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District 3 · Block 0146, Lot 001 · ZIP 94133

601–609 Vallejo Street

Hotel

  • 4 stories
  • 20,640 ft2
  • 4,922 ft2 lot area
  • 11 residential units
  • 77 rooms
  • 14 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1908

    Built.

  2. 1956

    Caffe Trieste opened here in 1956; the city's survey names it among the places of the North Beach Beat scene.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  3. 1956

    Caffe Trieste traces its business here to 1956; 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. October 1971

    It traded as the Tevere, a 58-unit residential hotel answering to 354 Columbus Avenue; eight units stood vacant.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  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. Jul 1982
    Permit 8205366 $$$ $15,000

    Building use: store.

  7. Sep 1997
    Permit 9718495 $$$ $7,500

    Relocate exhaust duct flue and hood.

  8. Oct 1997
    Permit 9720640 $$$ $14,000

    Replace store front, interior alteration, install new sink.

  9. Mar 2002
    Permit 200203040546 $$$ $75,000

    Seismic strengthening-seismic trigger sidewalk repair.

  10. Jun 2006
    Filed Permit 200606073377 $$$ $35,000

    To comply nov 200669907. replace existing alum wood windows & install white vinyl single hung / dual glazed (low e insulated glass) with screens u=0.38. 80 windows total.

  11. Jan 2010
    Issued Permit 201001154844 $$$ $5,000

    Legalize existing sign located at 366 columbus avenue sign id orig14 per nor dated 11/23/09.

  12. May 2013
    Permit 201305015887 $$$ $40,000

    T.i. upgrade existing non complying restrooms to 1 fully accessible restroom. reconfigure existing kitchen.

  13. May 2013
    Permit 201305227650 $$$ $40,000

    Interior t.i. to existing: basement: storage, sinks, prep area. 1st floor: revise entrance due to ada compliance. 2nd floor: new equipment in existing kitchen. comply with nov # 200669907.

  14. Sep 2013
    Permit 201309096338 $$$ $73,000

    Replace existing milgard white vinyl windows with marvin wood clad windows - 83 windows. to comply nov 200669907.

  15. Feb 2014
    Issued Permit 201402259274 $$$ $10,000

    1st floor and basement: fire sprinkler alteration x 25 sprinkler. ref app# 201305015887.

  16. Apr 2014
    Permit 201404032388 $$$ $10,000

    Fire sprinkler upgrade and eqb upgrade per 5 year inspection. fire sprinkler alteration.

  17. Jul 2016
    Permit 201607263387 $$$ $82,000

    T.i. to existing food service facility with existing type 1 exhaust hood. improvements inc. new type 2 hood, food service equip., lighting, finishes. existing restroom to remain.

  18. Nov 2017
    Permit 201711174324 $$$ $126,800

    T.i. tro existing restaurant including, food service, finishes, mechanical, electrical. existing restroom to remain. replacement of existing door only. existing windows to remain.

  19. 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, Caffe Trieste.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  20. Feb 2019
    Issued Permit 201902273962 $$$ $56,000

    Emergency panel replacement for new fire panel is farenhyt ifp-300 ul certification #fa112528321.

  21. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903084724 $$$ $6,000

    Ref permit application 201607263387; add 2 fire sprinkler head and relocate 3 demolition heads, 11 relocate.

  22. May 2019
    Permit 201905029626 $$$ $56,000

    Retrofit upgrading fire panel, device and adding aes communicator.

  23. May 2019
    Filed Permit 201905160845 $$$ $50,000

    Add new moment frame at facade line of columbus to ground floor, comply with nov 201803421 soft story (commercial.

  24. Apr 2024
    Permit 202404220475 $$$ $39,000

    All existing in unit horn will be replace with lf horn.

DBI holds 53 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 53. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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