Those with a bit of sf history knowledge may remember the spite fence that Charles Crocker erected on Nob Hill to punish a neighbor who wouldn’t sell his house so Crocker could have the mansion space he wanted.
A bit of that has recently erupted in the Parkside District. A property owner has been tussling with neighbors and the planning department over the future of a home built about 1920. Depending on who you talk to, or what permit application you read, the owner of 2514-23rd Avenue wants to demolish, expand, renovate, or just replace the foundation of the attractive Craftsman house. It’s gotten ugly enough that the owner erected a plywood wall around the empty residence and adorned it with some biblically-themed barbs aimed at a neighbor.
A modern-day "spite fence" has been erected in the dispute over the preservation of a Parkside home.
Tags: Parkside, preservation, Sunset
I check the parcel site, this was actually built in 1914.