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District 3 · Block 0313, Lot 008 · ZIP 94108

1 Grant Avenue

Store building

  • 5 stories
  • 28,515 ft2
  • 6,921 ft2 lot area
  • 35 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
  • Sold July 10, 2015
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  1. 1910

    Built.

  2. January 15, 1910

    The San Francisco Savings Union's building, under construction to plans by Bliss & Faville: granite walls trimmed with bronze, a granite dome, and frontages on four streets, Grant Avenue, Market, O'Farrell and Bagley Place.

    The San Francisco Call, 15 January 1910, p. 17
  3. December 31, 1910

    The Savings Union Bank of San Francisco was moving into its new building, to open on Tuesday: a classical granite temple modelled on the Pantheon, designed by Bliss & Faville, with a pediment head carved to Haig Patigian's design, a banking room 63 feet 6 inches square under a 60-foot dome, and armour-plate vaults. A five-storey frame building with a saloon had stood here before the fire. The bank was the consolidation, that September, of the San Francisco Savings Union and the Savings and Loan Society.

    The San Francisco Call, 31 December 1910, p. 9
  4. 1981

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 132, Savings Union Bank Building.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. Oct 1983
    Permit 8310452 $$$ $10,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  6. Aug 1987
    Permit 8711050 $$$ $75,000

    Demolition interior partitions, ceilings, security vaults/fixtures.

  7. Oct 1987
    Permit 8714571 $$$ $350,000

    Tenant improvements.

  8. 1991

    Savings Union Bank was recorded as an unreinforced-masonry building of merit in the city's seismic-safety survey, which dated it to 1910.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Environmental Impact Report for an Ordinance to Require Seismic Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings, Case No. 1990.832E, July 1991.
  9. Jul 1992
    Permit 9211247 $$$ $1,500,000

    N/struct partitions, electrical, plumb, modify spr/hvac-see 9210611.

  10. Oct 1992
    Permit 9217358 $$$ $150,000

    Pl, el, hvac, spr, kitchen equip for 49-seat restaurant.

  11. Nov 2010
    Issued Permit 201011225448 $$$ $20,000

    Non structural and non historic interior demolition at basement per ab 017, no struc or stair removal.

  12. Nov 2010
    Issued Permit 201011235578 $$$ $250,000

    Interior alterations&seletive demolition of non-historic elements.new partitions, fixtures&finishes, accessibility improvements to toilets, stru wk related mezz guardrail&suspended lighting system, repair historic finishes&mechanical, electrical&plumb improv. mechanical under separate permit.

  13. Nov 2010
    Permit 201011235571 $$$ $20,000

    Exterior alterations including replacement of banner signs, replacement and/or refinishing of signage - light boxes, new lighting and modifications to street facing windows.

  14. Dec 2010
    Issued Permit 201012036101 $$$ $20,000

    Non strucutural and non historic inteior demolition at 1st and mezzanine levels. per ab017. no structural or stair removal.

  15. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101067988 $$$ $30,000

    Mep work for ti under permit application 2010.11.23.55 (issued).

  16. Mar 2011
    Permit 201103162165 $$$ $33,111

    Revision to permit application 2010-1230-7659-installation of a new fire alarm system on landing #1, 2nd floor & 3rd floor. (total 79 new devices).

  17. Mar 2011
    Permit 201103172293 $$$ $26,500

    Relocate and remove fire sprinklers in basement. 53 relocates, 5 deletes.

  18. May 2014
    Permit 201405024785 $$$ $300,000

    Re-coat roof, repair skylights, repair elevator penthouse roof, repoint roof-level granite, repoint entry granite, seal concrete sidewalk cracks.

  19. May 2014
    Permit 201405135660 $$$ $25,000

    Remove broken roof access window; replace with metal door. remove north skylight glazing; replace with metal roof. r tom 5-13-14.

  20. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706219963 $$$ $10,000

    Non structural interior demolition at basement level. removal of non-historic finishes including walls, casework, and non-historaical floor finishes. existing lighting, mechanical, fire sprinklers & life safety systems to remain in place and operational.

  21. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707101441 $$$ $50,000

    Non structural interior alterations to the e structure. new interior walls, ceiling repairs, doors, finishes. mep lighting, fire sprinkler, life safety devices to be design build under separate permit. demolition under bpa#201706219963.

  22. Jul 2017
    Withdrawn Permit 201707283268 $$$ $30,000

    Electrical: 23 exit signs. temp lighting set up (outlets)36 in all. walk in freezer circuit. 6 circuits from lighting panel. 14 recessed lights.

  23. Aug 2018
    Issued Permit 201808248249 $$$ $15,000

    T-24 approval for lighting.

  24. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903195615 $$$ $60,000

    Structural review for interior walls and mep. new ada bathroom. cafe and bar under separate permit.

  25. Mar 2019
    Issued Permit 201903225990 $$$ $60,000

    New back bar & cafe at level 1 and beverage bar with island back bar and shelving at mezzanine. mep under separate permit to pa2019 0319 5615 existing hvac & lighting system to remain.

DBI holds 53 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 53. 13 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired permits are not shown.

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