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Jason Allen-Rouman
415-901-1737
fax 415-704-3456
jason.allen-rouman@sothebyshomes.com
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Pacific Heights
Located north of California Street, stately Pacific Heights has a wealth of architect designed single family homes and large, pre-war coop buildings. For the better part of the twentieth century, this hilltop section of town defined established wealth throughout all of Northern California. (This century, premier tower complexes, such as The Four Seasons and Millennium, certainly compete with the multi-family structures of Pacific Heights.) Like Nob Hill, Pacific Heights became more easily accessible with the advent of the Cable Car. Steep inclines were brutal on horses making carriage rides difficult and expensive. However, once lines were run on various east/west streets, like Pacific Avenue, not only could the landowners make it to and from their homes, so could their domestic staff.
From many a street corner, it is among the most scenic neighborhoods in San Francisco, offering panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the landmark Presidio (a former military base), the Marin Headlands, the San Francisco Bay, and world famous Alcatraz Island, the onetime U.S. penitentiary that housed such notorious crime figures as Al Capone. For the better homes, these vistas are captured by large picture windows in principle rooms creating a rich tableau vivant.
The climate of Pacific Heights is clearer than most areas of San Francisco, if not occasionally warmer. Pacific Heights has also been featured in many motion pictures filmed in the City, including Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner, The Conversation, Bullitt, Basic Instinct, and Foul Play. (As an aside, the film Pacific Heights was actually filmed in Potrero Hill. But, to the point, Pacific Heights is known the world over whereas, alas, Potrero Hill is not.)
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