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577–579 Howard Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 1907
  • Industrial building
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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2,121 sq ftLot area
6Rooms · 5 baths
  1. 1907

    Built as the Taylor Building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Jan 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8200531 $$$ $50,000
  3. Mar 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8201983 $$$ $3,000
  4. Jul 1983

    Add 3 drains add remergency into 2 bathrooms.

    Complete Permit 8307353 $$$ $2,000
  5. Nov 1983

    Sign - erect.

    Expired Permit 8311614 $$$ $985
  6. May 1989

    Parapet.

    Complete Permit 8908325 $$$ $16,000
  7. Jun 1989

    Patch 100 sq ft. of wall sheetrock, tape patch.

    Cancelled Permit 8911252 $$$ $7,500
  8. Nov 1989

    Ewo(s).

    Complete Permit 8923428 $$$ $10,000
  9. Feb 1990

    Ewo (s).

    Complete Permit 9002503 $$$ $300,000
  10. Sep 1990

    Install restaurant inbto fround floor kitchen and bathroom.

    Complete Permit 9018899 $$$ $160,000
  11. Sep 1990

    Install sprinkler systems.

    Complete Permit 9019299 $$$ $20,000
  12. Dec 1990

    Grease duct, air unit.

    Complete Permit 9025174 $$$ $10,000
  13. Jan 1991

    Electric sign.

    Expired Permit 9101183 $$$ $16,000
  14. Jan 1991

    Change front from original app #9018899.

    Complete Permit 9101137 $$$ $1,000
  15. Mar 1991

    Bathroom repair & glass wall.

    Expired Permit 9104418 $$$ $14,999
  16. Apr 1991

    New partition wall 8' & bathroom new lights handicap access.

    Expired Permit 9105514 $$$ $14,000
  17. Apr 1994

    Install door's at front of existing window open'g, tile to stucco.

    Complete Permit 9405908 $$$ $3,000
  18. Apr 1999

    Paint non-struyctural sign.

    Expired Permit 9907281 $$$ $1,000
  19. Oct 1999

    T/i replace existing door and frame built in library shelves.

    Complete Permit 9922116 $$$ $35,000
  20. Nov 1999

    Oti-2 2nd floor, el.

    Expired Permit 9924097 $$$ $19,000
  21. Jan 2000

    Demolition of non-ada complian, front doors and const of new doors.

    Complete Permit 20000113983 $$$ $8,000
  22. Dec 2018

    Closet, and move electrical switches off walls to be demolished to main walls.

    Issued Permit 201812208840 $$$ $5,000
  23. Feb 2023

    Accessibility barrier removal. new ada counter.

    Complete Permit 202302172214 $$$ $1,500
  24. Apr 2023

    Change of ownership. equipment replacement proposed, equipment utility consumption shall be less than or equal with the existing equipment. existing kitchen hood to remain. hood/duct fire suppression system under separate permit. max occ load 49 persons.

    Complete Permit 202304216266 $$$ $1
  25. Aug 2025

    Legalize existing illuminated double-sided projecting sign: "zoe" with white neon on vinyl letter.

    Complete Permit 202508052312 $$$ $13,000

DBI holds 40 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 40. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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