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1412–1414 Van Ness Avenue

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1913
  • Store building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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23,190 sq ftBuilding area
10,458 sq ftLot area
15Rooms · 7 baths
  1. 1912

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a tire store, auto showroom 1, 3. The survey dates the work to 1912–1913.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. 1913

    Built for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which took half the building; the rest was an auto showroom. Vehicles moved between floors by elevator rather than the usual ramp. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's San Francisco factory branch, 1913–1923, occupying half the building. The rest was an auto showroom, and later the whole of it was.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  3. Jan 1983

    Remove existing partition walls.

    Complete Permit 8300394 $$$ $35,000
  4. Mar 1983

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Cancelled Permit 8302547 $$$ $6,670
  5. Nov 1983

    Add 10 ton heat pump to meeting room a.

    Expired Permit 8312118 $$$ $31,001
  6. Jul 1987

    Interior remodel.

    Expired Permit 8709451 $$$ $250,000
  7. Jul 1987

    Interior demolition. metal stud, drywall, paint.

    Expired Permit 8709558 $$$ $3,900
  8. Oct 1987

    Fire sprinkler.

    Expired Permit 8714760 $$$ $1,200
  9. May 1989

    Parapet reinforcing.

    Complete Permit 8908683 $$$ $16,000
  10. Apr 1990

    Repair test holes (interior) repair broken skylight.

    Complete Permit 9007803 $$$ $4,500
  11. Nov 1993

    Remove existing non-structural partition walls.

    Expired Permit 9319456 $$$ $1,200
  12. Feb 1994

    Minor demolition n/b partit & soffits new full lit n/b demising wl.

    Expired Permit 9401841 $$$ $7,000
  13. Mar 1999

    Umb upgrade with access compliance work.

    Expired Permit 9905085S $$$ $535,000
  14. Jun 1999

    To erect electrical sign.

    Expired Permit 9911778 $$$ $3,400
  15. Feb 2000

    Storefront alteration only.

    Expired Permit 9926553 $$$ $10,000
  16. Feb 2000

    Interior t/i new partitions new casework new finishesnew lighting.

    Complete Permit 200002232620 $$$ $220,000
  17. May 2000

    To erect electrical sign.

    Expired Permit 200005139906 $$$ $6,500
  18. Apr 2002

    Shoring and underpining east perimeter for adjacent construction at 1452 bush st./2001010593215.

    Complete Permit 200204174191 $$$ $30,000
  19. Jun 2005

    Erect a single faced projecting electric sign.

    Expired Permit 200506225811 $$$ $4,500
  20. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  21. Oct 2012

    Change of use of the existing ground floor retail space to an institutional (business) use, "the miami ad school", new accessible men's bathroom, (2) new classrooms.mep under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201210313181 $$$ $35,000
  22. Feb 2013

    To erect illuminated electrical sign(exterior).

    Complete Permit 201302049370 $$$ $5,000
  23. Sep 2016

    Second floor office ti - including demolition of portion of existing hardwd ceiling, new partitions, new carpet & paint.

    Complete Permit 201609238685 $$$ $160,000
  24. Dec 2016

    Revision to 201609238685 new restroom plumbing fixtures and finishes. no change to ceiling (previously shown removed) revised lighting, ti only, no exterior or change to bld structure.

    Complete Permit 201612215618 $$$ $22,000
  25. Feb 2020

    Demolition of 1st fl interior space in prep for new tenants who will fire for improvements under a separate permit. ab-017.

    Complete Permit 202002073862 $$$ $4,000
  26. Mar 2020

    9459 sq ft interior only. t.i @ 1st floor only. ada comliant bathrooms and changing rooms, modification of existing lighting mechanical, electrical, and plumbing interior finishes. chnage of use from design school back to retail space and services.

    Complete Permit 202003116749 $$$ $650,000
  27. Apr 2021

    New dedicated function fire alarm system for sprinkler monitoring and elevator recall t.i. permit # 2020-0311-6749.

    Complete Permit 202104208974 $$$ $10,000

DBI holds 29 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 29. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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