Every building has a story.

Know This Place is a community encyclopedia of the built environment — one page per building, weaving together public records, permits, imagery, history, and neighborhood knowledge. Every fact is cited.

• 37.7734, −122.4371

  400 Divisadero Street

  Greystar Takes Over Stalled 400 Divisadero Site, 203 Units Finally Break Ground Hoodline

• 37.7757, −122.4572

  2740 McAllister Street

  Lone Mountain Lot Vacant Since 2014 Finally Set for Three New Apartments Hoodline

• 37.7872, −122.4120

  516–528 Geary Street

  Fortress-Tied Owner Sells 91-Unit 520 Geary Apartments in San Francisco for $18.475MM, Roughly Half Its 2018 Price The Registry

• 37.7503, −122.4185

  2918–2920 Mission Street

  Mission Laundromat Site That Fueled S.F. Housing Wars Finally Rises as Apartments Hoodline

• 37.8060, −122.4122

  300–360 Bay Street

  Grocery Outlet Opens In North Beach at Former Safeway Site as Chain Celebrates 80 Years SFist

• 37.7839, −122.4087

  934–936 Market Street

  The line for Jollibee’s re-opening in S.F. started at 7:45 p.m. yesterday Mission Local

Every dot on the map above is one of these pages. These reach furthest back, and draw on more than the city's own records:

• 37.7643, −122.4270

  310 Dolores Street

• 37.7867, −122.4017

  678 Mission Street

• 37.8022, −122.4077

  1640–1644 Grant Avenue

• 37.7780, −122.4348

  1399 McAllister Street

• 37.7952, −122.4390

  2727 Pierce Street

• 37.7519, −122.4218

  200 San Jose Avenue

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