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District 3 · Block 0646, Lot 003 · ZIP 94109

1411–1431 Polk Street

Store building

  • 1 story
  • 8,000 ft2
  • 8,117.5 ft2 lot area
  • 7 residential units
  • 12 rooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned POLK
  • Sold October 7, 2008
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  1. 1909

    Built.

  2. May 11, 1912

    A store here was let to the Golden Gate Bakery for 30 months at $2,100.

    The San Francisco Call, 11 May 1912, p. 24
  3. 1920s

    A Russian photographer worked here in the 1920s.

    Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
  4. November 1938

    A Russian home-cooking restaurant opened here in November 1938.

    Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
  5. Sep 1984
    Permit 8410077 $$$ $10,000

    Install alum-glass store front, steel grid & fissured tiles.

  6. Jul 1985
    Permit 8507460 $$$ $5,000

    Replacement of existing tile with chrome finished metal.

  7. Dec 1988
    Permit 8819446 $$$ $50,000

    Stucco and ceramic tile, replace awnings and signs.

  8. Feb 1989
    Permit 8902446 $$$ $8,000

    Fabricate and install awnings.

  9. Oct 2006
    Issued Permit 200610033931 $$$ $10,500

    New fire alarm system, instalalation on an existing building, required by insurance authority.

  10. Oct 2007
    Permit 200710014157 $$$ $20,000

    Remodel existing vacant store into a beauty saloon. new bathroom, electrical and mechanical.

  11. Aug 2009
    Permit 200908245461 $$$ $33,000

    Add rooms on 1st floor. 3 facial rooms, 1 waxing room, and 2 showers (1 room).

  12. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303142188 $$$ $12,000

    Non structural interior remodel. barrier removal - new automatic door. new ada restroom. change use from book store to hair salon.

  13. Jan 2015
    Permit 201501155896 $$$ $9,000

    To comply with nov #201446387 - legalize ada restroom at restaurant.

  14. Jul 2018
    Permit 201807053743 $$$ $246,000

    Removal of storefront door & windows, removal of all existing equipment & builtins, removal of several non load bearing partitions, removal of all flooring except bathroom adding new doors & windows, buildins new office, install cooler frame mezz, slab, new electrical, mechanical, plumb, new tile floor, new equip & counter.

  15. Feb 2019
    Permit 201902011896 $$$ $20,000

    Revise permit application 201807053743; re-build rear portion of building.

  16. Feb 2019
    Permit 201902153097 $$$ $10,000

    Rev to permit application 201807053743; revision to detail of footing for moment frame, construction of new grade beam with pony wall under shear wall as per plans.

  17. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904117748 $$$ $1

    Revistion to permit application 201807053743. accessible ramp at entry to store.

  18. Aug 2019
    Withdrawn Permit 201908027713 $$$ $5,000

    Rev to permit application 201807053743 & 201902011896new roof as requireed by s.f. health department.

  19. Sep 2019
    Permit 201909090996 $$$ $5,000

    Install fire suppression system to a 14' hood and ducts.

  20. Jul 2023
    Permit 202307202595 $$$ $48,500

    Reroofing.

DBI holds 49 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 49. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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