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571 Columbus Avenue

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • Store building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned CCB
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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10,640 sq ftBuilding area
3,000 sq ftLot area
18Rooms · 15 baths

Permit history

  1. Jan 1985

    The platform of the display window lowered to street level.

    Complete Permit 8500428 $$$ $1,500
  2. Jul 1985

    Parapet strengthening & reroofing.

    Complete Permit 8507259 $$$ $18,500
  3. Sep 2001

    Seismic upgrade of existing non-reinforced masonry building.

    Expired Permit 200109198669 $$$ $180,000
  4. Jun 2007

    14 kitchens, 14 bathrooms, bathrooms: toilet, sink & fixtures. no lighting changes. non-profit low income housing. general repairs in cluding finish replacements in kitchens, bathrooms. work combine with seismic retrofit #200109198669. no structural, galley kitchens.

    Expired Permit 200706053047 $$$ $76,000
  5. Jul 2007

    Open 1" thick stucco to get to brick wall behind @ north wall. four 1' x 1' panels, on 1st floor. this is required by planner dan dibartolo to observe the condition of brick behind stucco.

    Expired Permit 200707257725 $$$ $500
  6. Oct 2007

    Revise permit application 200706053047 to replace 16 total existing aluminum sliders with wood painted double hung windows per adam lights, city planing direction.

    Complete Permit 200710014221 $$$ $10,000
  7. Oct 2007

    2nd & 3rd floors-upgrade fire alarm system to monitor new sprinkler system. add horns in each unit for supervised notofication, 14 mini horns, 4 horn strobes, 1 manual pull & 6 smokes.

    Expired Permit 200710054700 $$$ $10,000
  8. Oct 2007

    Install new automatic fire sprinklers to 2nd and 3rd floors residential units only. supplied from new service in basement (no work in basement or 1st floor.

    Expired Permit 200710246268 $$$ $5,000
  9. Feb 2008

    Smaller pipe sizes fire sprinklers from previously approved plan.

    Expired Permit 200802074225 $$$ $1
  10. May 2008

    Revised plan showing cpvc underground instead of copper, permit application 2008-0207-4225.

    Expired Permit 200805131947 $$$ $1
  11. Oct 2008

    To erect nonelectrical sign.

    Cancelled Permit 200810144127 $$$ $10,000
  12. Nov 2008

    To obtain final inspection work approved under permit application 200706053047. all work complete.

    Complete Permit 200811176764 $$$ $1
  13. Nov 2008

    To obtain final inspection work approved under permit application 200805131947. all work complete.

    Complete Permit 200811176766 $$$ $1
  14. Nov 2008

    Renew permit application 2008/02/07/4225 to obtain final inspection. all work completed.

    Complete Permit 200811186811 $$$ $1
  15. Nov 2008

    Renew permit application 2001/09/19/8669 to obtain final inspection. all work completed.

    Complete Permit 200811186812 $$$ $1
  16. Apr 2009

    Erect a non-electric, single faced, wall sign.

    Complete Permit 200904065605 $$$ $4,000
  17. Apr 2009

    Renew permit application 2007/10/05/4700 to obtain final inspection. all work has been completed.

    Issued Permit 200904146246 $$$ $1
  18. Jul 2013

    Re-face electric projecting double faced direct sign.

    Cancelled Permit 201307010927 $$$ $1,500
  19. Jul 2013

    Modification of existing storefront system to accommodate addition of aluminum atm surround panel. accent lighting and associated circuit leveling of tile surface in front of atm to improve disabled access.

    Complete Permit 201307101528 $$$ $35,000
  20. Jun 2015

    Fire escape ladder. install replace in kind.

    Complete Permit 201506249834 $$$ $450
  21. Mar 2024

    Replace electric single face wall sign signs e01, e03 (wells fargo).

    Complete Permit 202403188008 $$$ $10,000
  22. Mar 2024

    Replace electric single face wall sign signs e02, e04.

    Complete Permit 202403188006 $$$ $10,000
  23. May 2024

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 202405303325 $$$ $20,000
  24. Jan 2026

    One unit install new upper (approx 6 lf) & lower (approx 4 lf)kitchen cabinets &countertop. following existing layout like for like. no plumbing alteratoin. install new tile surround & flooring for bathroom shower like for like includes appropriate waterproofing. install new exhaust & hood per cenc1500-g.

    Complete Permit 202601284732 $$$ $12,500

DBI holds 35 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 35. 10 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update