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District 3 · Block 0162, Lot 002 · ZIP 94133

240–242 Columbus Avenue

Office building

  • 2 stories
  • 23,378 ft2
  • 8,354 ft2 lot area
  • 7 residential units
  • 30 rooms
  • 15 bathrooms
  • Zoned BDWY
  • Historic resource
  • Sold June 9, 1998
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  1. November 17, 1908

    A builder contracted for all work except painting and hardware on a class C brick building.

    The San Francisco Call, 17 November 1908, p. 15
  2. 1909

    Built.

  3. 1920

    Tosca Cafe traces its business here to 1920; 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
  4. 1950–1965

    The city's survey names Tosca 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
  5. June 18, 1964

    Photographed.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  6. Mar 1987
    Permit 8704182 $$$ $3,000

    Remove existing exposed t-bar ceiling & install new seismic.

  7. Apr 1988
    Permit 8804397 $$$ $17,000

    Parapet reinforcement.

  8. Jan 1999
    Permit 9900637 $$$ $10,000

    Interior demolition only to tenant space.

  9. Jul 1999
    Permit 9914725 $$$ $9,000

    Fire sprinklers.

  10. Jun 2002
    Permit 200206048221 $$$ $10,000

    New performace platform @basement, remove of non-bearing partitions, to comply with nov 200225521.

  11. May 2013
    Permit 201305217507 $$$ $20,000

    Interior renovation of non structural partitions existing kitchen with installation and or replacement of kitchen equipment. no change to restrooms. mep and kitchen hoods under seperate permit.

  12. Jul 2013
    Issued Permit 201307111629 $$$ $32,940

    Replace existing hood with new type 1 per plan. provide and install hood exhaust duct per plan. provide and install new make up air duct and fan. provide and install dish hood, fan and duct.

  13. Jul 2013
    Permit 201307303056 $$$ $2,500

    Installation of ul300 fire system within commercial kitchen.

  14. Apr 2014
    Issued Permit 201404022296 $$$ $120,000

    Renovation to existing building. food prep area. upgrade restrooms to meet ada accessibility, add egress corridor, correct existing stairs for width and headroom. mep on seperate permit.

  15. Jun 2014
    Permit 201406067754 $$$ $17,500

    Install a subdrain and interior wall waterproof along the east, north & west perimeter walls; fill a small abandon dumbwaiter void on the east wall approx 2.5 ft x 2.5 ft.

  16. Apr 2015
    Issued Permit 201504012579 $$$ $4,000

    Repair ada lift equipment & front stairway railing & handrail.

  17. Sep 2015
    Issued Permit 201509025861 $$$ $24,950

    Replace existing system with new. provide & install: 1-24, 000 btu air conditioners with duct; 1-30, 000 btu a/c with duct; 1-60, 000 btu a/c with duct.

  18. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510068914 $$$ $38,000

    Barrier removal. ref pa201504012579 to install left (ada).

DBI holds 38 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 38. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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