Before the development weasels got ahold of it, this home was one of the most magnificent, ornate homes in all of SF. Now it's a generic grey and white nothing burger. If I lived there I would weep every day over what has been lost. I remember a couple of years ago seeing this home for sale, it was flat out dripping in old SF charm. Seeing it now, remodeled with no imagination at all, is heart breaking.
We did, and we do. They ripped out the arches and filled in the fireplace. They defaced original frescos, and razed my fat whew hand-poured fountain. They clotted up yawning spaces with cheap RH furniture and generic art. They neutered something that should have had historic protections on it. Sure, an Olive grove is preferable to Himalayan blackberries that can blind you. But the dangers of the house were always part of its allure. This is a Martini-owned property that is actually an imported villa, brought over from Italy piece by piece and used as a bootlegging stronghold at the tail end of prohibition. It had its faults when it was all original, but now it looks like an ad for Hermes bags on a cheap flight. People who are impressed with this don’t understand architecture, don’t understand history, and don’t understand San Francisco. There’s someone in this comment section just saying they’re going to buy it, over and over, and they have no idea what they’re buying, who from, or who they’d be bidding against. I’d rather burn it down. Just 5 minutes away you can find the empty slab on which the Christopher Columbus statue used to rest, torn down because people don’t understand history, and want to be free to repeat its lethal mistakes. I think of that house and that missing statue as two expressions of the same mass-ignorance, and mass sterilization - not just of architecture -but culture. Western civilization. It’s a fading vital sign in the slow death of a city, or what Jonathan Raban called the “Soft City”.
@@karanjaggi8438of course you do. You have no frame of reference. You don’t know what it was m, or why it IS. You only understand greed. You look at it through the lens of greed. Be careful what you wish for: that house bites back.
I have often wondered how developers decide what to keep and what to toss with homes like this. After a bit of digging, and finding old photos, I think this team saved everything they could of the original home. The checker floors and stairs are the same, as are some of the windows. The home was built in 1930, snd was owned by Louis Demartini. The floors vs plans/permits don’t quite match up, but I’m sure there were things they had to do in order to bring the home to code, electrical, plumbing. In the old photos, they had the gas side heaters perhaps they went to forced air? If anything about the old overlay on the ceiling was made of asbestos or lead, it would have to go anyway. They could have put walls over the Father Sierras and ceilings giving the new owner the option to later expose. The only thing I disagree with (and I’m just an observer) is that as to colors it is very monochromatic and sterile. But those are personal choices as to color scheme that the new owner can easily change. Still very rich in history and would be nice to see it current day. 🤗
Historic homes face two threats to the survival of architectural integrity and they are people with too much money and people with too little money. People with too little money are unable to protect the home from the passing of time with proper maintenance. People with too much money have the ability to ravage these homes with gross lack of respect for what these homes are and their true value.
I walked by this home yesterday, it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen
I love this home so much I will buy it one day when I’m older
This is the most beautiful house in the world I am Karan Jaggi I will start a company, sell it, and own this.
Never. This is a crown jewel for native sons. You would say the same about a temple in your home city. And of you do succeed, I’ll sack the building.
I will buy this house
Before the development weasels got ahold of it, this home was one of the most magnificent, ornate homes in all of SF. Now it's a generic grey and white nothing burger. If I lived there I would weep every day over what has been lost. I remember a couple of years ago seeing this home for sale, it was flat out dripping in old SF charm. Seeing it now, remodeled with no imagination at all, is heart breaking.
rhoneguy garrison really ?
I think it’s absolutely beautiful, was it the same style in a different color or what
We did, and we do. They ripped out the arches and filled in the fireplace. They defaced original frescos, and razed my fat whew hand-poured fountain. They clotted up yawning spaces with cheap RH furniture and generic art. They neutered something that should have had historic protections on it.
Sure, an Olive grove is preferable to Himalayan blackberries that can blind you. But the dangers of the house were always part of its allure.
This is a Martini-owned property that is actually an imported villa, brought over from Italy piece by piece and used as a bootlegging stronghold at the tail end of prohibition. It had its faults when it was all original, but now it looks like an ad for Hermes bags on a cheap flight. People who are impressed with this don’t understand architecture, don’t understand history, and don’t understand San Francisco. There’s someone in this comment section just saying they’re going to buy it, over and over, and they have no idea what they’re buying, who from, or who they’d be bidding against. I’d rather burn it down.
Just 5 minutes away you can find the empty slab on which the Christopher Columbus statue used to rest, torn down because people don’t understand history, and want to be free to repeat its lethal mistakes. I think of that house and that missing statue as two expressions of the same mass-ignorance, and mass sterilization - not just of architecture -but culture. Western civilization.
It’s a fading vital sign in the slow death of a city, or what Jonathan Raban called the “Soft City”.
@@karanjaggi8438of course you do. You have no frame of reference. You don’t know what it was m, or why it IS. You only understand greed. You look at it through the lens of greed. Be careful what you wish for: that house bites back.
I have often wondered how developers decide what to keep and what to toss with homes like this.
After a bit of digging, and finding old photos, I think this team saved everything they could of the original home. The checker floors and stairs are the same, as are some of the windows.
The home was built in 1930, snd was owned by Louis Demartini. The floors vs plans/permits don’t quite match up, but I’m sure there were things they had to do in order to bring the home to code, electrical, plumbing. In the old photos, they had the gas side heaters perhaps they went to forced air? If anything about the old overlay on the ceiling was made of asbestos or lead, it would have to go anyway. They could have put walls over the Father Sierras and ceilings giving the new owner the option to later expose.
The only thing I disagree with (and I’m just an observer) is that as to colors it is very monochromatic and sterile. But those are personal choices as to color scheme that the new owner can easily change. Still very rich in history and would be nice to see it current day.
🤗
Historic homes face two threats to the survival of architectural integrity and they are people with too much money and people with too little money. People with too little money are unable to protect the home from the passing of time with proper maintenance. People with too much money have the ability to ravage these homes with gross lack of respect for what these homes are and their true value.
I will own this house by 2040
Who dat in my house
hello, are you the real owner of this house?
How much?
No hate but I think San Fransisco is the most discusting and pricey place on Earth. This house is like a little oasis.
You must be thinking of
NEW YORK..