1135 Powell Street

1. 1900

   Built.

2. 1921

   The Chinatown branch of the San Francisco Public Library, designed by G. Albert Lansburgh.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. Oct 1990

   Replace plaster and paint, replace balusters, repoint brick.

   Cancelled Permit 9022476 $$$ $20,874
4. May 1993

   Horizontal.

   Complete Permit 9308319 $$$ $2,500,000
5. Jan 1995

   Horizontal.

   Complete Permit 9500354 $$$ $3,545,000
6. Oct 1995

   Fire protection system.

   Complete Permit 9516266 $$$ $25,000
7. Jan 2001

   Upgrade mechanical cooling system, el distribution to cooling system.

   Expired Permit 200101250620 $$$ $200,000
8. Jun 2002

   Revised chiller anchorage detail-as built per prev appvd app 200101250620-no new concrete or reinfor.

   Expired Permit 200206189284 $$$ $1
9. Dec 2005

   Installation of a notifier 411 digital alarm communicator/transmitter to provide monitoring of the fire alarm system and 1 smoke detector at dact location.

   Expired Permit 200512069624 $$$ $3,000
10. Jun 2006

    Renew permit application 200512069624 for final inspection.

    Expired Permit 200606154131 $$$ $1
11. Jun 2006

    Revision (as built) to appl# 200512069624. changes included equipment model # changes and programing changes.

    Expired Permit 200606154132 $$$ $1
12. Apr 2007

    Install 8 kw solar 66 solar panels on a non-penatrating array ballasted with cinderblock. install an inverter on the roof and install 2 disconnects (dc & ac). the electricity would be then tied into the meter.

    Complete Permit 200704199197 $$$ $100,000
13. Dec 2022

    Priority process: renovation to listed historic library(1921). partial demolition of int spaces of historic building & 1996 renovation work. new mechanical, electrical, and fire protection sys will be provided throughout existing building. project is designed to leadership in energy efficient design (leed) rating of gold.

    Issued Permit 202212279199 $$$ $19,000,000
14. Refurbishment of the Chinatown branch of the San Francisco Public Library, overseen by Roslyn Koo of MBT Associates.

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

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. The assessor dates the building to 1900; Planning's historic resource survey records 1921. This address is recorded as built 1921; the assessor's roll gives 1900, the year it files most of the city's nineteenth-century buildings under.