1 Sansome Street
Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94104
Public art
- Star Maiden — Stirling Calder
Bronze casting; North side of indoor, groundfloor open air atrium plaza; open space and artwork are accessible business hours.
Installed 1985. The city's inventory credits Stirling Calder; the source cited here gives Alexander Stirling Calder.
Permit history
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Mar 1981
New construction.
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Oct 1983
Tenant improvements partitions, flor coverings, wall.
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Jan 1985
Tenant improvement of floors 32, 33, 34, 35, for offices.
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May 2013
19th & 20th floor suite 1900 & 2000 - modification of existing t.i. to include construct non-load bearing partitions, new single occupancy restrooms, new shower, new ceiling grid & tile, new gyp bd ceiling, new light fixtures, new office doors & frames millwork & new finishes. life safety permit separate.
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Jun 2014
Interior remodel of previously demolition space on floors 9-12 & partial 28th floor for single tenant, arch. & mep. fire alarm, sprinklers under separate permit.
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Sep 2015
38th floor tenant improvement - new non-structural partitions, new & relocated mep distribution, new lighting ceilings, new doors, casework & finishes.
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Dec 2015
41st floor: new interior non-structural partitions, new & relocated mep distribution, new lighting & ceilings, new doors & hardware, new casework, new finishes; maher n/a.
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Dec 2016
3rd floor: interior remodel of existing office space.
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Jul 2022
17th fl spec suite interior renovation to include demolition, new walls, doors, ceilings, finishes, millwork, hvac, electrical work and plumbing. mep under separate permit.
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Apr 2023
32/f: tenant improvement of existing office space, full demolition, except bathrooms, no ceiling demolition in non-build out area.mep deferred.
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Apr 2024
Suite 1900: interior office remodel. new non structural walls, new electrical, new millwork, rework existing mechanical, flooring, new ceiling, breakroom.
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Oct 2025
27th floor: ti -non-structural partitions, ceilings, fixtures, finishes. mep deferred.
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Nov 2025
33/f & 35/f: ti office layouts, restrooms, & breakroom. dph approval under deferred permit. no finish work, fixture or equipment installation in mk or food service staff restroom to occur prior to approval under the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Nov 2025
30/f & 31/f: ti office layouts, restrooms, & breakroom. dph approval under deferred permit. no finish work, fixture or equipment installation in mk or food service staff restroom to occur prior to approval under the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Dec 2025
29th/f: t.i. including interior renovations for layout, lobby, reception, 3 phone booths, multi purpose with upgrades to restrooms.no finish work equipment or fixture installation in food facilities or staff to occur prior to dph approval under defer permit.mep deferred. horizontal exit added.
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Dec 2025
38/fl- ti of existing office space including layout restrooms and break area. dph approved under deferred permit. no finish work, equipment or fixture in micro kitchen or food service staff restroom to occur prior to dph approval uder the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Dec 2025
24 & 25th floor; t.i. including interior renovations for office layout, restrooms and break area. dph approved under deferred permit. no finish work, equipment or fixture in micro kitchen or food service staff restroom to occur prior to dph approval uder the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Dec 2025
26/f: ti including renovations for office layout, restrooms, and break area. mep deferred. dph approved under deferred permit. no finish work, equipment or fixture in micro kitchen or food service staff restroom to occur prior to dph approval uder the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Dec 2025
28/f: t.i including interior renovation for employee cafe, restrooms and horizontal exit. dph approved under deferred permit. no finish work equipment or fixture installation in food facilities or staff restroom to occur prior to dph approval uder the deferred permit. mep deferred.
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Dec 2025
Level 40: tenant improvement including interior renovations for office layout, lobby, reception, meeting rooms and restrooms. mep deferred. no finish work, equipment or fixture installation in micro kitchen or food service staff restroom to occur prior to dph approved under deferred permit.
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Jan 2026
L30-31 deferred mep for 202511129399.
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Jan 2026
Level 33, 35 deferred mep for 202511129396.
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Mar 2026
24-25/f: deferred mep for permit application 202512172034.
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Jun 2026
L28: deferred mep for permit application 202512172064.
DBI holds 1,112 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 1,112. 15 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.
The bank inside the tower
Albert Pissis's Anglo and London Paris National Bank of 1910 stands within the tower, its granite front carrying 38-foot Doric columns; its banking hall is the atrium the public open space occupies. The bronze Star Maiden in it is a 1985 cast of a figure Alexander Stirling Calder made for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, commissioned with the permission of the sculptor's daughter Margaret Calder Hayes.
Sources disagree about the bank's date: Wikipedia gives 1910, SPUR's guide 1912.
Not yet documented: the developer, the early tenants and who designed the open space. The assessor records 1983 (on file, matching the POPOS requirement year), but Wikipedia records 1984 as the tower's completion year. Submit an update