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Christian Dikas, historian at the conservation agency Page & Turnbull, tells The Front Steps that Eichler created probably around 11,000 homes in the state, including 2,500 just in Palo Alto, the greatest density of Eichler homes in the world. (The exact number of Eichlers around is a matter of constant dispute; some sources credit him with ...
The Summit (a.k.a. the Eichler Summit) Address: 999 Green Street, at Jones Street, atop Russian Hill in San Francisco Number of units: 112 originally; fewer today Height: 330 feet tall Floors: 32 total: 24 residential floors, including two two-story penthouses, atop seven floors of parking Built: 1963-'65
May 22, 2017 · 999 Green Street. But probably most famous is the Eichler building at 999 Green Street, a towering affair dubbed the Summit. Several homes here have come up in 2017, including a one-two pair on...
May 30, 2017 · Architecture. San Francisco Architecture. How Postwar Icon Joseph Eichler Built a Suburb in the Middle of S.F. The famed developer created affordable midcentury-modern designs in the heart of...
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Nov 15, 2021 · Why Everyone Loves Eichlers. Joseph Eichler built some 11,000 homes in the course of his career, and now nearly 50 years after his death his Eichler homes still exert a powerful effect on the popular imagination. In short, people love Eichler homes, noted for their open floorplans, large atriums, and mingling of indoor and outdoor space, to ...
Mar 21, 2022 · How an Eichler Thrives in the Tenderloin. blog | March 21, 2022. Hiding in plain sight in the middle of San Francisco's lively, troubled Tenderloin are a pair of towers built by Joe Eichler. Each apartment opens to the view with a wall of glass and a graciously curved balcony.
The Summit is a 32-story apartment building on the peak of San Francisco’s fashionable Russian Hill. It was developed by prestigious Bay Area tract-house builder Eichler Homes (and is still commonly known by its original name, the Eichler Summit) as part of a first post–World War II wave of what came to be called luxury apartment ...
