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District 5 · Block 1244, Lot 029 · ZIP 94117

1437–1445 Haight Street

5-unit building with a ground-floor store

  • 2 stories
  • 5,600 ft2
  • 7,300 ft2 lot area
  • 13 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned HAIGHT
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1906

    Built.

  2. 1970s

    Trax Bar, the longest-running queer bar in the Haight; the space has been in queer use since the early 1970s, when it was a bar called the Question Mark.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  3. Mar 1982
    Permit 8201909 $$$ $3,000

    Building use: bar/flats.

  4. Mar 1982
    Permit 8202072 $$$ $4,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  5. Mar 1982
    Permit 8202077 $$$ $1,325

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  6. Aug 2004
    Permit 200408272702 $$$ $20,000

    Remove 40 feet of front facia - restore original front coffits and moulding.

  7. Jan 2006
    Permit 200601051578 $$$ $10,000

    Repair fire damage in kind to storage shed.

  8. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102281043 $$$ $60,000

    Tenant improvement for retail store, cexamerica electronic store. new suspended ceiling, struc slab replacementm electrical lighting, new stair ( 2 steps) to retail area. new shutter, metal ( security) at front of store.

  9. Apr 2011
    Permit 201104154181 $$$ $8,000

    Install a/c unit & duct work.install fan coil unit and condensing unit. run supply and return duct work to space. install line set piping from fan coil to condensing unit. install drain from fan coil to nearest drain.

  10. May 2011
    Permit 201105095618 $$$ $3,700

    Fabricate and install new sign.

  11. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109164810 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 09913978. all work has been completed.

  12. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109164812 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 09909577. all work has been completed.

  13. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109164814 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200408272702. all work has been completed.

  14. Dec 2014
    Issued Permit 201412083319 $$$ $35,000

    Remodel kitchen in-kind, no structural changes, replace kitchen cabinets, remodel full bath & 1/2 bath.

  15. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903266272 $$$ $3,500

    1437 haight st: to comply with abe program per ordinance 51-16. 1437 haight: install power door operator and actuation plates.

  16. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903266273 $$$ $2,500

    1445 haight: to comply with abe program ordinance 51-16. 1445 haight: install power door operator, actuation plates, and reconfigure security gate.

  17. Jun 2024
    Issued Permit 202406134388 $$$ $1

    Legalize existing sign at 1437 haight under sign/awing amenesty program. "trax bar".

  18. Jul 2024
    Filed Permit 202407166622 $$$ $1

    To legalize existing wall sign "san franpsycho" under awning amnesty program.

  19. Jul 2024
    Filed Permit 202407166623 $$$ $1

    To legalize existing projecting blade sign "san franpsycho" under awning amnesty program.

  20. May 2025
    Issued Permit 202505136391 $$$ $1,000

    Legalize the wooden sign under the awning amnisty program.

  21. May 2025
    Permit 202505136395 $$$ $800

    Legalize existing blaze sign umder awning amnesty progra ddress nov #202301202.

DBI holds 36 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 36. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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