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640–650 Sutter Street

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94102

  • Building
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned C3G
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
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101,662 sq ftBuilding area
18,906 sq ftLot area
108Rooms · 59 baths
  1. 1916

    Built.

  2. 1916

    The Women's Athletic Club of San Francisco, designed by William B. Faville.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  3. 1922

    Expanded, six years after it was built for the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco. The club is now the Metropolitan Club.

    Citywide Historic Context Statement: Clubs and Social Halls (1848–1989), 2026
  4. May 1983

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8304326 $$$ $3,500
  5. May 1983

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8304527 $$$ $420,000
  6. Apr 1984

    Installation of smoke barriers at main stair.

    Expired Permit 8403861 $$$ $24,000
  7. Jul 1987

    Construct shower rooms, 1st floor, new walls, ceilings, tile.

    Complete Permit 8710006 $$$ $95,000
  8. Apr 1989

    Interior remodel upgrade of athletic facilities.

    Complete Permit 8906527 $$$ $250,000
  9. May 1989

    Extend fire sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 8908892 $$$ $35,000
  10. Jun 1989

    Soft demolition per plan, remove finishes partitions.

    Cancelled Permit 8910786 $$$ $10,000
  11. Oct 1995

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9516655 $$$ $20,000
  12. Apr 1997

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9707755 $$$ $31,250
  13. Sep 2000

    Install fire alarm system throughout basement with new control panel.

    Expired Permit 200009110184 $$$ $20,000
  14. Jun 2003

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200306167180 $$$ $16,000
  15. Aug 2006

    Voluntary seismic strengthening. life safety and programmatic upgrades, at basement, 1st & 2nd levels, new exit stair from basement to roof, fire rating of exposed structure of steel at property line. phase 1 seismic. phase 2 under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200608179733 $$$ $6,500,000
  16. Oct 2007

    New plumbing and equipment for pool and spa, including filtration and chlorination, new spa, new lighting.

    Cancelled Permit 200710024356 $$$ $290,400
  17. Oct 2007

    New plumbing equipment for pool & spa, replace existing leaking plastic spa with s. steel spa(tiled). replace some existing tiles of the pool. new lighting in spa.

    Expired Permit 200710185797 $$$ $290,400
  18. Apr 2008

    Install fire sprinkler, t.i. - total 359 sprinkler heads.

    Complete Permit 200804109303 $$$ $89,750
  19. May 2008

    Partial building fire alarm upgrade-expand existing fire alarm control panel, add or replace the following: 20 smoke detectors, 1 heat detector, 12 duct smoke detectors, 15 manual pull stations, 8 magnetic door holders, 14 relays, 1 monitor module, 1 strobe power supply, 57 horn/strobes, 27 strobes, monitor.

    Filed Permit 200805131959 $$$ $25,000
  20. Jul 2008

    Ref. appl#200608179733, new design-build central stairs serving basement, first fl, second fl. plans include structural steel framing & calcs serving this portion of work. (separate plans will be submitted for stairs serving third fl to roof level.).

    Complete Permit 200807217113 $$$ $150,000
  21. Aug 2008

    Fire alarm system modifications, phase 1 1 annunciator, 14 relays, 1 monitor module, 17 smoke detectors, 1 heat detector, 12 duct detectors, 15 manual pull stations, 8 magnetic door holders, 1 power booster (strobe panel) 60 horn/strobes, 27 strobes. fire alarm constrol panel is existing.

    Complete Permit 200808088788 $$$ $30,000
  22. Oct 2008

    This permit is in reference to approved permit app #200608179733. supply and install new pre fabricated central stairs from 3rd floor to roof level. shop drawings by steel fabricator, glacier iron works, include structural steel framing and calcs. see letter attached rom both the architect of record.

    Complete Permit 200810214711 $$$ $225,000
  23. Jun 2009

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200906221000 $$$ $30,000
  24. Jul 2017

    Spa renovation new shape, tiles, and new steps. new led & low voltage light.

    Complete Permit 201707111517 $$$ $75,000
  25. Dec 2019

    Tapestry room skim coat walls, paint walls, wallpaper certain walls. replace broken glass in (2) existing window.

    Complete Permit 201912129364 $$$ $26,000
  26. Jan 2021

    Erecting 8 lf, 4' high, 4' o.c. wooden fence for city beautication.

    Cancelled Permit 202101213029 $$$ $3,800
  27. Sep 2023

    Reroofing. crrc=0668-0146 sr1=.88.

    Complete Permit 202309287571 $$$ $158,175

DBI holds 43 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 43. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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