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East Bay real estate
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 week ago

Plans to rezone wealthy Berkeley neighborhoods for more housing are scaled back after uproar

Berkeley's Planning Commission endorsed a narrowly targeted proposal to increase height limits on specific properties in North Berkeley and the Elmwood District to bring more housing while exempting most corridors from zoning changes.
fromLos Angeles Times
19 years ago

In Defense of the Persian Palace

A compleat Persian Palace--there are many minor variations and lesser imitations--is distinguished by its exaggerated moldings, numberless layers of cornices, elaborate grillework and columns galore. A Persian Palace brazenly combines motifs and wantonly disregards proportion and scale.
LA real estate
fromKqed
3 months ago

San Francisco's North and Westside Residents Sound Off on Housing Plan | KQED

I swear I can remember standing right there on 8th and Clement thinking, 'This is where I'm going to live when I grow up,'
SF politics
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