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470–480 Columbus Avenue

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1936
  • Office building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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10,944 sq ftBuilding area
1,215 sq ftLot area
50Rooms · 7 baths
  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. 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
  3. Apr 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8202624 $$$ $100,000
  4. May 1982

    Building use: office.

    Complete Permit 8203606 $$$ $60,000
  5. Jul 1982

    Building use: coml.

    Complete Permit 8205769 $$$ $40,000
  6. Jul 1982

    Building use: savings & loan.

    Complete Permit 8205869 $$$ $5,000
  7. Mar 1983

    Tenant improvement of tenant space for use as retail bakery.

    Complete Permit 8302152 $$$ $30,000
  8. Dec 1987

    New floor covering - new wall system lighting - painting.

    Complete Permit 8717401 $$$ $15,500
  9. Apr 1990

    Replacement of existing night depository with automatic teller machn.

    Complete Permit 9006594 $$$ $8,000
  10. Mar 1993

    Erect sign.

    Expired Permit 9304628 $$$ $5,500
  11. Aug 1997

    Sign.

    Complete Permit 9714849 $$$ $9,700
  12. Aug 1998

    Erect sign.

    Expired Permit 9815049 $$$ $5,000
  13. Mar 2002

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

    Complete Permit 200203111072 $$$ $75,000
  14. Feb 2007

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

    Complete Permit 200702053389 $$$ $55,000
  15. Oct 2007

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

    Complete Permit 200710115216 $$$ $75,000
  16. Jul 2009

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

    Complete Permit 200907273516 $$$ $10,500
  17. May 2010

    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.

    Complete Permit 201005142516 $$$ $6,500
  18. Apr 2013

    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.

    Withdrawn Permit 201304013465 $$$ $2,000
  19. Aug 2013

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

    Complete Permit 201308285511 $$$ $120,000
  20. Dec 2013

    Erect 2 illuminate single faced wall signs.

    Complete Permit 201312113873 $$$ $10,000
  21. Feb 2017

    To remove and replace an existing antenna, add 2 antennas to existing tripod and remove and replace an existing radome to an existing unmanned wireless facility.

    Cancelled Permit 201702169572 $$$ $30,000
  22. Nov 2017

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

    Issued Permit 201711063144 $$$ $10,000
  23. Nov 2018

    New pge electrical service 200a to t-mobile site. requires 120' horizontal bore from vault to electric meter, add sub-feeder at roof.

    Cancelled Permit 201811296940 $$$ $50,000
  24. 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
  25. Sep 2020

    Replacing atm with new atm and releveling area in front of atm to meet ada requirements.

    Cancelled Permit 202009285238 $$$ $30,000
  26. Nov 2022

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

    Complete Permit 202211237112 $$$ $15,000
  27. Mar 2024

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

    Complete Permit 202403258518 $$$ $12,000

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.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update