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District 3 · Block 0178, Lot 001 · ZIP 94133

Ping Yuen

711–799 Pacific Avenue

  • 117-unit apartment building
  • 7 stories
  • 55,578 ft2 lot area
  • 481 rooms
  • 121 bathrooms
  • Zoned RM-4
  • Not a historic resource
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  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. 1951

    Ping Yuen, built by the San Francisco Housing Authority.

    Large Apartment Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
  4. June 19, 1964

    Photographed.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  5. Nov 2002
    Permit 200211060942 $$$ $62,000

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

  6. Nov 2002
    Permit 200211060946 $$$ $62,000

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

  7. Jun 2003
    Permit 200306036083 $$$ $137,000

    Ada compliance wor, included remodeling existing exterior concrete ramp to accssble ramp; install new.

  8. Aug 2010
    Permit 201008058237 $$$ $1,200,000

    Window replacement.

  9. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510200191 $$$ $5,000,000

    Rad program. new horizontal addition for community room, new accessible units, new garbage enclosures, new plumbing + electrical systems, new exhaust systems. n/a for maher ordinance no. 155-13.

  10. Aug 2016
    Permit 201608013840 $$$ $68,280

    New rated doors (5), new food prep cabinets, appliances & lighting. new partition in toddles/infant room. new staff room with new door. remove existing closet, remove 2 existing doors & replace with 1 new door.

  11. Nov 2016
    Permit 201611173034 $$$ $24,000

    Remove exiting office door, remove closets in office, remove exterior wall and replace with new storefront. install new ceiling, lighting and electrical outlets. new carpet and paint.

  12. Oct 2017
    Permit 201710161277 $$$ $20,000

    Reference bpa#201510200191, installation of roof stanchions maher not req.

  13. Feb 2019
    Permit 201902153033 $$$ $126,500

    Remove 2 existing non-compliant structures. install new ada / title 24 play equipment, fence with 2 gates 48" in height. gates with panic bars to provide a compliant path of travel.

  14. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001141867 $$$ $20,708

    Install new cantilever shade at preschool ada was addressed on previous on permit application 201902153033.

  15. Feb 2025
    Issued Permit 202502200736 $$$ $15,000

    New outdoor fence and gate @ playground behind the building of 795 pacific ave. not on property line.

DBI holds 75 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 75. 31 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This building is dated 1951 in the historical record; the assessor's roll gives the parcel a build year of 1950.

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