is said now that many of the mer
chants who were located south of Mar
ket street will take up their, quarters
in this district, and bo be nearer the
financial center. Property on North
Beach is folding Its own, and there
ere several large buildings now being
put up along Broad-way. As for the
old Italian quarter, that is practically
entirely rebuilt, and with more sub
stantial buildings. There are few va
cant lots in this section, and from all
appearances it Is difficult to realize that
!«?s than one year ago the entire beach
was destroyed by fire.
The rehabilitation of Chinatown is
certainly most remarkable work. Stores
are being opened daily, and some of the
new shops bid fair to be the most
gorgeously fitted up in the West This
is particularly noticeable of a drug
etore, which will shortly be ready for
business. There Is to be as much gilt
and carved -woodwork about the prem
ises as in a joss house, and over a
score of Chines* carpenters are busy
on the Interior. Several of the newly
opened shops have already the air and
the fragrance, of age, and, despite all
that may be said to the contrary, the
new Chinese quarter promises to have
an sir of antiquity about it long be
fore the rest of the city has rubbed off
the gloss of newness.
CHANGE IX SEXTIMEXT
Real estate operators are convinced
that within' a few months there will
be a great change In the ideas of prop
erty owners regarding the- values of
their holdings. They have already be
gun to discover that sales cannot be
made easily and that If they want to
do business they must come down to a
reasonable basis. The increased cost of
everything is not conducive to paying
fancy prices for property, and when the
cost of building is taken into consid
eration, people are backward about
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f^^^Plld^^^f /^^^B^^^^j^l il l^%ll^^^^^^?X^^r nn^tji Our railroads haven't sufficient cars to carry passengers or freight. Our steam-
' " r^<gi^^^^^^^ > ° rL^^w^JW'T S^' pS caVe fei^ on c w^ arves - T^ c business of the port of San Francisco is
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— -"\u25a0 — . !:VJ^ not \vild^^stories set down here to attract buyers to /Parkside. On the r contra^
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O- — \u25a0 — «/ .. _ F 1 - — -^ lzmg tacts and knowing a thing will do you no igood unless you act upon it. If you
What makes property \ valuable ? | ' are convinced of all we say concerning Parkside and you do not buy a lot there,
Good streets, good buildings, sewer, water/gas, electricity, quick car service, what benefit.will it be to you? V ,' t
good view, equable climate,, proximity to shops, banks, schools, churches, amuse- ' ''^s^ r ~~~*\ : lk ' . >~~ ~s v
You may still find select homes where there is an abundance of sunshine, where Hj.ffffll, V V* C^^k, J^Wft 'Jj&xh i $&$
the air is delightful, where the view is ever pleasing, where nature smiles; and there [ i£jfe 'wr^^^^^^^^ i- V
build a street-car line, beautiful streets, wide avenues, delightful surroundings— and ' JiJS a^^SlM|l^^^^yi.^^--^z||)|^ ifit; :
still find that your investment did not increase in value, for while everything else, ; ' r %.^ * /yf^^^^\! ~ i^^^^^*W '|: : v;
was provided there lacked one necessary element — business. ' jfe^T. .... "-^^T.-.:. ~!\~gT no \a EmtTllkß "7"^^W r^&l
fe^-^IVr .f "' I^=-n-_>4 ..-\u25a0 >^ I yJ? (^ \' , ,Itis to you we are talking-— you ! you I You have some money saved vp —
\u25a0 ' 4 /^~^^'/y '""•""'" I'W -^tz ''Tft' 1 ' youhave a good income. You can buy a lot sat .Parkside and you payforit-
's*s il^^^lf^i^r Wzi -M? nionthjby month. * Maybe you can buy several lots. Surely the more you buy
&£& ffi/y9flgyjr m L > VV^T* pV' »» b ip^^vV^^r^S \u25a0 rrSn The prices on lots at Parkside are already. a good deal higher than they were
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True, your property in such a location might bepleasaht for yoOT home and \u25a0";"*,--" .v^.
the wife and children, but there must needs be^ somethmg besides Aese sun*oundings. -.< \ * s *SJ&sffi'\ <\u25a0 '- •*' - ; '
Within San Francisco all of the elements we have mentioned are abundantly ; Tff? 1 'f?~~~ JJ c v J U^S^^^ ~~i /^S \ % ~h^
supplied at Parkside- — the' new residence section on the sunny slope of the Sunset ¥^?^^^^^^^ \--^r^^ fflgsjffillii^^
District, looking out upon the blue Pacific— having improvements made upon a 6ft SHS H '50^ i^UjfjI^aft^^
grand scale and- an electric car service building which will carry the residents to W-^ SSl»MkSS?SS flte^ : W^BS?»l^^?*sw^iS^ilpP
the center of the city in half an hour. And. besides, there is. the business. of San ' ' fe* I ? m^f^T^M - : . ..^^/^S^JB^^^^y^r^V^m^. *
Francisco — business that is growing in volume anH.i'mpnrfanrp.anf?^m'pprm a npnr V _ p^A \ i^'W^^W^'^^^' B t^J\ li^ii^^t''..:y1 i^ii^^t''..:y '•-'*-\u25a0 fei^
fjy^V .ff^^^^^^^g^E^A.^^S^^^^^^^^fe^a"^ 'Come to Parkside today. 'Gome Sunday: We 'have automobiles to meet you
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\u25a0^ pi/^^^^Si- 11^^ 1 ' and you could not spend the time^ to (better advantage than to take the ride with
P^M^J.^^ J 4S$ n-tft£ nWti^^ 1 ake 19th avenue and* H -street; car at Fourths and Market streets, running
l&&: ffi^^fe^ilJ'RAl LißQADS fe^^^^^^Pß^^I 1 On EN* S an^ O'Farrell<streetv direct to branch office at 19th avenue and H
biia^ : / :C-..;/.: C- ..;/.. .';:/ ,--" r - " . ... ... . r :s : V' '''T'i^'~£^y&£o stree t. or Haight-stfeeUcar iandjtrans^
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Revenue office, and the amount of money changing hands at the Clearing-house, and the bus>- ., JLA ' \u25a0 \u25a0 r '""•^SfW^."'^ "r^
ness being done by our railroads, our steamship companies and our wholesale houses, and £&&!\u25a0{ 1 §W^^S^S^^^^K^^^^ > K 'J^-Sjfj \u25a0 \r, \u25a0 (f^^j
manufacturers and retailers, grows and expands and develops 'bigger and bigger every, month jSSf- oW ; ' -\fl /^&l VfeS?'
That's why lots at Parkside will increase In valile. That's why yoo, should buy at < Park- B^ 4jlSMill^s3l»^Mll!. V A Sillil -- ® '
?\ n0 AY U° l f00?f 00 ?? 1 *" 1!*1 !* ?? r^ de '*f b ? a p|ace to live, but because, added , ft3^^|pfe^^
to the delights of residence in this favored secbon. will be the certainty of increase in the te^o|kli||J^l^^
p^^t c^not olhe^ , \u25a0 ji^
paying big .money for. leases. Some of
the operators and .builders also -say
that from v now on. they, .will put up a
better class of buildings and, the two
storied building is about doomed.',
The demand for downtown locations
continues and among the last of the
retail merchants to seek quarters in
the old retail district is tho firm of
Alfrde Llllenfeld, which has leased fora
term of years the southwest corner of
Kearny and Union Square avenues from
the Stern brothers, heirs "to the Levi
Strauss estate. \u2666 \u25a0 \u25a0
This Is a move in the right direction,
for a well-known firm like Alfred Lil
lenfeld coming down town encourages
other firms and helps to re-establish
the -old retail section. The .firm in
tends to put up a modern seven-story
building, which it will occupy exclu
sively for the uses of its own business.
Some idea of the immense amount of
building that is being done In the city
can be gained from the fact that last
Monday there were thirty building con
tracts let, aggregating over $300,000,
ranging in amounts from $2000 to
$112,615. Taking into consideration
that there are twenty-six working
days In the month, this rate of expen
diture by builders would mean $7,800,
000 per month, or $93,600,000 per year.
SIDEWALK QUESTION
The question of t decreasing the width
of sidewalks is being fr.ecly discussed
by property owners on Market, Kearny,
Montgomery and Sutter streets, east of
Powell. The. general concensus of
opinion is that it. would be, manifestly
unfair to the property owner to narrow
the sidewalk for the convenience of
teamsters."" lt is pointed out that es
pecially on a retail, street the width
of "the sidewalk means a great deal to
the merchant, while the width of the
street is of no consequence. The re
tail merchant derives his trade from
the pedestrian and it is of the utmost
consequence to him and . also to . the
shopper that there shall be wide side
walks. One of the greatest drawbacks
to a shopping center is narrow side
walks and if the protests of the prop
erty owners are heard there will be
no narrowing of the walks of these
highways.
Among, the last to protest against
narrowing sidewalks are the property
owners on Sutter street, east of Powell,
who have petitioned the Board of.Su
pervisors to rescind . the resolution
adopted by the board some time ago,
under which it was proposed to_ reduce
the sidewalks from fifteen to' twelve
feet. The petition, which was filed l
Tm^SAN -HeMnCT^
by^the property- owners > on: Thursday,"
was 'signed: by '.the'followlng;,:'' "t'.'^V^'tv
. Mr«. Frank' J. Sullivan, : Charles -Holbrook,
Nellie I B.i Bernhard." [ R: F. \ Morrow, j E. . H. Kit
trttice. Thomas C. Drlscoll, Albert Meyer,*' I*a ac
ttlebes, ' London, Paris and : American \ Bank;-. Ka
phael Welll & Co., t.. Frledlander. , W. & J.
Sloone , & Co., | Eyre liirestment i Company,"- Adams
Estate Company, Sarah Rosenstock, Hilda /.8.
Nuttall, Savings and \u25a0 I .oan - Society, \u25a0\u25a0 ; Rudolph
Spreckels. James D. "< Pmplan."': Alice M. : Hager,
J. B. Gallols, Doe Estatl Company; A. A." Call
leau, Emma Rose, Macdonough Estate . Company
and Henry Young. ; >.; "* .: \u25a0
The property owners ;\u25a0 call ; attention
In, their petition, to Uhe /fact that ;the
proposed reduction ; the t of . the
sidewalk ; from ;- fifteen to \u25a0; twelve " feet
would not only • reduce property lvalues;
but would drive trade" away from/Sut
ter street. . . ' \u25a0 - ;
SUBCRBAX PROPERTY .
The demand for .; suburban property
Is increasing dally and new tracts are
being opened. : .The* expansion -of \the
city \u25a0is ; regarded as one of a the most
surprising in its ' history and - this ..de
velopment is Indicative, of . the commer
cial growth of San Francisco. "/There
are 'tens of thousands i. of .^ workers set
tled in the Richmond- district; to the
south of . Golden Gate Park there ; ; is
still greater-, activity \u25a0 and vast : areas
have been divided into "blocks' and^ sub
divided into /building lots; for; people
with small means. The expansion^ has
extended down the peninsula^ancPalso
across the bay] Lyon&VHoag; report
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|; Fine Elevation . \\
Jrresenting a ranoramic View .c
; Oiled Roads— Water and Sewer :
ji 204 B Street, ;San Mateo j !
quite, a 'demand for. realty in -Tamalpais
Parkfand'Mlll^VaHey, where more Hhan
180 Uots- have been soldi"; totaJingi slos,-.;
OOOjyi There, Is \u25a0 "a s : good Tdeal^ofJ building
going -on thfere' and more than ' forty
housesare being built In the park. \y /
i^O.'iF.-.'von'Rheln.' the well-known: real
estate -j man; *is \u2666 about to -leave ;. for the
East s and' for,". Europe. ..His health has
beenrsomewhat* impaired ; since *the;'flre;
owing j 1 to ; theV great Jpress of work that
has been put" upon .him.; "Since: the
fire Yon Rhein has been busily, engaged
In r restoring* his buildings which were
destroyed by, the fire, \u25a0 among them
three ; business '^structures, -one on the
north' line of Turk street" between', Tay-;
lor.;ahd~ r Jones streets, planned 'fort a
seven-story 'and: basement office build-,
Iris, of .which the basement! and
stories •>. are now> completed j/'and - the
whole leased to Deckelmanßrog.' .;'.;.
V Another,;on the northwest; corner of
Polk and* Clay streets, which 'lgpin be
ready; for occupancy by'May..l;,and the
upper stories, consisting 'of ; twelve
apartments, have been leased to* ; Mrs.
Jackson and' Mrs. Florence Schemel.
Negotiations "are pending for the • 'rent
ing of the seven : stories on the | ground
floor.
The, third." on the northeast corner of
Valencia , street and Park. ; a
brick v structure, only, recently corfi
menced, > to consist of stores and public
halls* above, 'is 'already leased for ten
years .to -the, San- Francisco Breweries*
Limited..' \u25a0'\u25a0''.>.:"'\u25a0 ! :.: '- -':'\u25a0.'",'\u25a0 : '
\u25a0 v Llpman &^ Hirschler ; report ;the^fol
lowing sales: : : .-
>C Meyer, to Petterson. \u25a0 lot on west line of Seren
teenth arenue, " 00 feet north of I street," 23x120,
$1450. ...
\u25a0 Stubbe ;, to . Brans. • lot and lmproTtments (• on
east line of Twenty-first ' aTenue," 173 feet north
of >I< street,. 25x120, 53300.-- . ;:;• .- •-- \u25a0?i
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I Down to the land of sunshine, away p
I from the dust and fog, in less time than i]
I it takes to reach many parts of the d
1 Western Addition or -Mission.
I What rapid transit has done for the j
I suburbs of the big Eastern cities the [j
I ' . Bay Shore "Cut-Off" will do for Bur- Si
b Jinfirame »'
I . Big lots-50 feet front. |
I I $600 up— s6o cash— slo monthly. £
I ."f Sewers and water pipes laid. N * 3
I . f Burlingame lots are money-makers. q
1 Go down tomorrow — you will enjoy h
1 the trip. Take San, Mateo cars on p
I Valencia street — get off at Burlingame |
I *' station — automobiles and carriages in £i
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I VOX) l"lris\l\L I JI A.LL, I
Cinfl Ann Northeast corner on Grant avenue, south of Sutter
9 IUUiVIUU street; SO feet of frontage; new four-story brick im- .
\u0084 : -. ' provements. i This is the hub of the new. shopping !
district. ;
CCft nfin Larg:e business corner. 50x105. on Devlsadero street, im-
, -4l9U*wyw provements consisting of stores . and eleven modern 5
flats; building about three years old: -present rentals -
\u25a0/" $107.50. per month; can easily be increased -without in- «
justice to the tenants.
CAft flflflV Large "manufacturing: or warehouse site at the foot of
Second street, within a few feet of our -splendid -new .
docks and railroads. This, without exception, is the
best buy in the vicinity.
C9C nfin 1«.250 square feet opposite "West-rn Pacific -terminal; & !
;,'\u25a0;. «L9iWUU corner, 162:6x100, now paying over 7 per cent for "
ground lease; improvements to revert to owner In four
years. Here is where you can double your money
- . . within two years. \
Cift flOft OFarrell street « north side, near Jones; wide lot: full
«?lO)UUU depth; remember. It Is . only five blocks from Market \
\u0084 •\u25a0 street. ' • t . . *\
$1 5 .fl fl fl U3t : be B °y Jnxmedlately • for absentee; - j O'Parrell
I9)UUU street, near Octavia; lot 25x120 to rear street: improve*
ments two flats and a house of six rooms with finished
basement; building exceptionally well constructed.
5R.250 " R ?.l ts * 6( > Per month; two flats of five rooms and bath. '
- »T 3U ana^H C a°rri^on the rear; lot 40x80; vicinity Seventh '
' Sd.7sfl A . El ?I th % as V^ o r3? er V wUh 87:S feet onCallfornia street; ;
. $3,750
only - three old; situated in the. best nart of thl
£~ ..i- Richmond" district^ close to Lake stye«C " "V* '
L TO LEASE
Buildings, stores and offices, suitable for tnT bualnxu >ni i \u2666- .m ji.
trlcts; a large number of buildings now 1* courw" oV consiruction Sd "
lots of owners who- will build to suit tenants. ' "nswucuon ana,
\u25a0 . ":^ Send for our -list.^ We have what' you want. '
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I MONTGOMERY ST., NEAR WASHINGTON, I
1 'Thisris a sacrifice. '^ A 1
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I Lot49i6xll9:6^brearsiTeet/^^^^^^ : ' - , ;
1 Price ;^32,5W). ; ~ -^
I • HOWAM) . OT.V" NW^CORNER^iS/ST^ r
I ;ateeel^pres:anii flat— rent $158 per month. >/
I WEIDENMULLER I
Montgomery St. Phone Temp. 1531 J
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