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District 8 · Block 2695, Lot 010 · ZIP 94114

558–564 Castro Street

10-unit building with a ground-floor store · Eureka Valley

  • 3 stories
  • Zoned CASTRO
  • Historic status: historic resource
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4,626 sq ftLot area
30Rooms · 10 baths
  1. 1904

    Built.

  2. 1970s

    Paperback Traffic, a bookstore with a well-regarded poetry reading series featuring gay writers, opened in the early 1970s. Valet Men's Wear, one of the first gay-oriented clothing stores in the neighbourhood, was at 564 Castro Street on the same parcel.

    Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
  3. 1974

    Small Press Traffic, formed in 1974 to support experimental, queer and writers of colour, began in a back room rented from the bookstore here.

    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
  4. Mar 1983
    Permit 8301678 $$$ $1,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  5. Jan 1988
    Permit 8800753 $$$ $30,000

    Interior renovation, electrical, plumb, cabinetry & finish work.

  6. Feb 1988
    Permit 8801941 $$$ $20,000

    Structural repair, replace foundation, lower walls, finishes.

  7. May 1988
    Permit 8805552 $$$ $5,000

    To bring building. into code by dahi report.

  8. Aug 1988
    Permit 8811854 $$$ $900

    Manufacture & install awning.

  9. Dec 1988
    Permit 8819640 $$$ $8,580

    Re - roofing.

  10. Dec 1992
    Permit 9222298 $$$ $15,000

    R/r 20' foundation. repair wood rot in restaurant floor.

  11. Mar 1993
    Permit 9304937 $$$ $15,000

    Replace wood header, flrr area, new foundation. ref permit application 922298.

  12. May 1994
    Permit 9407098 $$$ $4,000

    Repair fireplace.

  13. Aug 1997
    Permit 9715660 $$$ $500

    Proposed new partition wall/screen doors bet sale area/kitchen.

  14. Aug 2004
    Permit 200408192051 $$$ $5,000

    Install new drainage system along existing alley and connect to existing sewer line.

  15. Aug 2012
    Permit 201208086849 $$$ $25,000

    Interior renovation of existing restaurant, install 1 ada toilet room. non load bearing partition framing.

  16. Sep 2012
    Permit 201209058965 $$$ $9,171

    Repair rotten wood subfloor/replace. add new concrete footing under sagging partition.

  17. Jan 2013
    Permit 201301248652 $$$ $5,000

    Title 24/lighting. ref app#201208086849.

  18. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706028267 $$$ $15,880

    Reroofing.

  19. May 2018
    Permit 201805179366 $$$ $80,000

    Compliance with mandatory soft story retrofit program for residential, cebc 2016 app a4 & sfebc 2016 chp 4d.

  20. May 2018
    Permit 201805179369 $$$ $4,640

    To compliance with mandatory soft seismic retrofit program for commercial. volunterry accessibility upgrade in conjunction with seismic retrofit.

  21. Nov 2024
    Permit 202411134947 $$$ $19,200

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1.

5 nominal $1 street-space permits and 4 cancelled permits are omitted.

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