1101 Green St, Russian Hill

20 floor Art Deco style Bellaire Tower c. 1930

The Jewel of Russian Hill

Designed by Herman Carl Baumann

Baumann had an eclectic style, adding touches of everything from to Spanish Colonial Revival to the Churrigueresque to Zigzag Deco. One of his most famous apartment houses was the Bellaire, at 1101 Green Street, a building that he financed himself during the late 1920s, and would lead to his financial ruin in the 1930s. He invested almost everything he had into the Bellaire, a luxury apartment house, now condominiums, that recalls the Telephone Building with its setbacks and vertical emphasis.

A rich, ornate Spanish lobby

More about 1101 Green St 2009-2018 (Socketsite)

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Moving On (Variety)

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2500 Steiner St, Pacific Heights Vintage Photos

2500 Steiner St under construction c. 1926

Steiner and Jackson Streets across from Alta Plaza Park
Conrad A. Meussdorffer, Architect
Mediterranean Gothic Revival style
Built for $500,000 as 13 3500 sq ft full floor Co-Op Apartments

2500 Steiner St, View from Alta Plaza Park c. 1926

Corner of Steiner & Jackson c. 1926

c. 1926

Corner of Steiner & Jackson c. 1926

c. 1926

Photo Source: WorthPoint

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Kanbar Manor 2100 Jackson st, Pacific Heights

2100 Jackson St

Recently painted 33K SQ FT 8 story Beaux Arts apartment building c. 1923. Once owned by former I. Magnin President Hector Escobosa, the building features 3400 sq ft full floor units with iconic views.

Each unit contains three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a small den-like room that used to be a servant's quarters.

About the Building and its Owner
...Several years later in 1999, Inventor-philanthropist Maurice Kanbar bought an 8-story Pacific Heights apartment building, which he has called home ever since. He lives on the eighth floor, entertains on the seventh. He is the building’s only occupant, having evicted the other tenants a year after he moved in. As he told the S.F. Chronicle in 2012, “Being a landlord was terrible. I was treated like a janitor...

Driven by ideas: inventor-philanthropist Maurice Kanbar honored by AFMDA (Jewish News of Nor Cal, 2015)

EVICTION SHOCK IN PACIFIC HEIGHTS (SFGate, 1999)

Luxury Tenants Won't Get Boot (SFGate, 2000)

Maurice Kanbar (Wikipedia)

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1925 Gough St, Pacific Heights Aerial SHOTS

15 unit Conrad A. Meussdorffer designed Beaux Arts luxury residence (c. 1908) verdantly situated in Lafayette Park and to this day remains the only privately owned building located in a San Francisco public park.

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850 Union St, Russian Hill Before & After

2620 Laguna St, Pacific Heights - Interiors

You can see the spectacularly out-of-place and totally unexpected pent unit on my Instagram HERE

SF Architectural Survey c. 1975. 2620 "sporting psychedelic colors." Click to enlarge, but 1st put on your granny glasses!

148-152 Shrader St, Nopa

2,782 sq ft Queen Anne Victorian triplex apartment house built in 1910. Last sold for $1.27 million in 2003 (listed for $1.29 million).

Interior photos HERE