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75 Buena Vista Avenue

Haight Ashbury · San Francisco, CA 94117

  • Built 1931
  • 35-unit apartment building
  • 7 stories
  • Zoned RH-3
  • District 5
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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25,252 sq ftBuilding area
4,394 sq ftLot area
87Rooms · 35 baths
  1. 1931

    Designed by Albert H. Larsen, built as infill on what was left of a lot once occupied by the stables and garage buildings of the former Buena Vista Sanitarium. Apartment buildings above neighbourhood scale are rare in the Haight Ashbury, and this is one of them.

    Large Apartment Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
  2. Feb 1982

    Otc alterations permit.

    Complete Permit 8201395
  3. Nov 1990

    Update existing penthouse, replace windows & door.

    Complete Permit 9023093 $$$ $55,000
  4. Jan 1991

    Revise detail for approved ap #9023093.

    Complete Permit 9100307 $$$ $100
  5. Oct 2005

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200510075138 $$$ $24,701
  6. Aug 2009

    Remove and replace cabinets in kitchen with similar new cabinets and countertop. remove and replace bathroom tile and fixtures and replace in kind. no structural work. all work in apartment on top floor #903 only. no walls to be moved during remodel. no structural work.

    Complete Permit 200908315869 $$$ $35,000
  7. Apr 2014

    200 sq ft deck serving existing 9th fl penthouse apt. deck replaces original deck built with the penthouse apartments and removed without a permit. maher--compliance with ordinance no. 155-13 not required.

    Complete Permit 201404102957 $$$ $6,000
  8. Nov 2019

    Replacement plus 2021 mandate upgrade of fire alarm system in fully sprinklered building. replace of existing facu with new ifp-75 and 16 pull stations. new aes-7707, 2 power supply, 10 smoke detectors, 54 low frequency sounders and 6 modules/relays.

    Complete Permit 201911086889 $$$ $52,300
  9. Dec 2025

    Stabilize concrete facade per nov#202546508 with supervision of the engineer.

    Complete Permit 202512151835 $$$ $5,000

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

Not yet documented: the developer and the early residents. Submit an update