The San Francisco call., 1909-09-25
DENMAN SCHOOL
PLANS COMPLETED
Modern Structure Will Stand in
Pierce Street Between
Fell and Hayes

lily Aicllllect ftlxtOTu Has ptcpe-.Su
the plans for the Denman public school,
which will stand in Pierce street be-
tween Fell and Hayes. The structure
will cost s16O,000. The site is opposite
Alamo square, The ground upon which
the building will stand is 275x1ST:6
feet. The schoolhouse will face west.
1t will be strictly fireproof. of steel
frame, the exterior to be finished with
pressed brick and terra Gotta All the
floors and staircases will be of rein
forced concrete. The partitions will be
of hollow tiles. There will be accom-
modations for 720 pupils.
The basement, or ground story, viii
contain the assembly room. heating and
ventilating rooms two special class
rooms, one of which will be devoted
to the study of domestic science. the
first floor will contain eight ciess-
rooms, ranged along a central corridor,
to be entered from the outside 1T either
end. Two stairways will be screened
from the corridors by fireproof doors.
On this floor will be the principals
room and teachers rooms.
The upper story will also contain
eight classrooms, teachers 1uncnro ON
and retiring room. All classrooms in
the building will have spacious coat
rooms and be equipped with clecical
bells, telephones, electrical clocks, etc.
The interior finish will be of quarter
sawed oak.
There will be standpipes and hose
reels on each floor and a separate water
system to supply filtered water for
drinking. The building will be heated
and ventilated by the Plenum system
and be equipped with a vacuum clean
ing apparatus.
The yard surrounding the building
will be entered at the corner of Hayes
and Pierce streets at the level of the
sidewalk From Fell street the yard
crete walk, winding through grassed
terraces.
Sell Residence Lots
Madison & Burke report the follow
ing sales:
Residence and lot. 35:sx100. in the west line
Wt,san on nrtvste ht terms ats and ot IN the
east line of Shrader street north of Beulah, for
C. Hart: private terms; lot 25x125 in the west
boce avenue. for J. w. Strong. for 81, $50; lot
23x60 in the south line of Clay street. | IA east
dence and lot in north line of Vallejo street
east of Jones. for j. B. Heap, for 50, 400: lot
25xI5 in west line Of Harriet M street rect south of Of
lot 25x137:6 In the north line of Haight street
west of Scott. for B. H. Mitchell. for $4,000:
house and lot in north line of Haight street west
of Scott, for b. H. Mitchell. for $1,000; resi-
dence and lot 50x132 in east line of Common
wealth avenue south of Euclid avenue for Fred
Wagner for $12 000 to F. Spiegl; residence and
lot 33xi20 In the east line of Commonwealth
avenue south of California street. for Anna
Leases have been made by Madison
G. Burke as follows:
Brick building in the south line of Golden Gate
avenue near Van Ness. 66x120, for Marie Gruen-
IN Kennedy -
600; two story brick garage at the northeast
corner Of Van Ness and Locust avenues. for +.
Connor to the Peerless automobile company; six
stories and basement brick building in southwest
line of Main street Sc of Market, for kronen-
berg ct al 70 .he co Nstonal man Greer pro- company
of Golden Gate avenue. 136 feet east of Van
Ness, to Wagner & Renif for automobile sales
room and repair shop, for five years for $4,000;
store in south line of Golden Gate avenue. 1856
feet east of Van Ness, to W. G. Morris for five
years for $1,000
Praises Peninsula Outlook
Francis J.. Grindwald. prominent
real estate dealer with headquarters in
the vicinity of Chicago and one of the
most successful operators in suburban
realty in the United States. recently
visited San Francisco and took an auto
mobile trip down the peninsula as far
as Palo Alto.
Grindwald was so impressed with the
absolute certainty of wonderful
future for San Francisco and saw so
clearly that the trend of events would
force great residential population
down the peninsula that he seriously
considered the advisability of selling
out his eastern interests in order to
operate in the vicinity of San Fran
cisco.
The people in California have abso-
1utely no conception of the possibilities
of the suburban properties south of San