678 Green Street
Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133
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1912
Fugazi Hall, formally the Casa Coloniale Italiana John F. Fugazi — a steel-framed building with a theater and rooms for Italian community organisations, commissioned by the banker John F. Fugazi and designed by Italo Zanolini.
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1968
Listed in the 1968 citywide survey of San Francisco's architectural heritage as Fugazi Building.
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1982
Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as an individually listed resource.
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Jun 1982
Building use: offices.
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Sep 1982
Building use: com'l/ttr/office.
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Apr 1985
Add a steel structure to support an additional of 69 seats.
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Oct 1985
Provision of seats.
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Jan 1986
Install fire sprinklers underneath new balcony & exist one.
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Feb 1986
Provision of smoke petectors in backstage area.
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Apr 1989
Repair damaged walls & ceilings.
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May 1989
Install acoustical suspended ceiling in existing night club.
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Jan 1992
Bracing of roof parapet.
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Dec 1995
Replace existingexhaust fan with larger fan.
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Mar 1998
Replace bathrub tile install sheetrock in kitchen ceiling.
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Oct 2000
Street space.
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Jan 2008
Voluntary upgrade of existing men's and women's bathroom at 3rd floor of 3-story building. replace existing fixtures with new compliant fixtures & new grab bars. barrier removal.
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Jan 2009
Remove e ceiling tiles and light fixtures and replace with new suspended acoustical ceiling tiles and new light fixtures.
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Mar 2011
Replace fire control panel only located in beach blanket babylon per sffd bulletin 3.04. decives to be proveed combatible in field.
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Oct 2012
Ground floor -barrier removal only - provision of inclined lift, accessible box office/ticket window, provision to restroom facilities for accessibility. fire alarm under separate permit.
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Jan 2013
Add 4 sprinklers in new unisex rest room.
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2019
Identified by the 2019 updated North Beach survey as appearing eligible for local landmark or California Register / National Register status — recorded as Fugazi Hall.
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Jun 2021
Remodel of 4th floor residential unit. convert living room to 2nd bedroom. remodel 1 bath and 1 kitchen replace (6) windows (2 facing st same loc). replace one door (facing st same size & loc.. windows 102 + 106 to be aluminum clad wood.
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Sep 2021
Addition to an existing fire alarm system: chief cofflins walk thru notes. 2 manual pull stations, 2 horn/strobe wall, 5 heat detectors. ref permit application 201103111935.
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Sep 2021
Provide concentrated seating on the stage of the theater. no exterior work to be performed.
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Sep 2021
Rerouting piping under west wing balcony to be connected to feed main in basement.
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Sep 2021
Renovation of existing dishwashing and food prep area in basement and bar storage on 1st floor. no structural or exterior work to be performed. existing hvac system to remain.
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Apr 2023
Existing front cantilever balcony to be replaced due to structural steel decay. decorative corbel to be replaced with terra cotta. ballustrades, handrail, decorative band & deck to be reconstructed out of gfrp (glass fiber reinforced polymer) to replicate decorative features, finish & texture with sq ft.
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Aug 2025
Exploratory demolition for sampling/replication of balcony components (guardrail, balustrades, balcony and corbels) to facilitate repair under bpa 202304135635. destructive evacuation/testing of guardrail & ballstrade. non-destructive/visual examiniations of balcony band/corbezs.
4 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.
The city's survey dates Fugazi Hall to 1912 in its property-type chapter and figure caption and to 1913 in its account of North Beach halls. Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update