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501 Greenwich Street

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1908
  • 17-unit building with a ground-floor store
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned RM-2
  • District 3
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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14,291 sq ftBuilding area
3,837 sq ftLot area
48Rooms · 18 baths
  1. 1950–1965

    The city's survey names the Bread and Wine Mission 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
  2. Nov 1985

    Install floor drain, repair existing concrete floor.

    Complete Permit 8513136 $$$ $3,000
  3. Jul 1997

    Repair of back stairs; repair to orig; no structural changes.

    Complete Permit 9713025 $$$ $2,500
  4. Oct 1997

    Strengthen retaining wall.

    Expired Permit 9719897 $$$ $10,000
  5. Oct 1998

    Renew permit application 9719897 to finish work.

    Expired Permit 9821989 $$$ $10,000
  6. Oct 1998

    Dry rot repair.

    Expired Permit 9821990 $$$ $6,800
  7. May 2001

    Street space permit.

    Expired Permit M16251 $$$ $26,000
  8. Jun 2001

    Various dry rot repairs throughout the building. repair of 4 decks with new extension doors. repairs to bo.

    Complete Permit 200106040613 $$$ $25,000
  9. Aug 2001

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 200108206426 $$$ $10,000
  10. Jun 2009

    Install 1 omni antenna 1 bts radio cabinet on roof. install new 100 meter.

    Cancelled Permit 200906261437 $$$ $30,000
  11. Sep 2018

    Residential: soft story retrofit per sfebc chapter 4d engineering criteria 2016 cebc appendix a-4. commercial permit application 201809059142.

    Complete Permit 201809059140 $$$ $273,318
  12. Sep 2018

    Commercial: soft story retrofit per sfebc chapter 4d engineering criteria 2016 cebc appendix a-4. partial disabled access upgrade at comercial space entrance. residential permit application 201809059140.

    Complete Permit 201809059142 $$$ $21,682
  13. 2019

    Identified by the 2019 updated North Beach survey as appearing eligible for local landmark or California Register / National Register status — recorded as a venue in the city's Beat history, the Bread and Wine Mission.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  14. Jan 2019

    Streetspace.

  15. Jan 2019

    Revision to permit application 201809059142& 201809059140. revision to seismic retrofit, replace one plywood shearwall with ocbf and incorporated various field revisions.

    Complete Permit 201901311696 $$$ $10,000
  16. Oct 2023

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1.

    Complete Permit 202310259491 $$$ $48,000
  17. Jun 2024

    One unit: rehabilation existing kithen in kind. no wall demolition or structural work proposed.

    Complete Permit 202406134409 $$$ $35,000

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

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