470–480 Columbus Avenue

1. 1936

   Built as a commercial building to the design of Martin Rist, one of the modern architects the city's survey identifies as working in North Beach.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
2. 1936

   The commercial building was designed in the Arte Moderne style.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. 1936

   Opened as the Buon Gusto Market, run by Fred Casissa with sausage-making at the back — the business that later built its own factory at 535 Green Street.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
4. 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
5. Apr 1982

   Permit 8202624 $$$ $100,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

6. May 1982

   Permit 8203606 $$$ $60,000

   Building use: office.

7. Jul 1982

   Permit 8205769 $$$ $40,000

   Building use: coml.

8. Jul 1982

   Permit 8205869 $$$ $5,000

   Building use: savings & loan.

9. Mar 1983

   Permit 8302152 $$$ $30,000

   Tenant improvement of tenant space for use as retail bakery.

10. Dec 1987

    Permit 8717401 $$$ $15,500

    New floor covering - new wall system lighting - painting.

11. Apr 1990

    Permit 9006594 $$$ $8,000

    Replacement of existing night depository with automatic teller machn.

12. Aug 1997

    Permit 9714849 $$$ $9,700

    Sign.

13. Mar 2002

    Permit 200203111072 $$$ $75,000

    T/i to add interior walls, new casework, new lighting, new equipment, change of use retail to food s.

14. Feb 2007

    Permit 200702053389 $$$ $55,000

    Installation of a new microcell panel antenna within a faux vent. installation of associatied equipment, cabling, and cable trays no batteries.

15. Oct 2007

    Permit 200710115216 $$$ $75,000

    Minor demolition and const, mechanical, electrical on separate permit.

16. Jul 2009

    Permit 200907273516 $$$ $10,500

    Remove & install (1) set remote 24" channel letters & logo @stucco wall band. electric, wall and single faced sign.

17. May 2010

    Permit 201005142516 $$$ $6,500

    Mod. to approved appl.#200702053389 to add a faux vent pipe to conceal antenna & to add 2'-2 1/2"x2'-5 7/8" lmu box for e-911 capability.

18. Apr 2013

    Withdrawn Permit 201304013465 $$$ $2,000

    A modification to an existing unmanned telecommunication facility conisting of adding a new vam and ciena unit a new telco box, a new nid box, a new fdp box, a new gfi box, and new fiber conduit. no antennas are associated with this project.

19. Aug 2013

    Permit 201308285511 $$$ $120,000

    T.i for existing bank work includes new partitions, fixtures, finishes, ada upgrades. m.e.p & fire protection under seperate permits. no exterior work.

20. Dec 2013

    Permit 201312113873 $$$ $10,000

    Erect 2 illuminate single faced wall signs.

21. Nov 2017

    Issued Permit 201711063144 $$$ $10,000

    Install 2 "bank of the west" electric single faced wall sign.

22. 2019

    Identified by the 2019 updated North Beach survey as appearing eligible for local landmark or California Register / National Register status — recorded as a commercial building.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
23. Nov 2022

    Permit 202211237112 $$$ $15,000

    Decom of sprint cell site, antennas, cabinets & associated hardware.

24. Mar 2024

    Permit 202403258518 $$$ $12,000

    Install (2) halo-illuminated wall signs: "bmo".

DBI holds 42 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 42. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.