20–22 Hawthorne Street

1. 1922

   Built as the San Francisco News Co. Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
2. Oct 1984

   Install partition in bsmt to create new room.

   Cancelled Permit 8411620 $$$ $2,500
3. Jan 1986

   Elevator to be installed.

   Expired Permit 8600715 $$$ $100,000
4. Aug 1986

   Relocate/remove partitions, doors, in accousting dept.

   Expired Permit 8610351 $$$ $60,000
5. Sep 1989

   Parapet reinforcement.

   Complete Permit 8918117 $$$ $20,000
6. Jan 1990

   Tenant improvement work.

   Complete Permit 8925532 $$$ $200,000
7. Jan 1990

   Install seven steel brace frames, footing and plywood.

   Complete Permit 9000507 $$$ $300,000
8. Aug 1990

   Fire sprinklers at basement only.

   Complete Permit 9015603 $$$ $25,000
9. Oct 1994

   Renovate portion of ground floor space into restaurant.

   Complete Permit 9417492 $$$ $400,000
10. Jul 1996

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9612418 $$$ $81,486
11. Feb 2007

    Basement, 1st & 2nd floor: new smokes, new facp, new annunciator, (3)a/v's, (2) pulls & (1) additional smoke above facp for restaurant.

    Issued Permit 200702134010 $$$ $19,525
12. 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
13. Dec 2009

    Interior non-structural demolition on 1st floor in advance of tenant improvement. no construction or exterior work.

    Complete Permit 200912243865 $$$ $10,000
14. Feb 2010

    657 howard ( aka 20 hawthorne see permit application 9417492 for reference) remodel existing restaurant, hood. mep, signs and fire sprinkler under separate permit(s).

    Complete Permit 201002236972 $$$ $650,000
15. May 2010

    Minor t.i. on 3-floors & baement work is mostly to install new glass panels & railings in int. connecting stairway; build new 2-hr. shaft on 2nd. floor. to roof (for future exhaust); build new partition & alcove of entry lobby. no ext. work. mep & fire.

    Expired Permit 201005172627 $$$ $60,000
16. Oct 2010

    Interior tenant improvement on ground floor. & to elevator on 3-floors.

    Complete Permit 201010153138 $$$ $200,000
17. Nov 2010

    1st floor - add 52 upright sprinklers & add 34 pendant sprinklers from existing sprinkler system.

    Issued Permit 201011104694 $$$ $8,000
18. Aug 2013

    Minor finish and millwork upgrade to existing restaurant, dining and interior entry area only.

    Complete Permit 201308093995 $$$ $42,500
19. Dec 2015

    Non structural interior remodel. dining area only. replace existing ceiling cans with ceiling cans, dining area only.

    Issued Permit 201512094589 $$$ $42,500
20. Jan 2016

    Interior renovation of existing office space into an art gallery space. work will consist of demolition of interior partitions and new partitions and finishes. no changes to existing or ada access. no change of use. fire sprinkler and alarm on separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201601298408 $$$ $80,000
21. Sep 2019

    Removal & replacement of rooftop building hvac unit. upgrade existing fire alarm to initiate global shutdown on separate life safety permit.

    Complete Permit 201909030486 $$$ $238,000
22. Nov 2019

    Remove existing flat roof and intstall fiberglass base underlayment, smooth torchdown and cap granulate layer. all flashing metals will be replaced. no work visible from the street.

    Complete Permit 201911056488 $$$ $60,000
23. Oct 2020

    Adding 7 relays and 1 monitor module for global shutdown per ahj comments.

    Complete Permit 202010287655 $$$ $12,435
24. Jan 2023

    1/f: interior t.i., minor modification to walls, hvac, lighting, & plumbing. phase 1 of 2.

    Issued Permit 202301120086 $$$ $269,208
25. Dec 2023

    The project consists of an interior remodel to an existing 4464 sq ft art gallery to accommodate the goethe institut, a german culture language institute. the scope includes modification of interior elements, hvac & lighting. this is phase 2 of 2. refe ti phase 1- 202301120086.

    Complete Permit 202312122341 $$$ $235,048
26. Mar 2024

    Install notification devices inn common areas, use existing circuit in space to activate notification devices. all other devices existing to remain. build permit 202301120086.

    Complete Permit 202403077270 $$$ $10,000
27. Mar 2024

    Ref permit application 202301120086 existing fire sprinkler system- tenant improvements 12 relocated & 6 added sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 202403198105 $$$ $9,000

DBI holds 57 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 57. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.