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1301–1327 Polk Street

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1907
  • 73-unit apartment building
  • 5 stories
  • Zoned POLK
  • District 3
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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42,025 sq ftBuilding area
10,500 sq ftLot area
73Residential units
  1. 1907

    Built at large-apartment scale along the Polk Street corridor but opened as a hotel for temporary guests rather than long-term flats.

    Large Apartment Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
  2. Mar 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8201937 $$$ $3,000
  3. Nov 1989

    Ewo - s.

    Complete Permit 8921315 $$$ $15,000
  4. Mar 1990

    Provide plans for parapet safety sect to review inspect.

    Complete Permit 9004783 $$$ $25,000
  5. Jul 1998

    Umb seismic retrofit general procedure.

    Expired Permit 9812962 $$$ $86,200
  6. Feb 1999

    Interior non-structural demolition only under this permit.

    Expired Permit 9903107 $$$ $120,000
  7. Jul 1999

    Roof repair and replacement of damaged member for fire dmage.

    Complete Permit 9913458 $$$ $25,000
  8. Sep 1999

    Repair water damage.

    Expired Permit 9920047 $$$ $200,000
  9. Mar 2000

    Street space.

    Expired Permit M11836 $$$ $1,000,000
  10. Jul 2000

    Street space.

    Expired Permit M13499 $$$ $1,000,000
  11. Jul 2000

    New fire alarm system.

    Expired Permit 200007245991 $$$ $17,000
  12. Nov 2000

    Sheetrock of all studwalls & ceilings of the commercial spaces. accessible entrance & toilet.

    Expired Permit 200011024761 $$$ $33,000
  13. Dec 2000

    Street space.

    Issued Permit M15153 $$$ $1,000,000
  14. Jul 2002

    Remodel of exist 108 units to 72 units apartment for low-income senior citizens. community spaces.

    Complete Permit 200207292568 $$$ $1,400,000
  15. Mar 2003

    2 new unisex ada compliance rest rooms new exit stair and exit pathway out of 2 comm'l spaces as 2nd.

    Expired Permit 200303210275 $$$ $90,000
  16. Mar 2004

    Install fire sprinkler in existing building.to comply with sprinkler retrofit ordance 170-02.

    Complete Permit 200403229295 $$$ $100,000
  17. Aug 2004

    Fire sprinkler in the basement.

    Complete Permit 200408020374 $$$ $20,000
  18. Aug 2004

    Add horn/strobe lights, smoke detectors to existingfire alarm system, ada rooms, heat det.

    Expired Permit 200408101196 $$$ $12,700
  19. Sep 2004

    Proposed a new laundromat at existing ground floor.

    Complete Permit 200409214727 $$$ $35,000
  20. Oct 2004

    Revision to permit appln #2002/07/29/2568s sidewalk structural repair.

    Complete Permit 200410287913 $$$ $47,000
  21. Jun 2005

    Building working and a storage area.serving counter, building a hood system.

    Expired Permit 200506215583 $$$ $30,000
  22. Apr 2007

    Install new sidewalks on bush & polk street. install new retaining walls at building basement, backfill udner new sidewalks filling basement under existing sidewalks on bush & polk. demolition existing basement retaining walls under existing sidewalks.

    Issued Permit 200704199205 $$$ $200,000
  23. Dec 2008

    To complete work and obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200704199205.

    Expired Permit 200812239142 $$$ $20,000
  24. Jun 2009

    Refer to permit application 2008-1203-7762-relocate & replacing 8 sprinkler heads with quick response pendent sprinklers. this permit is for fire sprinkler only.

    Complete Permit 200906019470 $$$ $2,000
  25. Nov 2020

    1/f: tenant improvement: relocate 2 offices to rear of building, upgrade lounge with new reception desk and ceiling.

    Complete Permit 202011098497 $$$ $92,000
  26. Nov 2020

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 202011179021 $$$ $12,000

DBI holds 71 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 71. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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