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500–524 Columbus Avenue

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • Hotel
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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14,595 sq ftBuilding area
2,922 sq ftLot area
52Rooms · 14 baths
  1. 1907

    Built to the design of Martens & Coffey; the facade was remodeled in the late 1930s with stucco walls and Moderne ornament.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. Sep 1994

    New concrete sidewalk, seismic upgrade basement level.

    Complete Permit 9414064 $$$ $42,000
  3. Aug 1998

    To replace plumbing fixture/shower/flooring in existing bathroom.

    Expired Permit 9816276 $$$ $28,000
  4. Sep 1998

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9819273 $$$ $21,875
  5. Apr 1999

    Remove lath and plaster on walls and ceilings.

    Complete Permit 9908224 $$$ $4,000
  6. Aug 1999

    Install new bathroom & store front as per plans.

    Complete Permit 9918256 $$$ $28,400
  7. Sep 1999

    Rebuild existing interior stair/add title 24 bathroom and stair.

    Expired Permit 9919637 $$$ $12,000
  8. Nov 1999

    Renovate ist floor exterior (replace existing windows).

    Expired Permit 9924171 $$$ $70,000
  9. Feb 2000

    Add trellis over existing sidewalk.

    Expired Permit 9927288 $$$ $5,000
  10. Mar 2000

    Mechanical. system/lighting permits.

    Expired Permit 200003154381 $$$ $10,000
  11. Sep 2000

    New interior partitions/relocate existing flourescent lights/nw track lights.

    Complete Permit 200009019537 $$$ $40,000
  12. Oct 2000

    Install anewawning 3' wide x 15'10" long x2'2" high on stockton st & a new awningon columbus st.

    Expired Permit 200010112604 $$$ $4,500
  13. Oct 2000

    Sign permit - install letters on awning located on stockston st., drawings along columbus st.

    Expired Permit 200010112625 $$$ $3,000
  14. May 2001

    Install awning. revise 2000/10/11/2604.

    Complete Permit 200105290124 $$$ $4,500
  15. Jul 2001

    Correct violation comp#200004550 for dad (correct level landings each side of entry door).

    Expired Permit 200107022803 $$$ $5,000
  16. Jan 2002

    To erect 2 electrical sign.

    Expired Permit 200201247663 $$$ $5,700
  17. Jun 2002

    Install sprinkler sys to entire building retial on bottom fl.res hotel on top 3 fls per sro ordiance.

    Expired Permit 200206038008 $$$ $30,000
  18. Oct 2003

    Replace 100 windows.size for size. same place &location. visible from street, wood to vinyl.

    Cancelled Permit 200310147374 $$$ $46,000
  19. Jan 2004

    Install vista 128 ebp panel & protection devices for monitoring new sprinkler system.

    Expired Permit 200401083637 $$$ $6,340
  20. May 2004

    Interior remodel of an existing retail space/existing electrical plmg work as neccesary.

    Cancelled Permit 200405244658 $$$ $75,000
  21. Jul 2005

    Interior finishes for retail gelato store/small self service restaurant.

    Complete Permit 200507258536 $$$ $100,000
  22. Mar 2006

    Remove/replace dry rotted beam in kind in basement, cut and remove sheetrock 6" up around interior of basement & replace with metal close holes in sidewalk that leak water into basement.

    Complete Permit 200603287643 $$$ $4,000
  23. Jul 2008

    Install support posts under existing beam in basement.

    Complete Permit 200807146599 $$$ $5,000
  24. Jul 2020

    New corner seat. new ada bar top. new bathroom bench. new bar top 2"x4" framing 1/2" sheet rock & frp on equipment side. existing front door righ hand side to become fixed. refer to permit #202002285737.

    Complete Permit 202007280847 $$$ $30,000
  25. Aug 2021

    Install 1 new awning.

    Issued Permit 202108096012 $$$ $5,000

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. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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