2 Shaw Alley
East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105
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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.
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May 31, 1951
The Office of the Assessor-Recorder photographed the property for tax assessment. Ets-Hokin & Galvan was at the address.
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Aug 1983
Install toilet partitions for handicap accessibility.
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Oct 1983
New toilet room, electrical, painting, glass repair.
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May 1984
Roof parapet bracing as per drawing.
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Oct 1987
Replace rear windows/revise to lighting 2/f heating system.
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Mar 1998
Seismic upgrade and full handicapp upgrade.
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Nov 1998
Install wall tie anchors plus partial seismic upgrade.
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Aug 2000
Correction violation #125976.
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Feb 2002
Street space.
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Mar 2002
Seismic upgrade/ada compliance.
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May 2002
New bathrm, ada & elevator installation as part of 200203262410.
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May 2002
New entry on swaw alley, new elevator penthouse.
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Jun 2003
Oti-1, 3rd floor, le, me, ls, sp.
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Aug 2003
Oti-1 4th floor, le, me, ls, sp.
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Feb 2004
Oti-1 5/f.
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Mar 2004
Oti-2 5th floor el.
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Oct 2004
Oti-1 2nd floor, el, me, ls, sp.
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Nov 2004
Tenant improvement with new interior walls, power switch lighting and finishes/oti-2 2nd floor.
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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.
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Jun 2006
Provide underpinning per plan. ref 200110130668s.
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Sep 2006
Remodel ofexisting lobby restrooms, incl. expanded men's room, new women's room a new finishes, future it forbar of separate permit.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oct 2019
5th fl: ti includes demolishing of non-structural partitions, building of new non-structural partitions, mep included.
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Dec 2022
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.
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