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3401 Geary Boulevard

Lone Mountain · San Francisco, CA 94118

  • Built 1900
  • 3-unit building with a ground-floor store
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned NC-3
  • District 2
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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3,116 sq ftBuilding area
2,500 sq ftLot area
10Rooms · 3 baths
  1. 1950s

    An extant 1950s Mel's Drive-In, and the site of an early and influential anti-racist demonstration in San Francisco; its neon sign is treated as a character-defining feature of the building rather than as a separate structure.

    Neighborhood Commercial Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. Sep 1996

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9616377 $$$ $2,900
  3. Jan 2001

    Side walk permit.

    Expired Permit M15373
  4. Mar 2008

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200803066440 $$$ $7,000
  5. Aug 2017

    G/f -tenant improvement includes new ada ramp & ada bathroom, accessory office. interior retail t.i., no change in use of space, no additional sq ft, existing windows to remain, existing heating & cooling to remain.

    Complete Permit 201708023703 $$$ $52,500
  6. Oct 2017

    Remove signage on north and east elevations. 2 signs and 1 awning maher not req.

    Complete Permit 201710060680 $$$ $1,000
  7. Jan 2026

    Front building t.i. convert the space to a sandwich & coffee shop, no exterior work.

    Complete Permit 202601073372 $$$ $5,000

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early residents. Submit an update