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District 8 · Block 3583, Lot 093 · ZIP 94114

527–541 Castro Street

4-unit apartment building with a ground-floor store · Eureka Valley

  • 2 stories
  • 4,672 ft2
  • 8,898.5 ft2 lot area
  • 22 rooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • Historic resource
Land$1,251,784
Improvements$3,111,338
Total assessed$4,363,122
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  1. 1900

    Built.

  2. 1979

    The Patio/Bakery cafe, one of three Castro-area businesses where an attempt by Hotel Employees and Retail Employees Local 2 to organise workers was defeated in 1979-80.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  3. May 1, 1980

    The City Planning Commission approved, 6-0 and with conditions, a medical office above the ground storey (Resolution 8583).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  4. July 3, 1980

    The City Planning Commission approved, 5-2 and with conditions, offices above the ground floor under the moratorium on converting dwellings to commercial use (Resolution 8626).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. Aug 1987
    Permit 8712225 $$$ $19,500

    Install kitchen cabinets, floor finishes, relocate walls.

  6. Nov 1995
    Issued Permit 9518930 $$$ $30,000

    Convert exist retail space to coffee/non-alc drinks shop.

  7. Sep 2002
    Issued Permit 200209207114 $$$ $20,000

    To renew app#2001/06/22/2190 to complete work & get final inspection.

  8. Jul 2003
    Issued Permit 200307230153 $$$ $20,000

    To renew app#2002/09/20/7114 for remaining work.

  9. Dec 2003
    Issued Permit 200312021423 $$$ $13,000

    Install 30lb organic felt, install 40yr shingles.

  10. Dec 2003
    Issued Permit 200312021420 $$$ $12,000

    Install 28lb fiberglass base sheet, flintlastic modified bitumen system as final plug.

  11. Mar 2004
    Issued Permit 200403168779 $$$ $20,000

    Renew app 200209207114 & 200106222190-permit 94265- to complete work & get final inspect.

  12. Mar 2012
    Permit 201203085671 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 2005-0503-1484 & 2012-0221-4541-per plumbing inspector request, modification to re-layout of restrooms.

  13. Oct 2014
    Permit 201410148842 $$$ $6,800

    Raise one side of the restaurant floor by 14" to create a dinning platform.

  14. Aug 2024
    Permit 202408138559 $$$ $50,000

    Replace wood windows at front damaged by dry rot. 7 windows. no siding. patch any defeciencies. all windows to be replaced in kind, same openings.

DBI holds 92 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 92. 12 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 15 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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