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1801 Van Ness Avenue

Pacific Heights · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1920
  • Store building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 2
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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16,890 sq ftBuilding area
7,004 sq ftLot area
20Rooms · 1 bath
  1. 1919

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as an auto showroom to 1927; altered or replaced. Designed by Samuel L. Hyman.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Aug 1982

    Building use: sign.

    Complete Permit 8206602 $$$ $1,000
  3. Aug 1982

    Building use: sign.

    Complete Permit 8206603 $$$ $600
  4. Nov 1985

    Install automatic teller machine.

    Complete Permit 8513280 $$$ $5,000
  5. Aug 1989

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 8914617 $$$ $1,000
  6. Aug 1989

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 8914616 $$$ $500
  7. Aug 1989

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 8914618 $$$ $500
  8. Aug 1989

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 8914619 $$$ $100
  9. Nov 1993

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9319811 $$$ $40,530
  10. Jun 1995

    Install fire alarm system.

    Complete Permit 9508650 $$$ $15,935
  11. Sep 1998

    Erect sign.

    Expired Permit 9819471 $$$ $3,500
  12. Oct 2001

    T/i walls finishes minor electrical power relocation minor hvac ductwrk modif new plb fixtures in.

    Expired Permit 200110191276 $$$ $300,000
  13. Feb 2002

    Install new 7' high steel fence with rolling electrical. gate and 3' personnel door to#200110191276.

    Expired Permit 200202209573 $$$ $15,000
  14. Mar 2003

    To renew #200110191276 for final inspection.

    Complete Permit 200303048712 $$$ $1
  15. Mar 2003

    Restripe for handicap parking, revision 200110191276.

    Complete Permit 200303068948 $$$ $500
  16. Jun 2003

    Single-faced electrical wall sign.

    Expired Permit 200306247787 $$$ $3,500
  17. Aug 2004

    Renew#200306247787 for final.

    Complete Permit 200408191967 $$$ $1
  18. Dec 2007

    Install one interior illuminated sign cabinet, "city smith barney", 12 " x 40" x 4".

    Expired Permit 200712120325 $$$ $800
  19. Jul 2008

    Convert storage to ada restroom, one 1/2 bath and break room. all lighting flourscent.

    Complete Permit 200807116565 $$$ $10,000
  20. Oct 2009

    Open 3 new windows. add 2 headers and 4 posts.

    Complete Permit 200910068427 $$$ $5,000
  21. 2010

    Identified in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor but not formally evaluated on a state historic resource form.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  22. Mar 2012

    To erect exterior electric wall sign.

    Complete Permit 201203125841 $$$ $15,000
  23. Mar 2012

    Install 1 illuminated projecting sign for citibank.

    Complete Permit 201203125840 $$$ $3,000
  24. Mar 2012

    To erect 1 illuminated wall sign on building interior for citibank.

    Issued Permit 201203125839 $$$ $2,000
  25. Sep 2013

    T.i. for existing bank, work includes new light cove partitons, floor finishes, laminate, furniture, ada upgrades in parking lot.no mep work.

    Complete Permit 201309106385 $$$ $50,062
  26. Aug 2020

    Barrier removals. several door removals, bathroom modifications.

    Complete Permit 202008051195 $$$ $11,500

DBI holds 26 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 26. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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