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1721–1737 Haight Street

Haight Ashbury · San Francisco, CA 94117

  • Built 1910
  • Theater
  • 1 story
  • Zoned HAIGHT
  • District 5
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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4,819 sq ftBuilding area
8,366 sq ftLot area
13Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 1974

    Minnie's Can-Do Club moved here from the Fillmore in 1974 and closed for good in the late 1970s.

    African American Citywide Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
  2. Nov 1981

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8109841 $$$ $14,000
  3. Jul 1984

    Removal of wall separating storefront.

    Cancelled Permit 8407660 $$$ $10,000
  4. Apr 1985

    Install a scheduled fire sprinkler system.

    Cancelled Permit 8504368 $$$ $1,531
  5. Feb 1986

    Removal of wall in order to expand existing business.

    Expired Permit 8601609 $$$ $2,000
  6. Mar 1986

    Remodel storefront and interior of exist. restaurant.

    Complete Permit 8603560 $$$ $22,000
  7. Jul 1987

    Kitchen alteration, soundproofing of existing building.

    Cancelled Permit 8710122 $$$ $10,000
  8. Sep 1987

    Replace rear wall to sound proof, relocate kitchen, bar/beam.

    Complete Permit 8713770 $$$ $10,000
  9. Mar 1988

    Horizontal addition.

    Complete Permit 8803730 $$$ $6,000
  10. May 1988

    Build balcony & stairs, remove mezzanine and existing stairs.

    Complete Permit 8805759 $$$ $3,000
  11. Aug 1988

    For final work started under 8713770.

    Complete Permit 8812776 $$$ $3,000
  12. May 1990

    Interior remodeling to movie theater.

    Complete Permit 9010423 $$$ $110,000
  13. Oct 1990

    Install type one kitchen exhaust system.

    Complete Permit 9020084 $$$ $6,000
  14. Oct 1990

    Compelte fire sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 9021802 $$$ $14,600
  15. Sep 1995

    Rmve galvanized hood, instll stainless steel.

    Complete Permit 9514949 $$$ $4,000
  16. Oct 1998

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9820909 $$$ $18,500
  17. Jan 1999

    Repair/level floor, replace sink &enlarge hallway-handicap req'd.

    Expired Permit 9901325 $$$ $9,000
  18. May 2006

    Replace front door, extend & remodel exist. bar to make accessible, repair dry rot in kind. replace finishes of ceiling & floor. door: replace old, unattractive, utilitary door with improved, wooden framed door with glass center.

    Complete Permit 200605020494 $$$ $7,000
  19. Oct 2006

    Automatic fire suppression system pcl-300 ul-300 listed pyro-chem.

    Complete Permit 200610034038 $$$ $2,500
  20. Jun 2012

    Soft demolition of non bearing walls, raised floor at projection room. no exterior work. no electrical, plumbing, mechanical. space to remain vacant per ab017.

    Complete Permit 201206213144 $$$ $2,000
  21. Nov 2012

    Approved cup# 2012.0145c, conversion of movie theatre to event space / retail. expansion of adjacent restaurant. upgraded commercial kitchen, new store front. sprinkler & mechanical to be submitted under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201211063670 $$$ $300,000
  22. Aug 2013

    Relocate and re-pipe existing fire sprinkler system with new layout. t. i app#201211063670. relocate existing riser. add 27 sprinkler.

    Complete Permit 201308013356 $$$ $10,000
  23. Aug 2013

    Install new fire alarm system control unit to monitor sprinkler devices. install notification devices thru-out floor area. tie-in water flow, tamper switch & ansul system (installed be others) to new control unit, 2010 nfpa 72 control system monitoring. t.i. permit application 201211063670.

    Complete Permit 201308194660 $$$ $4,500
  24. Mar 2014

    Revision to appl #2012.1106.3670 & #2013.0909.6306: support framing, removal & relocate partition walls. change storage to office at mezzanine.

    Complete Permit 201403110484 $$$ $1
  25. Nov 2022

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 202211075975 $$$ $38,000

DBI holds 40 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 40. 8 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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