222 Second Street

• Riallaro — Frank Stella
  Pixel painting on canvas; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1997.
• The Pequod Meets the Delight — Frank Stella
  Mixed media on honeycomb aluminum; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1992. The city's inventory titles it “Shards”.
• Shards III — Frank Stella
  Pixel painting; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1983. The city's inventory titles it “The Pequod Meets the Delight”.

1. December 1984

   The two buildings then standing on the site had been occupied by W. A. Palmer Films, Inc. until December 1984 and stood vacant; the rest of the site was a 108-space surface parking lot.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, 222 Second Street: Initial Study, 1986.
2. Nov 2007

   Permit 200711309386 $$$ $48,000,000

   Construction of 26 stories, 2 basements, office building with public assembly, food/beverage handling, retail sales, parking.

3. May 2013

   Permit 201305036129 $$$ $1,500,000

   Excavation shoring for new construction on the same address 222 2nd street. (reference permit application 200711309386s).

4. May 2015

   Permit 201505267078 $$$ $904,568

   Full floor tenant improvement 5th fl. partitions, ceiling, lights, mep.

5. Jun 2015

   Permit 201506179204 $$$ $900,000

   6th floor ti consisting of ceilings, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting fixtures, mechaniical, plumbing, electrical, selective structural reinforcement. life safety deferred.

6. Jun 2015

   Permit 201506179153 $$$ $900,000

   T.i. including ceiling, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting fixtures, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire alarms, selective structural reinforcements. fire sprinklers deferred. n/a ordinance #155-13.

7. Jun 2015

   Permit 201506179207 $$$ $900,000

   7th flor t.i.: consisting of ceilings, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting, fixtures, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, selective structural reinforcements. fire alarm, spklrs, sep permits.

8. Jul 2015

   Permit 201507101140 $$$ $1,445,000

   Ti partitions, lighting, mep and minor structural.

9. Jul 2015

   Permit 201507131284 $$$ $1,200,000

   9th floor commercial t.i. on plumbing, selective structural reinforcment. n/a for maher. life safety deferred.

10. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507131285 $$$ $1,200,000

    10th floor commercial t.i. partitions, fixtures, mechanical, electrical, plmg, selective structual reinforment. n.a for the maher. life safety deferred.

11. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507222104 $$$ $1,200,000

    11th floor t.i.: partitions, lighting, mep, structural reinforcing life safety sep permits.

12. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507222099 $$$ $1,200,000

    12th floor t.i.: partitions, lighting, mep, structural reinforcing life safety sep permits.

13. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508184602 $$$ $1,500,000

    3rd floor: t.i. for kitchen, dining and restroom facilities consisting of: partitions, ceilings, lighting fixtures, mechanical, electrical & plumbing, maher n/a.

14. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508184604 $$$ $1,500,000

    2nd floor: commercial t.i. including partitions, ceilings, finishes, plumbing, mechanical, electrical & structural; maher n/a.

15. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508265350 $$$ $1,200,000

    14th floor: ti - including partitions, ceiling, lighting, fictures, mechanical, plumbing electrical.maher na.

16. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508265351 $$$ $1,200,000

    13th floor: ti - including partitions, ceiling, lighting, fictures, mechanical, plumbing electrical.maher na.

17. Sep 2015

    Permit 201509096488 $$$ $1,500,000

    17th floor: full floor leed comm. t.i. for office, food serving and dining facilities consisting of partitions, ceilings, lighting fixutres, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. n/a for maher.

18. 2016

    Built.

19. Jan 2016

    Permit 201601136951 $$$ $1,300,000

    15th floor: : full interior tenant improvement including mep's; maher n/a.

20. Jan 2016

    Permit 201601147158 $$$ $1,700,000

    16th floor, complete interior ti including mep's.

21. Jun 2019

    Issued Permit 201906264413 $$$ $1,500,000

    24th floor. partial floor t.i with new partions, ceilings, finishes, millwork, furniture, lighting, plumbing, mechanical and electrical incl employee cafeteria with limited prep with mostly pre-packaged food. some prep such as loose dry goods, perishable packaged goods, self-serve drinks.

22. Nov 2019

    Permit 201911076724 $$$ $1,500,000

    24/f: partial t.i. for new video production studio; new raised floor system, partitions, ceiling lighting, finishes, plumbing & mecahnical; structural includes lighting grid support, floor system & accoustical glazing.

23. Jun 2020

    Filed Permit 202006048169 $$$ $1,500,000

    18/f: partial tenant improvement including new partitions, ceilings, finishes, millwork, furniture, lighting, mechanical, electrical, plumbing including new catering support room with limited food prep. no structural scope of work.

24. Jan 2022

    Permit 202201115789 $$$ $2,500,000

    18/f: interior t.i., selective demolition & construction of non-load bearing partitions, doors, frames, new ceiling grid & tile, new finishes.

25. Feb 2025

    Permit 202502130273 $$$ $5,000,000

    13/fl- -ti work includes new interior partitions, doors, finishes, ceilings and associated mep.

DBI holds 230 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 230. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown.

Rather than commission a work, the developer bought three existing Frank Stella paintings for $1 million to satisfy the city's 1% art requirement. They hang in a ground-floor room of teak walls and polished concrete that opens onto Howard Street through 22-foot portals. Stella (1936–2024) was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker.

The city's inventory titles one of them “Shards”; a published catalogue of the room gives Shards III, of 1983.