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District 6 · Block 3725, Lot 026 · ZIP 94103

Alden Hotel

169–183 Sixth Street

  • Hotel
  • 5 stories
  • 26,125 ft2
  • 5,625 ft2 lot area
  • 6 residential units
  • 133 rooms
  • 12 bathrooms
  • Zoned RSD
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1912

    Built.

  2. May 19, 1912

    Western Planing mill, R. D. Felt, C. S. Amsler, H. L. Petersen and Peterson-James company contracted to put up five-storey and basement rooms and stores, at $22,237.

    The San Francisco Call, 19 May 1912, p. 79
  3. Dec 1987
    Permit 8717764 $$$ $9,500

    Parapet reinforcement.

  4. Oct 1997
    Permit 9720433 $$$ $3,000

    Repair fire damage room at 4th floor & roof area.

  5. Aug 1998
    Permit 9815710 $$$ $5,000

    Repair fire damage two units.

  6. Nov 2002
    Permit 200211222158 $$$ $3,600

    Repair fire damaged one room drywall, ceiling, window and sink.

  7. Sep 2004
    Issued Permit 200409224862 $$$ $12,100

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ord#170-02. (addition to app#200301316405 bsmnt &.

  8. Feb 2005
    Permit 200502095196 $$$ $65,000

    Replace all windows with double dual glazed vinyl in kind.new windows set back 2". comply nov.

  9. Aug 2005
    Permit 200508170562 $$$ $150,000

    Non structural work- converting four rooms to common bathrms also remodeling of all (.

  10. Oct 2005
    Issued Permit 200510316966 $$$ $18,000

    Glass replacement on lobby 6th street side and natoma.

  11. Dec 2005
    Issued Permit 200512190653 $$$ $40,000

    Replace lath and plaster at lobby and retail spaces with 5/8 " type x gypsum board also replacing of glazing at front. adding/construct new accessible bathrooms demolition old bathrooms, no structural work.

  12. Jan 2006
    Permit 200601172304 $$$ $9,500

    Replacing door to roof & ground floor exit door also replacing of galvanized sheet metal at five existing garbage rooms.

  13. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712039422 $$$ $250,000

    Office tenant improvement on ground floor. new partition walls, mechanical, electrical, plumbing., accessible path of travel and restrooms. minor store front revision. fire sprinkler under separate permit.

  14. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712039427 $$$ $150,000

    Ground floor - office tenant improvement on ground floor. partition walls, new mechanical, electrical, plumbing finoshes, accessible path of travel and bathroom. minor store front revision. fire sprinkler under separate permit.

  15. Jun 2008
    Permit 200806043619 $$$ $13,200

    Relocate 18 sprinklers heads & add 11 new heads to existing fire sprinkler system.

  16. Feb 2009
    Permit 200902242734 $$$ $5,000

    Erect (2) non-electrical double faced projecting signs.

  17. Jan 2012
    Permit 201201122145 $$$ $5,000

    Drywall repair caused by water damaged. approx. 600 sq ft. ground floor area only.

  18. Apr 2013
    Permit 201304265611 $$$ $3,000

    New aluminum framing & glass at existing security counter.

  19. Oct 2018
    Permit 201810254162 $$$ $1,650

    To replace (3) bathroom windows, waterproof, dispose of old windows to comply with nov # 201876652 item 2.

  20. Sep 2022
    Permit 202209283343 $$$ $4,000

    Install new sheetrock on water damage common area stairwell and hallways walls and ceilings. (partial repair wall total 210 sq ft and ceiling 36 sq ft) 2nd floor to 5th floor.

  21. August 28, 2026

    Advocates fear Hospitality House closure is part of larger pattern — San Francisco Examiner

DBI holds 38 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 38. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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