Rincon Hill

It was developing other characteristics not so fearful to my mind and of far greater fascination, and I spent hours, when I could not be out of doors, watching it from the windows of my room.

father had built what was at the time one of the finest houses in san francisco it had a glass conservatory at the side and a garden with a lawn and palm in the corner and on rainy nights when the wind was high and the house was shaking i could hear the long palm fingers tap tapping on my window glass the house stood halfway up Washington Street Hill, on what was then the western skirts of the city, and from my window under the roof, I could look down over the whole city to the east waterfront, with Rincon Hill misty on the south, and Telegraph bold on the north of it.

By leaning far out of the window, as Hallie and I sometimes did when a ship was coming in, we could see northward as far as North Beach and Alcatraz Island, and from Abby's room across the hall, we could continue the panorama around to Russian Hill, whose high crown cut off the golden gate.

It was a favorite game of ours, hanging out the window, with our heads in the palm leaves, to pretend stories of what we saw going on in the city beneath.

But in reality, it's hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hyperlocal marketplaces.

Because the value exchange happens at the zip code, at the neighborhood code, right? So we need to really make sure that that value exchange is created at the hyperlocal level, right? So when you think about our areas of influence, and when I think about marketing, it went from a global scope and thinking, oh, how do people in India think? to, hey, how people in Rincon Hill, San Francisco, the neighborhood, connect and look for pros.

And what's our balance of like, what's our demand? How many homeowners do we have in Rincon Hill, San Francisco? And how many pros? in different categories and what's that balance.

So our challenge is really to make sure that we have the right demand, the right supply to meet that demand, and the right demand to really give pros enough jobs and find that balance across.

You can sort of feel the common thread in what you've said is, you know, when you think about cultural adaptation, which is where you came from, now you're adapting on a local scale, which is really interesting.

Yeah.

He had one tenant at one of the Rincon Hill towers, the towers right at the base of the Bay Bridge.

I think it was on the top floor, the second highest floor.

The landlord was asking $21,000.

And he was saying that now about 15% of these high-end apartments, the tenants are offering to pay a full year in advance.

He had one tenant at one of the Rincon Hill towers, the towers right at the base of the Bay Bridge.

I think it was on the top floor, the second highest floor.

The landlord was asking $21,000, and the tenant paid a full year.

I knew I had to warn my friend for his life was certainly worth more than a shipment of gold to Jefferson Davis.

Early Friday morning, I went to visit Sweeter at his boarding house below Rincon Hill.

Come in.

Ah, it's you, Toby.

It was developing other characteristics not so fearful to my mind and of far greater fascination, and I spent hours, when I could not be out of doors, watching it from the windows of my room.

father had built what was at the time one of the finest houses in san francisco it had a glass conservatory at the side and a garden with a lawn and palm in the corner and on rainy nights when the wind was high and the house was shaking i could hear the long palm fingers tap tapping on my window glass The house stood halfway up Washington Street Hill, on what was then the western skirts of the city, and from my window under the roof I could look down over the whole city to the east waterfront, with Rincon Hill misty on the south and Telegraph bold on the north of it.

By leaning far out of the window, as Hallie and I sometimes did when a ship was coming in, we could see northward as far as North Beach and Alcatraz Island.

and from Abby's room across the hall, we could continue the panorama around to Russian Hill, whose high crown cut off the golden gate.

And he's wealthy, which doesn't hurt, right, when you're trying to get dates or girlfriends or...

In the early morning hours of April 4th, 2023, an unidentified man called 911 from San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood.

His voice was faint and he said, "Help.

Help me, please." The San Francisco Police arrived at 2:35 AM and found a man bleeding uncontrollably from chest wounds.