500–510 Bush Street

1. December 7, 1912

   Newly built; it was to open as the Astoria Hotel.

   The San Francisco Call, 7 December 1912, p. 11
2. 1976

   The Department of City Planning's 1976 Architectural Survey rated the Astoria Hotel "0" on its scale running from 0 to 5.

   California-Powell Condominiums draft environmental impact report, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1985
3. Dec 1982

   Permit 8210145 $$$ $30,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

4. Jan 1991

   Permit 9026227 $$$ $10,000

   Electric sign.

5. Jan 1991

   Permit 9026228 $$$ $2,000

   Electric sign.

6. Mar 2004

   Permit 200403168750 $$$ $50,000

   Store front renovation relocate exist entrancce to corner isntall auto door opene lower floor at.

7. Sep 2006

   Permit 200609213016 $$$ $46,000

   To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ord. #170-02 his nov 32200236035 dated 12/13/02.

8. Sep 2007

   Permit 200709132549 $$$ $700

   Construct new waterflow switches to fire alarm system to comply with complait # 200236035.

9. Oct 2008

   Issued Permit 200810315622 $$$ $10,000

   Comply with nov 200864037. remove partition wall that was installed in laundry room without the benefit of a building permit. start of work inspection req with start of work verification by bid.

10. May 2014

    Permit 201405014713 $$$ $900

    Installation of 12 grab bars in 6 common use toilet rooms, following diagram 5 'alternate narrow or small toilet room from the sq ft sro grab bar ordinance 029-13 only. bars are 24" in length with a diameter of 1-1/4" able to support a 250 lb load to comply with nov #201456401 item #3.

11. Feb 2016

    Issued Permit 201602230248 $$$ $9,300

    Like for like voluntary fire system replacement of panel, smokes, pull stations at the same location. install monitor modules to tie in existing sprinkler devices to nw panel. install relay modules for nw elev. recall due to elevator modernization. tie in existing notification devices to new panel.

12. Apr 2017

    Issued Permit 201704043101 $$$ $30,000

    Interior tenant improvement at gr fl. replace flooring and ceiling. new lighting, new gyp bd at walls. new handicap accessible bathroom.

13. Dec 2019

    Permit 201912199990 $$$ $4,000

    Ti of nfpa fire sprinkler system. add 4 sprinkler heads total on 6 & 7th fl. relocate 2 sprinkler heads on 3rd fl.

DBI holds 42 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 42. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The environmental review recording this rating files the address under assessor block 256; the address it gives resolves to parcel 0271005, on block 271.