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District 6 · Block 3725, Lot 025 · ZIP 94103

185–193 Sixth Street

7-unit apartment building

  • 2 stories
  • 15,360 ft2
  • 8,400 ft2 lot area
  • 47 rooms
  • 11 bathrooms
  • Zoned RSD
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. 1907

    A residential hotel of 1907, typical of the single-room-occupancy houses put up south of Market in the wake of the earthquake and fire.

    988 Howard Street final mitigated negative declaration, SF Planning Dept., 2004
  3. January 20, 1907

    John Daniel contracted for grading and bulkheading the lot for the Cornahrens Company, at $2,125.

    The San Francisco Call, 20 January 1907, p. 55
  4. Mar 1986
    Permit 8603638 $$$ $12,500

    Parapet.

  5. 1989

    Bindlestiff Studio opened here in 1989 as an experimental theatre; by 1997 it had become one of the first venues in the country dedicated to Filipino performing arts. The building was demolished in 2005 and the company returned to a new multi-use building on the same site in 2011.

    San Francisco Filipino Heritage: Addendum to the South of Market Historic Context Statement, 2013
  6. Oct 1989
    Permit 8919143 $$$ $14,800

    Re - roofing.

  7. Aug 1995
    Permit 9513069 $$$ $33,000

    Umb seismic hazard reduction.

  8. Aug 2000
    Permit 200008168083 $$$ $40,000

    One-stop, instll 5 wireless communication cabinets & 6 pcs antennas on the roof.

  9. Feb 2003
    Permit 200302036579 $$$ $100,000

    Installation of hardwired smoke detectors, gate & interior fence alteration.

  10. Mar 2003
    Permit 200303139641 $$$ $80,000

    Install sprinkler system throughout comply with sprinkler ordinance 170-02.

  11. May 2003
    Permit 200305215221 $$$ $11,500,000

    New construction.

  12. Sep 2004
    Permit 200409174463 $$$ $160,000

    Watted dry stand pipes, new automatic sprinkler system for enire structure.

  13. Oct 2004
    Permit 200410055912 $$$ $60,000

    Install conduit, wiring, detection & notification devices, fire alarm panel & annunciator panel.

  14. Nov 2004
    Permit 200411018183 $$$ $80,000

    For buidinga 9 story concrete structure, erecting a tower crane "as built" to permit application 2003/05/21/5221.

  15. Feb 2005
    Permit 200502155565 $$$ $12,500

    Defered submittal for stair review. stair are design build. stair review was a plan check comment to.

  16. Mar 2005
    Permit 200503117307 $$$ $65,000

    Revision to app #200305215221s1 for approved bsmnt mat foundation due to existing conditions changes.

  17. May 2006
    Permit 200605091187 $$$ $125,000

    The project consists install& operation antenna's & associated equipment cabinets for sprint spectrum's personal communication services wireless telecommunications network. total of 4 equipment cabinets & 3 antennas with the appropriate cables & conduit are proposed at this site.

  18. Sep 2007
    Issued Permit 200709122502 $$$ $75,000

    T.i. of ground floor space, to create new bank, offices, storage. 1st time tenant. sprinkler & fire alarm under seperate permit. storefront envelope & mechanical hvac seperate permit.

  19. Oct 2008
    Permit 200810315651 $$$ $20,000

    Revision to appl #200709122502 to relocate atm machine to be at the exteropr wall setback 3'-0" from the property line. also mechanical electrical & plumbing tenant improvements are included.

  20. Dec 2009
    Permit 200912032547 $$$ $347,500

    Tenant improvement of 1st floor & basement fo the plaza apts for a 99-sear black-box theater with support spaces consisting of: 1st floor- lobby, office, basement-lobby, restrooms, green room, black box performance space, tech, booth, dressing room & storage. note: see fire comments below.

  21. Apr 2010
    Permit 201004150333 $$$ $80,000

    Remove and replace exterior wood veneer panels as part of manufacturer warranty work. replacement in-kind & color pattern on panels to remain the same.

  22. May 2010
    Issued Permit 201005273384 $$$ $75,000

    Tenant improvement. add new non structural walls. 20 electrical & plumbing per plans. install type ii hood. install lighting. equipment, fixtures & finishes necessary to produce subway sandwich store.

  23. 2011

    Bindlestiff Studio: one of the Filipino-related organizations and institutions active in the Central SoMa Plan area.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  24. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102230797 $$$ $4,000

    Drop existing sprinkler heads on new ceiling total 20 heads at ground floor subway restaurant.

  25. Mar 2018
    Permit 201803234494 $$$ $12,000

    Sprint - r&r existing antenna add 3 new rru maher na.

  26. Jul 2022
    Permit 202207279377 $$$ $135,000

    Dish wireless: install 5new antennas, 10new rrus, 1new platform, 1new cabinet, 2new batteries.

  27. Nov 2022
    Permit 202211015681 $$$ $20,000

    Sprint/t-mobile decommission and removal. removing coax and cables, ice bridge, antennas, rru's, cabinets.

DBI holds 50 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 50. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 2 cancelled permits are not shown.

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