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.

• 37.7589, −122.4188

  2389 Mission Street

  Bruno’s nightclub set to re-open next week after 6 year closure Mission Local

• 37.7795, −122.4786

  443–445 19th Avenue

  Preliminary Permits For 445 19th Avenue, Central Richmond, San Francisco San Francisco YIMBY

• 37.7649, −122.4111

  309–321 Florida Street

  DM Development, Thompson Builders Move to Break Ground This Fall on 168-Unit 321 Florida in San Francisco’s Mission The Registry

• 37.7818, −122.4544

  3300–3304 Geary Boulevard

  Jordan Park Condo Site Could Get Six-Month Nod After Coronet Took Six Years Hoodline

• 37.7940, −122.3950

  1 Market Street

  Exclusive: This S.F. office complex lost Google. Now it’s landing Disney San Francisco Chronicle

• 37.7517, −122.4180

  2831 Mission Street

  A new art gallery and cinema coming to the Mission 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

• 37.7249, −122.4619

  1831–1835 Ocean Avenue

• 37.8022, −122.4077

  1640–1644 Grant Avenue

• 37.7780, −122.4348

  1399 McAllister Street

• 37.7952, −122.4390

  2727 Pierce Street

• 37.7613, −122.4411

  3000 Market Street

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