678 Green Street

1. 1912

   Built.

2. 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.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. 1968

   Listed in the 1968 citywide survey of San Francisco's architectural heritage as Fugazi Building.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
4. 1975

   Club Fugazi, a 400-seat theatre to which the revue Beach Blanket Babylon moved in 1975 and where it was still running in 2015 - reportedly the longest-running musical revue in the country. Identified as potentially eligible for landmark designation.

   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
5. 1982

   Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as an individually listed resource.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
6. Jun 1982

   Permit 8204395 $$$ $75,000

   Building use: offices.

7. Sep 1982

   Permit 8207318 $$$ $35,000

   Building use: com'l/ttr/office.

8. Apr 1985

   Permit 8504456 $$$ $58,000

   Add a steel structure to support an additional of 69 seats.

9. Oct 1985

   Permit 8511583 $$$ $150,000

   Provision of seats.

10. Jan 1986

    Permit 8600421 $$$ $2,560

    Install fire sprinklers underneath new balcony & exist one.

11. Feb 1986

    Permit 8601970 $$$ $5,000

    Provision of smoke petectors in backstage area.

12. Apr 1989

    Permit 8905519 $$$ $750

    Repair damaged walls & ceilings.

13. Jan 1992

    Permit 9200838 $$$ $3,000

    Bracing of roof parapet.

14. Mar 1998

    Permit 9804629 $$$ $2,200

    Replace bathrub tile install sheetrock in kitchen ceiling.

15. Jan 2008

    Permit 200801313667 $$$ $30,000

    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.

16. Jan 2009

    Permit 200901210566 $$$ $20,000

    Remove e ceiling tiles and light fixtures and replace with new suspended acoustical ceiling tiles and new light fixtures.

17. Mar 2011

    Issued Permit 201103111935 $$$ $1,500

    Replace fire control panel only located in beach blanket babylon per sffd bulletin 3.04. decives to be proveed combatible in field.

18. Oct 2012

    Permit 201210262904 $$$ $129,000

    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.

19. Jan 2013

    Permit 201301097546 $$$ $2,800

    Add 4 sprinklers in new unisex rest room.

20. 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.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
21. Jun 2021

    Permit 202106092005 $$$ $75,000

    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.

22. Sep 2021

    Permit 202109098067 $$$ $10,000

    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.

23. Sep 2021

    Issued Permit 202109138312 $$$ $300

    Provide concentrated seating on the stage of the theater. no exterior work to be performed.

24. Sep 2021

    Permit 202109178623 $$$ $2,000

    Rerouting piping under west wing balcony to be connected to feed main in basement.

25. Sep 2021

    Permit 202109309597 $$$ $10,000

    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.

26. Apr 2023

    Issued Permit 202304135635 $$$ $58,000

    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.

27. Aug 2025

    Issued Permit 202508193335 $$$ $10,000

    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. 3 expired permits are not shown. 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. Fugazi Hall is credited to Italo Zanolini, in 1912, by the North Beach survey and by one volume of the citywide collection of professional biographies; another volume of the same collection lists 678 Green Street among Louis Traverso's buildings and dates it 1914.