1830 Sutter Street

1. 1932

   Built in 1932 for the Japanese YWCA to a design by Julia Morgan, paid for from within the Japantown community and by the national and San Francisco YWCAs. It held a dormitory for ten, classrooms and meeting rooms, a library and an office, and appears to be the only building in the United States purpose-built by and for Issei women. Because the Alien Land Law barred Issei from owning property, the San Francisco YWCA held the title in trust for the community.

   Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
2. 1945–1946

   After the war the American Friends Service Committee used the building and let returning Japanese American women organise activities and take shelter there. The Japanese YWCA was not re-formed; it joined the Buchanan YMCA instead, making the first combined YWCA/YMCA in the country.

   Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
3. Jul 1981

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8105916 $$$ $25,000
4. Jun 1984

   Alteration & renovation of kitchen/toilet.

   Expired Permit 8405875 $$$ $41,000
5. Jun 1988

   Women's lavatory/janitor closet renovation, code work.

   Complete Permit 8807423 $$$ $11,000
6. Jul 1988

   Alterations @ 2nd fl bathrm, convert room to office.

   Complete Permit 8810116 $$$ $11,750
7. Sep 1988

   Alter exist 2nd floor bathrm, incl finishes, fixtures.

   Complete Permit 8814149 $$$ $10,000
8. Jan 1989

   Reroofing.

   Complete Permit 8900808 $$$ $9,950
9. Aug 1991

   Alteration of 2nd floor, repair leak at skylight.

   Complete Permit 9114391 $$$ $23,013
10. Jun 1992

    1st floor conf rm-new sound resistant ceiling. minor alter etc.

    Complete Permit 9209370 $$$ $10,500
11. 1999

    When the San Francisco YWCA announced plans to sell the building, which then housed a bilingual pre-school, community members went to law to establish the Japanese American community's claim to it, and succeeded.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
12. Jun 2003

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 200306237635 $$$ $20,000
13. Apr 2004

    Construct wheelchairaccessible ramp, barrier removal: and renovate unisex restroom.

    Expired Permit 200404010172 $$$ $75,000
14. Dec 2006

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200612049115 $$$ $12,000
15. Feb 2007

    Voluntary partially seismic upgrade @ basement only. install foundation anchors and plywood shear walls. repair/reconstruct existing accessible ramp from sidewalk to sideyard to bring into full compliance, reslope sidewalk.

    Complete Permit 200702154254 $$$ $30,000
16. Dec 2007

    Reroofing.

    Cancelled Permit 200712049584 $$$ $10,000
17. May 2008

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200805272960 $$$ $12,000
18. 2009

    Recorded in the city's 2009 survey of Japantown as the Japantown YWCA, taken as representative of the neighborhood's community centres and social halls.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
19. Oct 2009

    Barrier removal & remodel of an existing children's bathroom.

    Issued Permit 200910219501 $$$ $50,000
20. Oct 2009

    Replace existing stage lighting system, remove and replace plaster cladding on stage wall. remove and replace stage ceiling. install new hardwood floor on stage. refinishe wood work on stage. install shoji screen on stage.

    Complete Permit 200910269852 $$$ $70,000
21. May 2010

    New doors, panic hardware, new wall and occupant load - upgrade fire alarm system. conference room not to be used for student. 36 total students 2-5 years old.

    Cancelled Permit 201005132423 $$$ $10,000
22. Nov 2011

    Remodel existing kitchen in day care.

    Complete Permit 201111088501 $$$ $100,000
23. Jun 2014

    2 story preschool building addition with rooftop play yard.

    Complete Permit 201406269518 $$$ $2,098,700
24. Feb 2016

    Underpinning for work done under approved pa 2014 0626 9518 (addition to it - preschool).

    Complete Permit 201602028659 $$$ $100,000
25. Apr 2016

    Fire sprinkler addition for new bld addition basement 22. 1st floor - 34. 2nd floor - 16. 72 total. replace backflow. ref: 2014-0626-9518.

    Complete Permit 201604013695 $$$ $70,000
26. May 2016

    All floors: provide & install new fire alarm control unit, initiating & modification devices as shown on drawings. ref pa 2014-0626-9518. 67 smoke, 8 heat, 3 pull stn, 8 str, 22 spkr/str, 3 spkr.

    Complete Permit 201605066771 $$$ $25,000
27. Jan 2020

    Replace all existing exterior windows with new wood windows in existing openings. new windows to have divided lites to match existing windows and operation to match existing windows.

    Complete Permit 202001172258 $$$ $150,000
28. Aug 2021

    Disconnect and move hvac unit to repair roof leak underneath. repair roof membrane via removal and replacment of torch down memebrane. reinstall hvac and ducting to original positions. remove hvac unit electric breaker box shut off control and service outlet and replace with new disconnect gas line &.

    Complete Permit 202108116224 $$$ $26,000

DBI holds 36 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 36. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.