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132–142 Second Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 1907
  • Office building
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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Sullivanesque in style. The architect's other surviving San Francisco skyscraper is the Westinghouse Building at Second and Natoma Streets, designed in 1907 for Knickerbocker & Bostwick.

38,000 sq ftBuilding area
6,041 sq ftLot area
25Rooms · 13 baths
  1. 1907

    Built as the Morton Cook Building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Aug 1984

    Upstrade oof roof disfram. parapet work on separate permit.

    Expired Permit 8408317 $$$ $30,000
  3. Aug 1984

    Addition of anchors and braces to stabilize parapet.

    Complete Permit 8408319 $$$ $24,000
  4. Dec 1985

    Rebuild existing toilets.

    Complete Permit 8514155 $$$ $150,000
  5. May 1995

    Umb-comb anchors to be provided at 5th & 6th stories.

    Expired Permit 9507835 $$$ $28,000
  6. Jul 1996

    Anchors along building perimeter @4thflr, crosswall extension.

    Complete Permit 9613920 $$$ $79,000
  7. Aug 1997

    Umb-complete seismic work.

    Complete Permit 9714964 $$$ $300,001
  8. Jul 2000

    Alter almost 1/2 of 1st floor; alter storefront.

    Expired Permit 200007215820 $$$ $52,000
  9. Jan 2001

    Install total 127 sprinkler heads in bsmt & first floor only. new system including underground.

    Expired Permit 200101290846 $$$ $25,000
  10. Mar 2002

    Construction phase modification to work underway per ap #9714964 /repair fire damage to two joists.

    Expired Permit 200203212054 $$$ $15,000
  11. Jul 2003

    Existing cafe will be refinished to a soup cafe.

    Complete Permit 200307280518 $$$ $25,000
  12. Jun 2006

    Fire damage repair - interior walls & ceiling gyp.bd. interior walls framing, nine windows, electrical & mechanical systems. all repair/replacement in like kind.

    Complete Permit 200606123720 $$$ $200,000
  13. May 2007

    Interior office demolition, no exterior modifications.

    Complete Permit 200705100970 $$$ $15,000
  14. Jun 2007

    Create new 2nd floor office, new walls, finishes and fixtures.

    Complete Permit 200706184134 $$$ $100,000
  15. Nov 2007

    Oti on ground and basement floors. upgrade lobby finishes. new storefront @ lobby and 2nd exit. new canopy at lobby and 2nd exit. new layout at basement storage. sprinkler, fire alarm, mechanical and lighting under separate permit.

    Filed Permit 200711279035 $$$ $100,000
  16. Dec 2007

    Basement - interior storage partitions (re-partition). ground floor - lobby interior upgrade (remove & replace finishes). no exterior changes. no structural. fire sprinkler, electrical, life-safety under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200712049628 $$$ $25,000
  17. Dec 2007

    Replace existing building/tenant entry storefront. install new canopy. replace exit door at rear. new lighting and electrical for the building main entry lobby.

    Issued Permit 200712281550 $$$ $25,000
  18. 2008

    Recorded in the city's 2008 survey of the Transit Center District, adopted in 2012, as a contributor to the proposed New Montgomery, Mission & Second Historic District.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  19. Feb 2008

    4th floor: new interior partitions, new electrical, new lighting hvac under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200802195039 $$$ $96,000
  20. Apr 2008

    5th fl tenant improvment. no structural. no exterior modifications. provide new partitions, finishes, lighting, kitchen, mechanical ductwork, revised entry door, 1 hr fr rear vestibule.

    Complete Permit 200804280735 $$$ $125,000
  21. Dec 2009

    Upgrade finsihes and fixtures at ground floor common restrooms. barrier removal.

    Issued Permit 200912304005 $$$ $20,000
  22. Dec 2010

    Interior tenant improvement; remove 2-walls, new break rm. area, paint & carpet. no electrical, plumbing or struct., or exteriors.

    Complete Permit 201012076234 $$$ $15,000
  23. Apr 2013

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 201304225075 $$$ $47,000
  24. Sep 2021

    Adding security gates to the 2 existing doorways on minna street.

    Issued Permit 202109158448 $$$ $17,000
  25. Dec 2022

    2/floor: ti improvement of existing shell office space, new interior non-structural partitions & finishes, lighting, millwork, & kitchen equipment, mep design to be submitted separately.

    Cancelled Permit 202212218850 $$$ $700,000
  26. Jan 2023

    At&t mobility installation of new unmanned telecommunications facility on rooftop. sffd operational permit for batteries on a separate permit.

    Complete Permit 202301311084 $$$ $195,000

DBI holds 51 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 51. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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