602–606 Mission Street
East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105
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1904
Erected as a ten-story office building with ornate Renaissance and Baroque detail.
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April 18, 1906
One of a handful of buildings left standing in the Central SoMa area after the earthquake and fire, most of them steel-framed.
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1930s
Remodelled during the Depression-era 'Modernize Main Street' campaign.
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1931
Refaced to designs by the architect John V.D. Linden, the failing terra-cotta ornament stripped away and replaced with fluted terra cotta and pared-back Art Deco detail.
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Sep 1983
Otc alterations permit.
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Mar 1985
Install handicaped toilet, sink, floor, hung ceiling.
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Mar 1991
Seismic reinforcement only of building. damaged in earthquake.
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Aug 1993
Repair brick damaged walls & interior non bearing partitions.
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Mar 1994
Revision in cosy permit application 9314787.
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Jun 1994
Tenant improvement to existing retail space.
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Oct 1999
Oti - 1 ele & l/s.
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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.
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Jun 2014
T.i. for 2nd fl., 6ht fl. and 9th floor. per plan. demolition existing partition walls, men and women restrooms. new parition at elevator lobby and conference rooms. new unisex restrooms, new bar sink. mep under separeat permit. maher n/a.
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Nov 2014
8 & 10/f - 1/ demolition partitions as show; 2/ build new paritions as shown 3/ building new uniusex batrhroom on floor 10 4/ building new bar sink on floor 10.
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Feb 2015
Voluntary repair to existing floor structure.
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May 2015
7th floor: demolition existing partitions, doors, finished, fixtures. construt new partitions, add unisex bathroom. maintain separated path of egress at elevator lobby with 2 hr. rated smoke partition. maher n/a. mep & life safety deferred.
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May 2015
6th, 9th and 10th floor: concrete patching at existing floor slabs. repair concrete spalls on topping slabs. no demolition/removal of existing framing members. maher n/a.
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Jun 2015
8th & 10th floor - revision to appl #2014.1124.2369 - elevator lobby dimension changes, entry door at tenant space changes to a single door. life safety deferred.
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Jun 2015
2nd floor - install new lighting refer to permit application 2015.0423.4485.
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Jul 2015
Voluntary supplemental support / additional steel posts added @ rear of each floor.
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Jul 2015
Electrical and lighting work associated with permit application 201505075635 and 201507091057.
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Jul 2015
10th floor - new lightig & power, ref permit application 2014.1124.2369.
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Aug 2015
9th floor: new power and lighting. ref pa 2015 0610 8636, 2015 0630 0041, 2015 0720 1932.
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Aug 2015
8th floor: new power and lighting, ref pa 2014 1124 2369, 2015 0610 8637, 2015 0709 1060.
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Oct 2015
6/f: new partition walls, new ada bathroom, 2 hour smoke partitions @ elevator lobby. new tenant entry door. mechanical, electric and plumbing under sparate application. life safety permits separate.
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Oct 2015
7th floor: voluntary installations of redundant vertical load path at one location work consist of work from 8th floor down to 6th.
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Feb 2016
6th floor: revision to 2015-1016-9948, add (4) new offices. mechanical/fire sprinklers and alarm under separate permit.
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Jan 2019
Replace existing heating/cooling system with new 4-zone split system. install new condensate drains to existing drain.
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Aug 2025
Spec ti (architectural scope) 3rd and 4th floor. non structural interior construction and installation of new finishes and restroom inside existing vacant suite with new break room counter.
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Feb 2026
Installation of 2 type-1 ventless hoods (hood mart) for electric cooking equipment (electric fryer and induction range); installation of a two-deck electric pizza oven (type-2 hood already present).
DBI holds 86 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 86. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.
The inventory table in the same report dates this building to 1906. Not yet documented: the developer and the early tenants. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1904; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 1906. Submit an update