Vibrant area with a mix of new condo buildings and historic Victorian flats.
Hayes Valley changed a great deal after the Central Freeway was taken out and replaced with Octavia. From there it changed a lot again after the Pandemic with subtle shifts and seismic shifts in live/work patterns and buyer preferences; all of which are reflected in street conditions.
The Pandemic altered retail significantly with a changoever of many a large number of legacy retail locations, shops and restatuarants/eateries. The pandemic-combatting effort of closing Hayes Street on weekends went a long way in shaping the neighborhood’s relatively positive recovery (although the shops still close far too early we think). But the shift to WFH and the decimation of the Financial District’s commercial office profile altered the desirability of many of the recent build condominium buildings (downward). Some iconic buildings like 8 Octavia (where we had clients who were among the first buyers and first resellers) have really been hurt by street conditions on Market Street and the fitful starts of new in-fill buildings. On the other hand, more traditional old-school Victorian condominiums and homes and multi-unit buildings have fared a bit better but changes including making Page Street a slow street and altering traffic patterns, which have come back with ferocity, have turned some streets into ghost towns while congesting others like Oak and Fell even more than they were pre-Pandemic.
Strangely, Hayes Valley includes the area right next to Duboce Park, which it really shouldn’t as Page, Waller and Haight Streets along with the 0 block of Scott Street should be counted as Duboce Triangle or maybe even Duboce adjacent as they are the tree-lined streets with a mix that skews more towards Victorian with various in-fill homes and multi-unit buildings that have been substantially upgraded to take advantage of relatively generous floor plans.