1600 California Street

1. 1914

   Built.

2. 1914

   Designed by Grace Jewett, a Pratt-trained architect who came to San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and later worked as a city architect — one of very few women practising architecture in the city in these years.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. Feb 1982

   Permit 8201125 $$$ $3,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

4. Feb 1985

   Permit 8501529 $$$ $50,000

   Remove existing structural sidewalk & reconstruct.

5. Aug 1988

   Permit 8810836 $$$ $7,000

   Remove damaged wood cabinet, replace with new cabinet.

6. Jun 1989

   Permit 8911351 $$$ $15,000

   Parapet.

7. Aug 1989

   Permit 8914122 $$$ $15,500

   Remove existing sidewalk and install new base slab.

8. Nov 1990

   Permit 9023072 $$$ $2,000

   Misc. clean up as indicated on drawings.

9. Jun 1992

   Permit 9208814 $$$ $48,000

   Interior t/i finishes & fixtures new lites casewk.

10. Nov 1992

    Permit 9219262 $$$ $5,000

    Install shelfs l& displays, counters. minor basemt remodel.

11. Dec 1992

    Permit 9221204 $$$ $1,800

    Sign.

12. Dec 1992

    Permit 9221933 $$$ $2,050

    Install awning, fabrics over frame.

13. May 1995

    Permit 9508098 $$$ $120,000

    Earthquake hazard mitigation as per umb ordinance #225-92.

14. Jan 2003

    Issued Permit 200301145134 $$$ $10,000

    Underpinning of existing structure.

15. Oct 2016

    Permit 201610261230 $$$ $5,000

    Basement level - add one sum pump and sink and one elctrical outlet. n/a maher ord. 155-13.

16. Jan 2018

    Permit 201801027673 $$$ $20,000

    Flood replace: tile and paint.

17. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806061121 $$$ $95,000

    Build out of new wine and cheese bar.

18. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806111547 $$$ $35,000

    Reroofing.

19. Oct 2025

    Permit 202510076874 $$$ $58,000

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system. replace with new fa system per current code (1) addressable fire alarm one unit wireless communicator next to facu 23 addressable smoke detector 1 addressable heat detector 9 addressable manual pull station 2 addressable monitor module 1 outside bell 24vac.

DBI holds 41 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 41. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.