Greenwood Estate Building

1. May 1906

   Planned in May 1906, weeks after the earthquake, and built as a brick loft for a paper company — among the first masonry loft buildings finished in the district after the disaster.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
2. May 31, 1951

   The Office of the Assessor-Recorder photographed the property for tax assessment. Ets-Hokin & Galvan was at the address.

   Assessor-Recorder Photographs (SFP 23), San Francisco Public Library 543-551 Mission Street 545 Mission Street
3. Aug 1983

   Withdrawn Permit 8308347 $$$ $25,000

   Install toilet partitions for handicap accessibility.

4. Oct 1983

   Permit 8310008 $$$ $45,800

   New toilet room, electrical, painting, glass repair.

5. May 1984

   Permit 8405512 $$$ $35,000

   Roof parapet bracing as per drawing.

6. July 9, 1996

   The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property.

   Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
7. Mar 1998

   Withdrawn Permit 9804766 $$$ $300,000

   Seismic upgrade and full handicapp upgrade.

8. Nov 1998

   Permit 9823056 $$$ $1

   Install wall tie anchors plus partial seismic upgrade.

9. Mar 2002

   Permit 200203262410 $$$ $100,000

   Seismic upgrade/ada compliance.

10. May 2002

    Issued Permit 200205025595 $$$ $60,000

    New bathrm, ada & elevator installation as part of 200203262410.

11. May 2002

    Issued Permit 200205166772 $$$ $40,000

    New entry on swaw alley, new elevator penthouse.

12. Feb 2004

    Permit 200402267222 $$$ $50,000

    Oti-1 5/f.

13. Mar 2004

    Permit 200403178867 $$$ $10,000

    Oti-2 5th floor el.

14. Oct 2004

    Permit 200410045844 $$$ $100,000

    Oti-1 2nd floor, el, me, ls, sp.

15. Nov 2004

    Permit 200411159157 $$$ $25,000

    Tenant improvement with new interior walls, power switch lighting and finishes/oti-2 2nd floor.

16. Jun 2006

    Permit 200606133842 $$$ $150,000

    Provide underpinning per plan. ref 200110130668s.

17. Mar 2008

    Permit 200803126939 $$$ $50,000

    Tiebacks only, extension under shaw alley and continuing under 545 mission as required for new construction. ref permit application 2005/08/04/9463/s.

18. Jun 2019

    Permit 201906072838 $$$ $200,000

    Remodel existing exterior facade. remove wood framed cement plaster wall for re-opening existing windows at mezzanine level. new paint & new entry door. new furniture, finishes & fixtures.

19. Oct 2019

    Permit 201910043598 $$$ $720,000

    5th fl: ti includes demolishing of non-structural partitions, building of new non-structural partitions, mep included.

20. Dec 2022

    Permit 202212299332 $$$ $250,000

    Interior tenant improvement to an existing restaurant space/basement.

DBI holds 97 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 97. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The archive records two different addresses for this photograph, “543-551 Mission Street” and “551 Mission.”