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601–619 Union Street

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1912
  • Hotel
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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23,305 sq ftBuilding area
7,906.25 sq ftLot area
97Rooms · 16 baths
  1. 1906

    Built to the design of Paul J. DeMartini, whose North Beach work the city's survey documents.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. 1913

    The Italian Club occupied this building — a reconstruction of Washington Square Hall — on the 1913 Sanborn map; by 1949 the hall had been taken over by a restaurant.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  3. 1937

    Original Joe's traces its business here to 1937; the city's survey lists it among North Beach's legacy bars, restaurants and businesses, a concentration it records as the highest in the city.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  4. 1982

    Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a contributor to the Washington Square Historic District.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  5. Jun 1987

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8708717 $$$ $500
  6. Mar 1989

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 8904634 $$$ $8,000
  7. Mar 1996

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9604586 $$$ $15,000
  8. Feb 2003

    Install fire sprinkler system to comply withordinance 172-02.

    Expired Permit 200302217981 $$$ $19,000
  9. Feb 2004

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ord#170-02 attic area only. addition.

    Expired Permit 200402055672 $$$ $5,450
  10. Feb 2005

    Fire damage repair in like kind.install power operated main entrance. remodel sloped floor to acces.

    Issued Permit 200502236074 $$$ $80,000
  11. Jul 2005

    Voluntary seismic retrofit for soft story @1/f based on chapter 34 sq ft building code 2001 & repair of.

    Complete Permit 200507076986 $$$ $45,000
  12. Nov 2005

    Demolition of non bearing walls 1st floor.

    Expired Permit 200511288987 $$$ $5,000
  13. Dec 2005

    Demolition non-bearing walls, light, restroom. duct work floor tile. ceiling tile.

    Issued Permit 200512140301 $$$ $10,000
  14. Dec 2005

    Electrical, plumbing, mechanical - it equip. seating - painting, flooring, ceiling, framing, drywall.

    Complete Permit 200512160493 $$$ $940,000
  15. Feb 2006

    Fire sprinkler system. basement and 1st sloor only.

    Complete Permit 200602275461 $$$ $20,000
  16. Apr 2006

    Exterior remodel for restaurant tenant improvement. work to include replacement and addition of windows. replacement of entry door, new door on stockton street addition of sconce light fixtures. work will not disturb any histerically significant materials.

    Complete Permit 200604128832 $$$ $76,500
  17. May 2006

    To erect electric wall single faced sign.

    Complete Permit 200605081010 $$$ $6,000
  18. May 2006

    Install 2 barrel awnings 2 angle awnings ref 200604128832.

    Issued Permit 200605222114 $$$ $5,000
  19. Jun 2006

    New facp for building, connections to wf, tamper, ansul hood piv & new smoke.

    Complete Permit 200606083495 $$$ $9,000
  20. Apr 2007

    Room #248-close partition wall opening to 248 relocate sink and construct closet room #320 - construct 2 new walls add entry door, construct closet, add sink, add electric wall heater, add hardwired smoke detector, add 2 lights switch and electrical. outlet.

    Cancelled Permit 200704269783 $$$ $4,600
  21. Apr 2009

    Rm. 248-close partition wall opening to rm.248; relocate sink; construct closet, original a storage. rm. 320-construct (2) new walls; add entry door; original a storage. construct a closet; add sink; add electrical., wall heater, hardwood, smoke detector; add (2) light switch, outlet.

    Complete Permit 200904156318 $$$ $4,600
  22. Jun 2011

    Basement & 1st floor tenant improvement of existing a-2 occupancy restaurant space only of existing three-story building. the second & third r-2 occupancy is not the scope of work.

    Complete Permit 201106067471 $$$ $500,000
  23. Aug 2011

    Install ansul r-102 fire suppression systems in the main kitchen area.

    Complete Permit 201108081973 $$$ $3,000
  24. Aug 2011

    Relocate 19 heads for sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 201108243168 $$$ $4,000
  25. Sep 2011

    Revision to appl #201106067471 - change exterior tile waingcot to marble wainscot, add painted wood trim above tenant awnings, awning profiles modified (lowered) due to new trim.

    Expired Permit 201109295733 $$$ $15,000
  26. Oct 2011

    To erect an electric illuminated single faced wall sign.

    Complete Permit 201110277731 $$$ $15,000
  27. Nov 2011

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201111088497 $$$ $36,675
  28. Jul 2012

    Convert existing lounges & kitchens on 2nd & 3rd floors into 2 new residential rooms (220 & 321). no changes in lighting.

    Complete Permit 201207023925 $$$ $6,000
  29. Nov 2022

    Minor t.i. of existing a-2 restaurant. work to include tile revisions to existing restrooms, alterations to dining banquettes at select locations, revisions to millwork and bar equipment, and detail and trim work. minor electrical and plumbing work to be pulled as trade permits.

    Cancelled Permit 202211096153 $$$ $75,000

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

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