The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
O'FARRElL STREET
SHOWS BIG CHANGE
Improvements That Represent
the Investment of Many
Thousands of Dollars

A most interesting feature of the
last week was the reveiew made by
Speck, Paschel & Co. for this paper re-
lating 10 the very large transactions in
realty that have taken place In O'Far-
rell street and that have made the i'm
proved part Of that thorou ghfare much
finer than it ever was before. and at
the same time have radically changed
its character and given it a dignity and
prestige that could not have been
looked for IN 1906 or even last year.
Splendid structures stand where
there were small buildings. Large
business enterprises. with great stocks
Of goods, and vast aggregate Of in
vested capital in land and improve
ments. have stamped it Individually with
the character that it viii possess from
this time on.
wyNONDEBFUL CHANGE EFFECTED
Among the changes that have
brought greater values TO Grant ave-
nue.. TO Geary. Post. Suffer. Kearny and
other streets in the downtown district
in the matter OF improvements none is,
more interesting than the alterations
in O'Farrell- street About the only
landmarks that remind one of the older
time and the former san Francisco in
O'Farrell street are the Phelan building
that borders a considerable length in
the south line Of the street and the Or
pheum, in its old location. But the
Phelan building and the Orpheum are
so much finer than were the structures
bearing the same name formerly that
the resemblance between the old and
the new is practically confined to the
name.
Il is not feasible TO repeat in detail
the story Of Specl1, PascheI & Co. relat-
ing to- the transactions in realty that
preceded the great improvements Wis
ible by the tabrlation showing the
prices reported to have been received in
consideration of sales, all since the
great fire and large part of them in
the last two years. is sufficiently inter-
esting 10 file away for reference. A
concise recapitulation is as follows:
SOME NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS
North line Of o.Farreil street. 27:e feet east
o. s EgT corner Of oFar-en street and Bag
sa1 isS line Of oFsrren street e2.o feet east
o. south 9ei Inc Of oFarre street 1896 feet west
q oathvTest corner Of o'Farrell and Leavenworth
fF NeTfTest corner Of oFarre street and Grant
Sorfh line Of o-Farren street s2.s feet east
o. o p9s corner Of oFarre street and Carlos
ssstb Inc II oFarren street io5 feet east of
Ms Nortb iine q oFarren street 97:6 feet east
OF s Mai ns Of oFarren street IS feet west of
3 South mt line II oFarrel street 10 feet east Of
0 North line Of o'Fsrren street s2:e feet east
o. oes corner Of oFarre and Jones Streets
SoTth line Of o'Farren street. l72 feet east
Of Ieaxenworth: SI200o
North line Of O'Fsrreli street. 1876 feet east
Of Les venNorth. $4,000.
North line Of O'FRrrell street 6s:s feet cast
NoTfb line Of o'FsrreIl street 1876 feet west
Of Powell $4,000
The sizes Of the lots are not given
herewith. The inquirer will find the
transactions in full in The Call of the
last week. with the names of the sellers
and the buyers. The total represented
in these transactions. in which the
value of improvements figured very
little. is in excess OF $2.o00,0Oo.
An interesting announcement. illus
trative of the demand for choice resi-
dence property. is made by Baldwin &
Howell this morning 10 the effect that
practically all Of the Preside terrace
has been sold and building is active on
the tract because the time is limited in
which purchasers can begin TO build
after their deeds are passed
CITY WILL BE ADVERTISED
The deals of good size that have been
reported by the brokers in the last
week make a better showing than in
any preceding six days in some time,
Notwithstanding that one of the days
was legal holiday. Possibly the
events OF the Portola week may re-
strict the actual sales. but there is no
doubt that the coming into San Fran
cisco OF thousands OF strangers will
more than compensate for any slight
inferruption that may take place by
reason Of the festivities. Indeed. the
CITY will have a better advertisement
than could have been secured in any
other way If the expected stimulus
- -..o.f.r...s for realty the brokers may