Previously I had mentioned that the San Francisco’s legendary Albion Castle was for sale. Here are a few updates:
1) The Albion Castle will be sold to the highest bidder on June 11th, 2005. Here’s more information on the auction. There will be an open house on May 28th and 29th from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. The owner is charging $10.00 per person to view the Albion Castle. Hey, when we had our party we let you see if for free.
2) Former castle resident Paul de Jong recently launched albioncastle.us which has some historical information and photos of The Albion Castle.
3) On Monday, May 23rd The San Francisco Examiner published an article on The Albion Castle written by Justin Jouvena: “Finally, a home fit for a king in San Francisco”. This article mentions a “modern kitchen”. Lori wants to know how a 70’s style kitchen, which appears to been put together from Home Depot, can be considered modern. Then again, I guess that it is modern compaired to a 135 year-old castle.
4) An auction pamphlet was mailed out that conviently failed to mention that The Albion Castle is located in Hunter’s Point, right under the projects. Here’s how they describe it:
“Albion Castle, located directly in the center of the up and coming waterfront community of Inda Basin, has exellent potential for the creative buyer”.
Wow, now that’s some imaginative marketing hype. If you really want to know about the neighborhood, I would suggest renting Kevin Epps’s documentary “Straight Outta Hunters Point”.
UPDATE: The Albion Castle sold for 2.1 million and the new owner plans on turning it back into a brewery, bottling water from the natural springs and eventually opening up a restaurant. The San Francisco Examiner has the full story.
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First of all, a hearty second on the Kevin Epps flick. That shit is the hottness. Second of all, do San Francisco realtors have no shame?
Oh, wait, scratch that last one. I know the answer.
any one out there know what the final bid was? i find it hard to believe it went for more than a million!
thanks
Brian
The castle was sold for $2.09 million. The new owner plans to reopen the brewery, sell the water and open a restaurant. Let’s hope for her sake the neighborhood improves. Condos across the street are selling for $600,000 so she’ll probably do okay.
http://cbs5.com/eyeonthebay/mission.tunnels.Hunters.2.995861.html
For those who don’t want to watch the video: If the 49ers stadium comes in, if new housing comes in, then they’ll drop in a brewery & bring in tours.
They brought in a full kitchen, completed the bathroom, and outfitted a master bedroom.
Essentially, they’ve done what little they can and are waiting for the market to improve, now four years later.
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