San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

For more than 100 years, the Verdi building has stood on the corner of Columbus and Union in the North Beach area of San Francisco. But today, it is a ruin, crumbling away.

The year was 1925. The new “skyscraper” getting all the buzz was the planned Bank of Italy tower, which became an enduring ...

This summer, SFGATE and San Francisco Chronicle reporters, editors and photographers will decamp to a newer, shinier building at 450 Sansome St. near Jackson Square.

San Francisco's plan to save its historic shoreline from climate change The Ferry Building has been a beacon to incoming ferry riders since the late 1890s. Threatened by rising sea levels, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - One of San Francisco's most-loved attractions, the iconic Ferry Building, is celebrating its 125th birthday on Thursday. The landmark, known for its dramatic architecture ...

Apple Cinemas, an East Coast-based movie theater chain, has leased the historic Don Lee Building at 1000 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco for its first West Coast location. The previous tenant, CGV ...

A San Francisco man who rushed into a burning apartment building to rescue two people trapped by smoke and fire is being ...

San Francisco’s first office-to-home conversion project has fizzled for lack of financing. Group I, which defaulted on a $26 million loan, has traded the building to two nonprofits for $7.3 million.

For more than 100 years, the Verdi building has stood on the corner of Columbus and Union in the North Beach area of San Francisco. But today, it is a ruin, crumbling away.