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District 3 · Block 0162, Lot 024 · ZIP 94133

527–529 Broadway

Hotel

  • 3 stories
  • 5,055 ft2
  • 1,738 ft2 lot area
  • 2 residential units
  • 23 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned BDWY
  • Historic resource
  • Sold April 10, 2001
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  1. 1911

    Built.

  2. February 9, 1911

    Adam Beck, Frank J. Klimm and R. W. Moller contracted to put up a three-storey brick building, at $13,287.

    The San Francisco Call, 9 February 1911, p. 15
  3. 1950–1965

    The city's survey names Specs' 12 Adler Place at this address among the bars, cafes, bookshops and clubs of the North Beach Beat scene, whose period of significance it sets at about 1950 to 1965.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  4. 1952

    Tommy's Place operated here between 1952 and 1955, one of the North Beach bars and restaurants the city's survey identifies as significant in San Francisco's LGBTQ history.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  5. 1952

    Tommy's Place, entered from Broadway and connected to the bar at 12 Adler Place, opened here in June 1952; after the September 1954 police raid the liquor licence passed to the building's owner and the bar was renamed Frank's.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  6. 1956

    12 Adler Place operated here from 1956, one of the North Beach bars and restaurants the city's survey identifies as significant in San Francisco's LGBTQ history.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  7. 1968

    Spec's Twelve Adler Museum Cafe traces its business here to 1968; the city's survey lists it among North Beach's legacy bars, restaurants and businesses, a concentration it records as the highest in the city.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  8. 1982

    Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as an individually listed resource.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  9. Aug 1997
    Permit 9715578 $$$ $2,100

    Demolition of non-structural to expose.

  10. Oct 1997
    Permit 9719902 $$$ $34,000

    Install new beariang partitions & provide ada ramp & restrm3.

  11. Oct 2001
    Permit 200110181170 $$$ $11,350

    Reroofing.

  12. Jun 2002
    Permit 200206280309 $$$ $45,000

    Umb special procedure.

  13. Jul 2013
    Permit 201307242618 $$$ $400

    To comply with ordinance 029-13: installation of grab bars in sro at he fofllowing locations: 2 toilet room 2nd floor, 1 24 inch grab bar, 1-16 inch grab bar, 2 toilets 3rd floor, 1 shower each floor.

  14. Jul 2018
    Permit 201807104129 $$$ $5,500

    Replacement with new control panel, smoke heat detectors and pull stations at same location. tie-in existing bells to new panel. install new radio communicator, monitor module to tie-in existing flow and tamper. comply with new sffc by 2021.

  15. 2019

    Identified by the 2019 updated North Beach survey as appearing eligible for local landmark or California Register / National Register status — recorded as venues in the city's LGBTQ and Beat history, Tommy's Place and Specs 12 Adler Museum Cafe.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  16. Sep 2020
    Permit 202009214587 $$$ $3,000

    Add-on to existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc 1103.7.6.1: install power supply and low frequency horns in every room. ref pa201807104129. maher n/a.

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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