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1430–1480 Van Ness Avenue

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1912
  • Store building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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27,160 sq ftBuilding area
11,580 sq ftLot area
17Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 1912

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. New and used car dealers, tire shops, auto supplies stores and auto finance offices held the building; tire shops were here 1915–1924 and again in 1927, and auto supplies for eighteen years.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Mar 1994

    Owner upgrade space, new handicap restrms, entrance, stairs.

    Complete Permit 9403234 $$$ $50,000
  3. Jun 1994

    Replace restrooms.

    Complete Permit 9408421 $$$ $3,200
  4. Jul 1996

    Minor chaange in existing soace to creat two stories.

    Expired Permit 9612292 $$$ $9,500
  5. Aug 1996

    T/i retail audio equipmt store interior finishes & fixtures.

    Complete Permit 9615720 $$$ $100,000
  6. Sep 1996

    To erect electric sign.

    Complete Permit 9617588 $$$ $3,000
  7. Apr 2002

    Rev. to appl#9717192 hardship for level lading providing door opener.

    Expired Permit 200204244897 $$$ $3,200
  8. Jul 2002

    Furnished & installed a magic access power assist door operator with 2 wireless push plate clear ano.

    Issued Permit 200207151489 $$$ $2,670
  9. Aug 2002

    Furnish & install a magic access power assist door operator.

    Complete Permit 200208143945 $$$ $2,670
  10. Feb 2005

    Tenant improvement to include new ceiling, light, floor finish, new non bearing int partition/fixtur.

    Complete Permit 200502115384 $$$ $130,000
  11. Apr 2005

    Install 6 awnings - no copy on awnings.

    Issued Permit 200504281133 $$$ $7,900
  12. Apr 2005

    Erect sign - electric, wall, single faced.

    Issued Permit 200504281138 $$$ $7,800
  13. Oct 2007

    Permit to do exploratory work to confirm engineering details prior to seismic work on building. exploratory demolition shall be limited to about 10% of the existing wall, floor and roof surfaces. (seismic upgrade shall be done on separate permit.).

    Complete Permit 200710024338 $$$ $5,000
  14. Nov 2007

    Seismic strengthening, new concrete frame @ front entrance, strengthening concrete walls on sides of building., infill 2 existing skylights.

    Complete Permit 200711168377 $$$ $150,000
  15. May 2008

    Install 4 non-illuminated awnings with no copy.

    Complete Permit 200805212565 $$$ $10,000
  16. May 2008

    Erect electric, illuminated, single faced, wall sign.

    Issued Permit 200805212558 $$$ $5,400
  17. May 2008

    Erect a electric, illuminated, single faced, wall sign.

    Issued Permit 200805212560 $$$ $3,000
  18. Jun 2008

    Tenant improvement, new ceiling, flooring, fixtures, lighting & duct layout. recess existing entrance door to meet building code requirements.

    Complete Permit 200806305693 $$$ $100,000
  19. Oct 2008

    Install 90% plus fau, duct work and electrical and gas.

    Expired Permit 200810285259 $$$ $15,000
  20. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 6Z — not individually eligible for the California Register.

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

    The owner of general advertising sign located at 1430 van ness ave (sign id no: "orig 218" and "orig 219"), will remove these signs voluntrily to comply with n.o.v case number: 10697.

    Complete Permit 201006033728 $$$ $5,000
  22. Jul 2015

    Erect 1 illuminated electric single faced wall signs. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Issued Permit 201507141428 $$$ $3,000
  23. Jul 2015

    Erect 1 illuminated electric single faced wall signs. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Issued Permit 201507141430 $$$ $3,000
  24. Sep 2020

    Interior t.i. to include new fixtures, finishes, and ceiling tile replacement in sales area and back of house. new lighting, emergency lighting, and exit signs in sales area.

    Issued Permit 202009265140 $$$ $50,161
  25. Aug 2021

    Install (2) illuminated wall signs "t-mobile".

    Issued Permit 202108126286 $$$ $10,000
  26. Aug 2021

    Replace 6 existing awnings with new material. no changes to existing framing.

    Complete Permit 202108126283 $$$ $4,800

DBI holds 40 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 40. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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