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2 Shaw Alley

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 1906
  • Office building
  • 5 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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28,465 sq ftBuilding area
5,693 sq ftLot area
14Rooms · 11 baths
  1. 1906-05

    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

    Install toilet partitions for handicap accessibility.

    Withdrawn Permit 8308347 $$$ $25,000
  4. Oct 1983

    New toilet room, electrical, painting, glass repair.

    Complete Permit 8310008 $$$ $45,800
  5. May 1984

    Roof parapet bracing as per drawing.

    Complete Permit 8405512 $$$ $35,000
  6. Oct 1987

    Replace rear windows/revise to lighting 2/f heating system.

    Expired Permit 8715254 $$$ $51,000
  7. Mar 1998

    Seismic upgrade and full handicapp upgrade.

    Withdrawn Permit 9804766 $$$ $300,000
  8. Nov 1998

    Install wall tie anchors plus partial seismic upgrade.

    Complete Permit 9823056 $$$ $1
  9. Aug 2000

    Correction violation #125976.

    Cancelled Permit 200008299163 $$$ $100,000
  10. Feb 2002

    Street space.

    Expired Permit M18855 $$$ $25,000
  11. Mar 2002

    Seismic upgrade/ada compliance.

    Complete Permit 200203262410 $$$ $100,000
  12. May 2002

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

    Issued Permit 200205025595 $$$ $60,000
  13. May 2002

    New entry on swaw alley, new elevator penthouse.

    Issued Permit 200205166772 $$$ $40,000
  14. Jun 2003

    Oti-1, 3rd floor, le, me, ls, sp.

    Expired Permit 200306257950 $$$ $75,000
  15. Aug 2003

    Oti-1 4th floor, le, me, ls, sp.

    Expired Permit 200308283324 $$$ $50,000
  16. Feb 2004

    Oti-1 5/f.

    Complete Permit 200402267222 $$$ $50,000
  17. Mar 2004

    Oti-2 5th floor el.

    Complete Permit 200403178867 $$$ $10,000
  18. Oct 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200410045844 $$$ $100,000
  19. Nov 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200411159157 $$$ $25,000
  20. Apr 2006

    Tenant improvement to install new restaurant on ground floor/mechanical, sprnklr, fire alarm, hood and duct suppression on seperate app /to establish occupant load/previous restaurant.

    Expired Permit 200604259793 $$$ $188,000
  21. Jun 2006

    Provide underpinning per plan. ref 200110130668s.

    Complete Permit 200606133842 $$$ $150,000
  22. Sep 2006

    Remodel ofexisting lobby restrooms, incl. expanded men's room, new women's room a new finishes, future it forbar of separate permit.

    Expired Permit 200609081810 $$$ $8,000
  23. Oct 2006

    Tenant improvement to install new bar/lounge on g/f, new occupancy. sprinklers, mechanical, electrical, plumbing sep. permits. no construction for new mezzanine under this permit.

    Expired Permit 200610033980 $$$ $180,000
  24. Mar 2008

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

    Complete Permit 200803126939 $$$ $50,000
  25. Jun 2019

    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.

    Complete Permit 201906072838 $$$ $200,000
  26. Oct 2019

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

    Complete Permit 201910043598 $$$ $720,000
  27. Dec 2022

    Interior tenant improvement to an existing restaurant space/basement.

    Complete Permit 202212299332 $$$ $250,000

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.

The archive records two different addresses for this photograph, “543-551 Mission Street” and “551 Mission.” Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early tenants. Submit an update