Historical home to be destroyed
After months of battling with neighbors, the owner of the house at 450 Frederick (between Stanyan and Shrader) has negotiated with neighbors to create a situation suitable to both parties.
From today’s Chronicle, “Neighbors and preservationists hoped the owner would preserve the home at 450 Frederick St., and they fought his plans to demolish it and replace it with a three-unit building that they felt was architecturally incompatible with the historic homes surrounding it.”
“The owner, Alexander Gutkin, agreed Thursday to reduce his project to two units and redesigned it to make it fit in with the block. “I was left with no choice,” Gutkin said.”
“[A preservationist architect] said recently demolished historic homes, as well as this one, might have been saved if they were on a city survey, making them eligible for landmark status. The Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board and city staff are working on plans for surveys in various neighborhoods, some of which might be funded by a $2.5 million settlement from the developer building the San Francisco Westfield Centre at 5th and Market streets, which involved demolishing portions of the old Emporium building.”
