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Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. 1864 Greenwich Street in California by M-projectsJanuary 5th, 2018 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: M-projects Property Description Subject Lot The subject lot is located in the Marina neighborhood of San Francisco on the north side of Greenwich Street between Laguna and Octavia Streets, just south of Lombard Street. According to the Assessor’s Records, the parcel at block and lot 0506/013 is a total of 3,437 square feet.  Image Courtesy © M-projects
 Image Courtesy © M-projects Subject Property No building permit records were found verifying a construction date for the subject building. The subject building is entirely clad with stucco siding. The main façade of the subject property is composed of a singledoor garage on the western side of wall fronted by a driveway that leads on past the sidewalk to Greenwich Street. The north façade fronts the rear of the property and is not visible from public right-of-way. The east façade abuts the sidewall of the property at 1727 Lombard Street and is not visible. The southern façade of the subject property is the only side visible from the public right-of-way. The garage door contains two small diamond-shaped windows three-quarters of the way up from the ground. The eastern side of the southern façade contains seventeen stone steps bordered by a stucco and metal handrail and platform leading up to the main entrance door. To the east of the entrance staircase lies a paved pedestrian pathway leading north to a single entrance door on the ground level. Above this door is a single-pane, double-hung window within a simple, thin, wooden casing. At the top of the entrance staircase is a partial width porch with one slightly battered column support on the eastern side. The main entrance door is situated on the western side of the partial porch with a Tudor-style diamond paned window on the eastern side. This window is about half the length of the entrance door. To the west of the entryway on the main story and above the garage door is a Bay window, which consists of three, single-pane, double-hung, and wooden-framed windows. A simple diamond tile ornamentation is situated above each of these three windows. Above the entrance door and Bay window is the low-pitched hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves with enclosed brackets. The west façade is separated from the yard and structure at 1868 Greenwich Street by a low concrete wall and a significantly sized tree.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects The subject property is in the Craftsman architectural style, which can be placed within the larger architectural trend of the Eclectic Movement. Features of the subject building that are definitive of the Craftsman-style include: the low-pitched, hipped roof with wide, overhanging eaves, the partial width porch supported by a simple, decorative, and slightly battered column, and the concrete and stucco finished sides. These building materials are generally more common in the northern or Midwestern states. Most Craftsman style buildings have front, cross, or side gabled roofs. Though hipped roof structures, such as the subject property, make up a smaller percentage of the architectural style and are generally concentrated on one- to two-story houses. One reason for the hipped roof found on a certain number of urban Craftsman houses might be that they allow for greater vertical space on narrower lots as opposed to a Craftsman bungalow house traditionally spread out on a larger horizontal lot. The hipped roof structures can appear similar to Prairie-style houses and generally lack standard Craftsman-style detailing, such as exposed rafters.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects The Craftsman style was popular for smaller, vernacular style houses from 1905 to 1930 and was first designed in California by two brothers, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, in 1903. The Eclectic Movement spanned the end of the 19th Century to just before World War II. Towards the end of the 19th Century, architects began to be influenced by more traditional European styles. This trend was reinforced by the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which heralded in the Beaux Arts ideal of architecture for cities.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects Neighborhood Context The subject lot is located within the RH-2 (Residential-House, Two Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. The subject and facing block contain detached single and multi-family houses and apartment buildings. The north side of the subject block that fronts Lombard Street is within the NC-3 (Neighborhood- Commercial, Moderate Scale) Zoning District and the block immediately to the east towards Octavia Street is zoned RH-3 (Residential House, Three Family). The remaining surrounding blocks are also within the RH-2 Zoning District. The buildings on the lots that front Greenwich Street between Laguna and Octavia Streets were constructed between 1900 and 2010. Eleven of these buildings were constructed between 1900 and 1923. Despite the age of these structures, many of the buildings on Greenwich Street between Laguna and Octavia Streets have been heavily remodeled to have boxy exteriors covered with stucco or concrete finishing. The subject building stands in stark contrast with its immediate neighbors to the east and west, which were altered after 1950. The remaining structures on Greenwich Street visually read as either Craftsman or Italianate style buildings. There is no approved historic district in the neighborhood.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects History Neighborhood Development The subject lot appears on the 1905, 1915, and 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and the 1894, 1901, 1906, 1909, and present Block Book Maps. The 1905 Sanborn Map depicts Greenwich Avenue, between Laguna and Octavia Streets, as having 30 lots, nine of which show existing dwelling units. By the 1915 Sanborn Map, there is only one vacant lot on the block. All of the available Sanborn Maps show evidence of mostly residential development, with minor agriculture and religious development, from 1905 to the present.
Image Courtesy © M-projects Property Development The 1905 Sanborn Map shows the subject building as one of nine developed lots on the block, identified as Block 909. The Spring Valley Water Company records dated September 18, 1905 show the same footprint as is shown on the 1905 Sanborn Map. This record identifies the subject building as a single-family, one-story dwelling with one bath and one water closet. The 1915 Sanborn Map shows the subject building as having the same footprint as initial construction and within Block 506 (formerly 909), which by this time is completely developed. An alteration enclosing the porch at the eastern end of the front façade of the subject building first appears on a 1950 Sanborn Map. No available records shown any alteration to the building’s footprint since its apparent initial construction in 1905.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects The subject lot appears on the 1894, 1901, 1906, 1909, and present Block Book Maps. The 1894 and 1901 Block Book Maps show the owner of the subject lot to be Alvinza Hayward. According to the San Francisco Directories, Alvinza Hayward was a capitalist who lived in San Mateo and owned various land parcels throughout San Francisco, including the majority of the subject block in 1894 and 1901. The 1906 Block Book Map shows the owner of the subject lot as George E. and Julia Eade. The 1909 Block Book Map shows the owner of the subject lot as George Eade et. al.  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects  Image Courtesy © M-projects
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