1625–1645 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1919

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. Dated 1919–1920. Faced with a brick veneer — the only showroom on the avenue so clad — with an ell running back to the side street for vehicle entry.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1920

   Several automobile dealers held the building in turn, each for a fairly short time, between 1920 and 1938.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
3. August 11, 1964

   Photographed, showing the American Red Cross Building.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
4. Dec 1981

   Permit 8110611 $$$ $90,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Nov 1983

   Permit 8312042 $$$ $60,000

   New office floor framing.

6. Apr 1984

   Permit 8403438 $$$ $200,000

   Shoring of excavation of adjacent jproperts.

7. Jan 1989

   Permit 8900847 $$$ $62,000

   Tenant improvement, resubmitted for address correction only.

8. Apr 1994

   Permit 9405924 $$$ $900,000

   Remodel 1st and 2nd retail space.

9. Jun 1994

   Permit 9409843 $$$ $1

   Revision to application 9405924.

10. Apr 1997

    Permit 9706134 $$$ $240,000

    Cti-1 (el me) 4th floor.

11. Jul 1998

    Issued Permit 9814721 $$$ $121,000

    Oti-1 3rd floor el, me, l/s, sp.

12. Aug 1998

    Permit 9815109 $$$ $280,000

    Oti-ii tenant improvement ref.: 9814721.

13. Dec 2001

    Permit 200112195560 $$$ $100,000

    Oti-1 1st floor el, me.

14. Apr 2004

    Permit 200404161549 $$$ $300,000

    Minor demoition work to be done for new tenant improvemnet space existing shell building to remain as is.

15. May 2006

    Issued Permit 200605161689 $$$ $56,200

    Replace 30 ton ac unit with new 27.5 ton unit.

16. Jun 2006

    Permit 200606214668 $$$ $750,000

    T.i. on 3rd floor. work includes new walls, ceiling & wall finishes, new michanical, lighting, electrical. no change of occupancy. no structural. fire protection under separate permit.

17. May 2007

    Permit 200705151366 $$$ $83,000

    T.i. on 3rd floor, minor door & partition changes, changes to ceiling, lighting & mechanical, addition to power & data. no exterior work, fire protection under seperate permit.

18. Jul 2009

    Permit 200907072122 $$$ $75,000

    Remodel existing office & remodel existing conference rm, new breakroom & new office partition wallas, all new finishes & hardware to match existing. re-locate existing light fixtures and add new. new power/ data. mep under separate permit. no structural work.

19. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
20. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211073737 $$$ $125,000

    Upgrade e data closets including installation of special purpose plugs on floors listed below with associated conduits and seismic restraints. hvac units on roof to supply chilled water to fan coil units within the closets for cooling.

21. Mar 2013

    Issued Permit 201303121979 $$$ $125,000

    Remodel & reconfiguration of existing office to create additoinal offices, new partitoins, glazing floor finishes supply & install power assisted entrance system inclusive of actuators, door controllers overhead mechanisms & push plates with all necessary power to both of existing door leaves @ the entrance.

22. Jun 2013

    Permit 201306200084 $$$ $400,000

    Interior improvements of 1st fl suite. non rated, non structural partitons, suspended acoustical ceiling tile system, casework, plumbing fixtures, lighting, electrical utilities.

23. Mar 2014

    Permit 201403281964 $$$ $800,000

    G/f & 2/f -remodel existing guitar center; separate structural submission for stock shelving, ceiling truss. ti includes new interior walls, flooring, wall finishes, drywall, acoustical ceilings, fixtures & displays; see mep for mep scope. compliance with maher ordinance no.155-13 not required.

24. May 2014

    Permit 201405085192 $$$ $200,000

    Remove & replace two (2) existing 15-ton hvac split system heat pump/cooling units. units have failed permaturely. compliance with ordinance #155-13 not required.

25. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406128188 $$$ $94,576

    Fire sprinkler permit: relocate 167, add 12 and delete 15 pendants, relocate 3, add 1 and delete 1 upright on the 1st and 2nd floor: t.i. #201403281964; ma not applicable.

26. Sep 2018

    Issued Permit 201809190721 $$$ $115,255

    Exchange out a hvac packaged unit on the roof for a like for like unit. maher n/a.

DBI holds 91 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 91. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.