Bay Briefing: A San Francisco legend passes
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, owner of City Lights bookstore, dead at 101.John O Hara
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 24, and San Francisco has a history of not keeping its buildings in one place and we’re not talking about earthquakes. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Soul of the S.F. scene
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, painter and pivotal figure to the Beats and about every other counterculture literary movement in San Francisco, has died at 101.
“We’ve lost a great poet and visionary,” Nancy Peters, co-owner and retired executive director of City Lights Bookstore and Publishers, told The Chronicle on Tuesday. “Lawrence was a legend in his time and a great San Franciscan.”
Real estate broker and investor Tim Brown bought the house for $2.6 million back in 2013. For a while now, it was in his plans to move the building to its new location.
Now that it’s in place, Brown has ideas to transform the house into seven residential units. As for the place it has left behind there are plans for it to become the location of a new 48-unit apartment building.
While commenters were wondering how much outrage this must have caused wasting money on having to adapt the streets and causing somewhat of a traffic jam for those actually commuting others actually found this a positive move as it allows for smarter land development and the money boosts the economy.
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Workers pass a Victorian home as a truck pulls it through San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. The house, built in 1882, was moved to a new location about six blocks away to make room for a condominium development
A two-storey Victorian house in San Francisco was moved to a new address on Sunday. According to the details, the 139-year-old house at 807 Franklin St was moved to make room for a condominium development. The move cost approximately $200,000 and involved removing street lights, parking meters, and utility lines, a consultant overseeing the project said.Â
The house had large windows and a brown front door and was loaded onto giant dollies to move to the new address six blocks away.Â
S.F. parade follows 139-year-old Victorian s trek to new home
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1of9The two-story Victorian Englander Home reaches its new destination as it was relocated from 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The house, known as the Englander House, which was built in 1882, was a historic home and the owner spent years preparing for the move.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of9Two neighbors takes photos from their balcony as the two-story Victorian home leans nearby while it was relocated from 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The house, known as the Englander House, which was built in 1882, was a historic home and the owner spent years preparing for the move.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less