South of Market/Gene Friend Recreation Center

1. 1913

   Built.

2. 1968

   The Gas Station, a bar, occupied this address from 1968 to 1970.

   Damon Scott for the Friends of 1800, Sexing the City: The Development of Sexual Identity Based Subcultures in San Francisco, 1933–1979, historic context statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 2004
3. 1970

   The Round-Up, a bar, occupied this address from 1970 to 1978.

   Damon Scott for the Friends of 1800, Sexing the City: The Development of Sexual Identity Based Subcultures in San Francisco, 1933–1979, historic context statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 2004
4. 1979

   The Watering Hole, a bar, occupied this address from 1979 to 1984. The site became a playground.

   Damon Scott for the Friends of 1800, Sexing the City: The Development of Sexual Identity Based Subcultures in San Francisco, 1933–1979, historic context statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 2004
5. 1990

   The South of Market/Gene Friend Recreation Center was built in 1990 and became the main recreational facility for the neighbourhood's Filipino young people.

   San Francisco Filipino Heritage: Addendum to the South of Market Historic Context Statement, 2013
6. Feb 2024

   Permit 202402236444 $$$ $230,200

   Priority processing ab-004*** to demolish a type v, 1-story recreation building. (new construction under permit application 202212168587).

7. Jul 2026

   Issued Permit 202607295767 $$$ $1

   Administrative permit to establish occupancy load as follow up to dbi site 202212168587 (an ab-004 city priority project).

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 1 expired permit is not shown.