159 Fell Street

1. 1926

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a specialty shop. Wheel-aligning and brake shops and an automobile parts manufacturing shop worked here for at least 26 of the years between 1926 and 1961.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1927

   Built.

3. Jun 1990

   Permit 9011892 $$$ $2,500

   Parapet work.

4. Jan 1991

   Permit 9100791 $$$ $20,000

   Modification of restroom to meet title 24.

5. Jun 1991

   Permit 9110159 $$$ $21,416

   New 4" service to complete overhead system, & pipe.

6. Apr 1992

   Permit 9205517 $$$ $500

   Renew expired app#9107896.

7. 2010

   Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criterion 1.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
8. Dec 2019

   Issued Permit 201912200114 $$$ $4,500,000

   Erect 7-story, 1 basement, 24 condo residential units, office building. yes comply maher. 5 stories type iiia over 2 stories type 1a construction.

9. Dec 2019

   Permit 201912200115 $$$ $20,000

   Demolish 2-story, type 5, auto repair building. yes comply maher.

10. Jul 2023

    Withdrawn Permit 202307051458 $$$ $50,000

    Temporary shoring & excavation for new construction permit application 201912200114-s. ** maher: exempted - approval from dph attached **.

11. Nov 2023

    Issued Permit 202311281457 $$$ $1

    Alter site permit to permit application 201912200114s. eliminate basement & move utility spaces to the ground fl. eliminate retail space at ground fl & provide one additional residential unit for a total of 25. fell & hickory ground fl street facades revised to show changes in use. no changes to fl 2-7.

12. Jun 2025

    Withdrawn Permit 202506118449 $$$ $10,000

    To remove asbestos present in the building to be demolished under pa201912200115 for new construction.

13. Jul 2025

    Permit 202507291840 $$$ $25,000

    15 ft of shoring on the west side of property for the elevator pit excavation for new construction.(reference: alter site #202311281457 and original site 201912200114 entitlement non-structural).

14. Nov 2025

    Issued Permit 202511079169 $$$ $10,000

    Design and installation of proposed 6" underground fire service to supply overhead automatic fire sprinkler system. ref permit application 2023-1128-1457/origingal site 2019-1220-0114.

15. May 11, 2026

    Construction Underway For 159 Fell Street in Civic Center, San Francisco — San Francisco YIMBY

1 expired permit is omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1927; this address is recorded as built 1926.