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1524 Powell Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • Building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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9,581 sq ftBuilding area
3,545 sq ftLot area
7Rooms · 7 baths
  1. 1913

    The Knights of Pythias Hall stood here on the 1913 Sanborn map; by 1949 it had become the Cathay Hall of the American Legion, a Chinese organisation.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. Apr 2004

    Remove existinghardwood floor on concrete sleepers.pour 4"concrete slab with #4 rehar @16"oc cach directi.

    Complete Permit 200404272317 $$$ $11,500
  3. Jan 2014

    New t-bar ceiling in ground floor, 4 bathroom remodel, new interior staircase from ground floor to basement, interior partitions, remove fixtures in basement kitchen.

    Cancelled Permit 201401176587 $$$ $52,000
  4. Jun 2015

    Life safety upgrade to existing conditions: install new nfpa 13 fire sprinkler system. 2 floors and basement, 83 heads total.

    Complete Permit 201506098478 $$$ $35,000
  5. Jun 2016

    Install fire sprinkler flow & supervisory system.

    Complete Permit 201606069190 $$$ $1,800
  6. Sep 2016

    As built fire sprinkler system ref pa 2015-0609-8478.

    Complete Permit 201609087113 $$$ $1
  7. Sep 2016

    Add bathroom stalls to comply with ada.

    Complete Permit 201609238726 $$$ $65,000
  8. Nov 2019

    Application is change of use, no work will be performed existing condition only.

    Cancelled Permit 201911056447 $$$ $1
  9. Aug 2023

    No physical change. to establish the general entertainment use in basement.

    Issued Permit 202308245176 $$$ $1

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline.

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