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District 3 · Block 0117, Lot 001 · ZIP 94133

601–619 Union Street

Hotel

  • 3 stories
  • 23,305 ft2
  • 7,906.25 ft2 lot area
  • 2 residential units
  • 97 rooms
  • 16 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • Historic resource
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  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. 1912

    Built.

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 1954

    Interior of Fior d'Italia, designed by architect Mario Gaidano; the restaurant left the 1912 building after 2005.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  6. 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
  7. Jun 1987
    Permit 8708717 $$$ $500

    Sign - erect.

  8. Mar 1989
    Permit 8904634 $$$ $8,000

    Reroofing.

  9. Feb 2005
    Issued Permit 200502236074 $$$ $80,000

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

  10. Jul 2005
    Permit 200507076986 $$$ $45,000

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

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

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

  12. Dec 2005
    Permit 200512160493 $$$ $940,000

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

  13. Feb 2006
    Permit 200602275461 $$$ $20,000

    Fire sprinkler system. basement and 1st sloor only.

  14. Apr 2006
    Permit 200604128832 $$$ $76,500

    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.

  15. May 2006
    Permit 200605081010 $$$ $6,000

    To erect electric wall single faced sign.

  16. May 2006
    Issued Permit 200605222114 $$$ $5,000

    Install 2 barrel awnings 2 angle awnings ref 200604128832.

  17. Jun 2006
    Permit 200606083495 $$$ $9,000

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

  18. Apr 2009
    Permit 200904156318 $$$ $4,600

    One room-close partition wall opening to one room; relocate sink; construct closet, original a storage. one room-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.

  19. Jun 2011
    Permit 201106067471 $$$ $500,000

    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.

  20. Aug 2011
    Permit 201108081973 $$$ $3,000

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

  21. Aug 2011
    Permit 201108243168 $$$ $4,000

    Relocate 19 heads for sprinkler system.

  22. Oct 2011
    Permit 201110277731 $$$ $15,000

    To erect an electric illuminated single faced wall sign.

  23. Nov 2011
    Permit 201111088497 $$$ $36,675

    Reroofing.

  24. Jul 2012
    Permit 201207023925 $$$ $6,000

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

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. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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