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District 1 · Block 1547, Lot 026 · ZIP 94118

330–332 Balboa Street

1-unit building with a ground-floor store

  • 1 story
  • 1,685 ft2
  • 2,500 ft2 lot area
  • 6 rooms
  • 2 bedrooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NC-2
  • Not a historic resource
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  1. 1908

    Built.

  2. 1971

    Globus Books opened here in 1971 and has traded at the same address ever since, under three successive owners, alongside a publishing house that printed work by Russian émigré writers. The shopfront has kept its distinctive blue paint since the store's founding.

    Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
  3. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712281504 $$$ $4,500

    To comply with nov 200730015, replace in like kind, a deck at rear of residential unit.

  4. Aug 2023
    Permit 202308255313 $$$ $4,000

    To comply with the accessible business entrance program-ordinance 51-16 abe 201805300571. add power door operator.

  5. Jun 2025
    Permit 202506299727 $$$ $18,000

    Reroofing: remove and replace roofing material / existing roofing material (in-kind).

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 1 expired permit is not shown.

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