1546–1550 Grant Avenue

1. 1905

   Built.

2. 1950–1965

   The city's survey names The 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
3. 1950s

   The Place, a North Beach bar, held weekly Blabbermouth Nights that drew the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance until the mid-1960s.

   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
4. November 1958

   The Office of the Assessor-Recorder photographed the property for tax assessment.

   Assessor-Recorder Photographs (SFP 23), San Francisco Public Library
5. 1982

   Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a contributor to the Upper Dupont Street / Grant Avenue District.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
6. May 1982

   Permit 8203929 $$$ $1,600

   Otc alterations permit.

7. Sep 2005

   Issued Permit 200509294249 $$$ $9,300

   Replace sheetrock for all inside wall & ceiling for one unit with 5/8" type "x" gyp. bd.

8. Jan 2007

   Permit 200701111554 $$$ $30,000

   Remodel 2 kchn (included cabinets sinks, faucets, flooring and tiles) and 2 bathroom (included toilets, sinks, tubs and lights). replace drywalls in kchn and bathroom only. lighting to comply with title 24.

9. Jan 2007

   Permit 200701292770 $$$ $1

   Additional work to app#200701111554. replace drywall with 5/8" type x gyp in two bedrooms. total drywall replacement shall not exceed 50% od entire floor.

10. May 2007

    Permit 200705181756 $$$ $2,000

    Revise p/a/ 200701292770 to include upere floor bedroom.

11. Jul 2007

    Permit 200707025677 $$$ $30,000

    Remodel two kitchens & two bathrooms.

12. May 2008

    Permit 200805222734 $$$ $6,000

    To replace 12 existing wood windows in kind. no other work.

13. Oct 2011

    Issued Permit 201110116491 $$$ $1,500

    Replace interior sheetrock covering, wall & ceiling, tapping to 2nd floor rear store room. (not moving/adding any walls). in kind replacement.

14. Jul 2013

    Issued Permit 201307232552 $$$ $2,000

    Correction to violation # 201306217 date 5/29/2013 repair exterior wall paint at front, scaffolding for repairing work.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.