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655 Pacific Avenue

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • 57-unit apartment building
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned RM-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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27,142 sq ftLot area
299Rooms · 57 baths
  1. 1942-1951

    Part of the Ping Yuen Housing Project in Chinatown, on which Henry T. Howard worked with the architect and landscape architect Mark Daniels.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  2. 1950

    Built.

  3. June 19, 1964

    Photographed.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  4. Sep 1985

    Tile work, shower head installation & painting bathroom only.

    Cancelled Permit 8510310 $$$ $75,000
  5. Apr 1987

    To bring building into code.

    Expired Permit 8704451 $$$ $5
  6. Aug 1987

    Install fire sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 8711220 $$$ $51,124
  7. Jun 1992

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9209808 $$$ $189,438
  8. Aug 1992

    Install emergency power generator (buildings a, c, e).

    Expired Permit 9212000 $$$ $95,000
  9. Nov 2002

    Install ductless kitchen range hood&electrical wiring.install wall mounted wood cabinet to supp hood.

    Complete Permit 200211060944 $$$ $62,000
  10. Aug 2006

    Removal of existing outdoor mailboxes. installation of new recessed mailboxes unit in new wall enclosure within existing site. provide accissible walk for new mailboxes.

    Complete Permit 200608230330 $$$ $7,768
  11. Aug 2010

    Window replacement.

    Complete Permit 201008058240 $$$ $600,000
  12. Mar 2012

    Boiler and gwh replacement.

    Cancelled Permit 201203266898 $$$ $150,000
  13. Apr 2013

    Upgrade fire alarm system with new programmed fire alarm panel & new fire alarm annunciator panel, new horn/strobes to replace existing horn/strobes or bells, new pull stations to replace existing pull stations & new smoke detectors to replace existing.

    Cancelled Permit 201304225105 $$$ $30,000
  14. Oct 2015

    (moh rad priority project)sprinker upgrade, mep upgrades, finish upgrade, mobilth units, accessible path of tralver, common area upgrades.

    Complete Permit 201510270832 $$$ $5,000,000
  15. Dec 2016

    Upgrade existing fire sprinkler system ref 201510270832.

    Complete Permit 201612124680 $$$ $10,000
  16. Oct 2017

    Reference bpa#201510270832, installation of stanchions.

    Complete Permit 201710161278 $$$ $15,000
  17. Jan 2018

    Recommencement and completion of work approved under permit application 201612124680, upgrade existing fire sprinkler system.

    Issued Permit 201801047860 $$$ $10,000
  18. Jan 2018

    Revised, relocate existing back flow. ref 201612124680.

    Complete Permit 201801199068 $$$ $1
  19. Feb 2018

    Revision to 201510270832, clarification of detail 3/a 10.00.

    Complete Permit 201802262242 $$$ $1
  20. Feb 2018

    Revision to 201510270832 clarification of swing at unit entrances.

    Complete Permit 201802262245 $$$ $1
  21. Mar 2018

    Evacuation maps.

    Complete Permit 201803012585 $$$ $8,400
  22. Mar 2018

    Test building for errcs coverage - building passed testing. no physical work under this permit.

    Complete Permit 201803193965 $$$ $1,500
  23. Apr 2018

    Upgrade to existing exterior emergency generator. revision to app#201510270832.

    Complete Permit 201804045521 $$$ $5,000
  24. May 2018

    As built for permit #201510270832 s3.

    Complete Permit 201805239863 $$$ $1
  25. Aug 2018

    Revision to app#201510270832 to revise previously approved plan lauyout type c.1, 2 bedroom unit, replacement unit only.

    Complete Permit 201808227983 $$$ $5,000
  26. May 2021

    Replace existing play surface and equipments at existing play area. play area is for resident use only. all funding is private source.

    Complete Permit 202105059811 $$$ $75,000
  27. Feb 2024

    Verify existing sound levels in sleeping areas comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1 indicating the dba reading in each living area and sleeping area of at least 750ba.

    Complete Permit 202402055234 $$$ $1

DBI holds 34 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 34. 9 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. The assessor's roll gives 1950; this address is recorded as built 1942-1951.

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