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District 2 · Block 0575, Lot 003 · ZIP 94109

2101–2107 Van Ness Avenue

Office building

  • 4 stories
  • 27,257 ft2
  • 10,296 ft2 lot area
  • 58 residential units
  • 186 rooms
  • 23 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Sold January 31, 2014
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  1. 1910

    Built.

  2. April 10, 1910

    L. C. Mueller contracted for brick and masonry work on four-storey and basement brick apartments.

    The San Francisco Call, 10 April 1910, p. 55
  3. 1965

    The Center for Special Problems opened here in 1965 under the San Francisco Department of Public Health, supporting transgender people with discussion groups, counselling and hormone prescriptions and issuing identity cards signed by a public health doctor that matched a person's gender identity; it reportedly hired the first openly gay city employee. Identified as potentially eligible for landmark designation.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  4. May 1984
    Permit 8405339 $$$ $17,500

    Remodel.

  5. Nov 1990
    Permit 9023140 $$$ $21,000

    Parapet reinforcing.

  6. Nov 1994
    Permit 9419712 $$$ $2,250

    Install a new awning over storefront entrance.

  7. Dec 1994
    Permit 9420927 $$$ $1,300

    Install hood and duct fire-suppression system.

  8. Jan 1997
    Permit 9700294 $$$ $200,000

    Seismic upgrading.

  9. Sep 2002
    Permit 200209055712 $$$ $13,000

    Disabled access upgrades to entry as per nov #200225838.

  10. Jul 2007
    Permit 200707096298 $$$ $2,000

    Sheds removed epr order see attached n.o.v. #hearing ntoes 200565508 dated 12-21-05.

  11. Apr 2014
    Permit 201404284333 $$$ $3,000

    Upgrade of existing fire suppression system and installation of ul300 system.

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 9 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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