The Urban School

1. 1977

   Gumption Theater, where the San Francisco Gay Men's Theatre Collective staged Crimes Against Nature in 1977 - a production that ran for nearly two years and toured to Santa Cruz, Toronto and New York.

   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
2. July 7, 1977

   The building, long a nonconforming tire company and most recently the Mobile School, was being taken over by the Urban School.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
3. Dec 1985

   Permit 8514250 $$$ $500,000

   Join dwelling to school and add at rear to former dwelling.

4. May 1993

   Permit 9308896 $$$ $75,600

   Remove existingroof reduce size of 1 skylite provide 6 new one.

5. May 1994

   Permit 9407656 $$$ $23,300

   New fire sprinkler system.

6. Jun 1994

   Permit 9409167 $$$ $10,000

   Modif. to app #9317464 change floor framing of bay window.

7. Mar 1997

   Permit 9704001 $$$ $79,500

   Remodel existing classrooms on the 2nd fl and new cab on 1st.

8. May 1997

   Permit 9709510 $$$ $5,000

   Sprinklers.

9. Sep 1998

   Permit 9817402 $$$ $10,000

   Repair deck at rear of dry rot damaged.

10. Dec 2003

    Permit 200312232917 $$$ $3,750,000

    Horizontal addition- addition of 19, 300 sq ft three stories school to the existing school east side.

11. Mar 2004

    Permit 200403199196 $$$ $61,000

    New fire sprinkler system for new constructin includes risers, fdc, n backflow preventer. no undergro.

12. Apr 2004

    Permit 200404292647 $$$ $25,000

    Excavation, shoring and underpinning of building.

13. Sep 2004

    Permit 200409235024 $$$ $24,500

    Provide fire alarm system for school, new fire alarm panel horns, strobes, pull stations.

14. Apr 2005

    Issued Permit 200504139888 $$$ $85,000

    Add solar (pv)modules to existing structure.pg&e grid tie, raised racks on flat roof(10.34kw)22 tilt/15 ti.

15. Jun 2005

    Permit 200506094701 $$$ $4,200

    Modify existing fire sprinkler system on ground, 1st, 2nd, 3rd/fl.

16. Nov 2005

    Permit 200511047492 $$$ $6,000

    Revision to 200312232917-s2 revise sheet ac.02 to correctr breached in rated wall/work complete work complete in coodination w fire inspector revise sheet m-20 to add fire damper on fusible link owrk cmplete in coordination with on fusible link work complete in coordinationw/fire field inspection.

17. Feb 2016

    Permit 201602058951 $$$ $147,500

    Ti work to private offices & makers classroom on 1st floor. ti work to faculty louge on 3rd. entry way upgrade for accessibility. no structural work. mep & fire life safety under separate permit.

18. Aug 2016

    Issued Permit 201608034117 $$$ $50,000

    Provide new lighting & branch to existing panel, reference permit 201602058951.

19. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803153789 $$$ $7,500

    Place a new equipment screen on existing structure.

20. Jan 2019

    Permit 201901039594 $$$ $200,000

    Replacement of all e roof equipment & shall use all e inerior ducts where feasible. at time of hvac replacement, roofing finish replacement will also occur on buildings b, c, & d as well as skylight waterproofing maintenance & repair. building b roof will require structural strengthening to accomodate.

21. Aug 2023

    Issued Permit 202308033687 $$$ $12,915

    1/f: voluntary replacement of the fire alarm panel motherboard. card replacement in the graphic anmunciator and a new cellular dialer. there is no record plan or u.l certificate for the existing system.

22. Mar 2025

    Permit 202503212794 $$$ $125,000

    Tenant improvement of multipurpose performance space on the ground floor of the gumption building on the campus of urban school of s.f project scope, affecting 1595 sq ft of existing space, includes: installation of a manually operated folding acoustic partition reinforcement of existing heavy timber.

23. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504094042 $$$ $70,000

    Ti of g/f "gumption building" on urban school of sq ft to convert music rehearsal classroom into typical academic instruction affecting 1079 sq ft: new storage & work surface casework, icluding new accessible sink, new teaching wall infrastructure & new finishes.existing mechaical system to remain.

24. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504094046 $$$ $30,000

    Ti of 2/f "middle/library building" of the urban school of sq ft. project includes finishes upgrades for 698 sq ft of existing space.

DBI holds 34 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 34. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 2 expired permits are not shown.