en.Wedoany.com Reported - Plans have been revealed for the residential expansion at 477 Duncan Street in San Francisco's Noe Valley. The owner has applied through the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program to add two stories and a rear extension to the existing building. Ojanen Chiou Architects submitted the application on behalf of the property owner.

The Housing Choice-San Francisco Program is a locally controlled density bonus ordinance designed to provide developers and property owners with greater development capacity without affordable housing requirements, though it imposes slightly stricter height and bulk controls. It is currently unclear how much of the existing aesthetic structure will be preserved. Public records show the property was originally built in 1935 by Robert A. McAfee in the Art Deco style. The property is located between Duncan Street and Sanchez Street, adjacent to a pedestrian stairwell leading to Noe Street. The Muni light rail is just two blocks away along Church Street.

According to a historic resource evaluation released by the San Francisco Planning Department in 2019, the property is considered eligible for individual listing due to its architectural merit. The evaluation noted features to be preserved include: the one-story volume above the integrated garage, the stepped parapet, vertical roofline projections, stucco ornamentation, and stucco cladding. Estimated costs and a construction timeline have not yet been announced.

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