150–160 9th Street

1. 1908

   Built.

2. October 1971

   The El Dorado residential hotel was counted among the neighborhood's standard-condition residential hotels, with 60 units and five vacancies recorded.

   URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
3. circa 1975 to 1985

   The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property.

   Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
4. 1976

   The Golden Rivet, a bar, occupied this address from 1976 to 1980.

   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. 1981

   The Web, a bar, occupied this address in 1981.

   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
6. 1982

   The Rivet, a bar, occupied this address from 1982 to 1983. It was also known as the Golden Rivet.

   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
7. Mar 1982

   Permit 8202228 $$$ $1,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

8. 1984

   The Bullet, a bar, occupied this address in 1984.

   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
9. Sep 1991

   Permit 9117026 $$$ $2,500

   Remove approx. 100 ft stucco, repair dry rot damage re stucco.

10. Feb 1993

    Permit 9302470 $$$ $45,000

    Tenant improvement to ground floor space - office use.

11. Jul 1993

    Permit 9312502 $$$ $600

    Install an extension of the eisting fire alarm.

12. Nov 2002

    Permit 200211070976 $$$ $70,000

    Repair sheetrock due to fire damage.cmly pid 200225360 & dad 200006484.replace 6window, patch roof, skyli.

13. May 2003

    Permit 200305205026 $$$ $11,300

    Revise approval app#200103073649 to add ventilation system to food preparation area per inspectors i.

14. Apr 2006

    Permit 200604270145 $$$ $1,000

    Cut one opening for new door3'0"x6'-8" between two separate spaces ownedd by same non profit and within same building, located at g/f, 20% upgrade at restroom door.

15. May 2013

    Permit 201305288007 $$$ $870

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 only. installation of grab bars in sro at the following location.

16. Apr 2019

    Issued Permit 201904299163 $$$ $250,000

    New siding @ washburn elevation, move electrical meters and main, new accessibility upgrades. no structural work. no vertical or horizontal addition.

17. Sep 2020

    Permit 202009124058 $$$ $330,000

    Seismic strengthening measures to comply with sq ft soft story ordinance. no vertical or horizontal addition. no change of use.

18. May 2023

    Issued Permit 202305026865 $$$ $9,000,000

    Mayor dir 13-01. 100% affordable housing. comprehensive alterations, upgrades, & repairs to existing el dorado res. hotel/existing sro 4-story 57 units to increase to 62 residential public housing sleeping units.

19. Jun 2024

    Filed Permit 202406033514 $$$ $175,000

    Retrofit existing fire sprinkler systen. install all new sprinkler heads and control valves at all floors.

20. Jan 2025

    Issued Permit 202501249008 $$$ $85,000

    Exterior siding repairs at washburn street elevation: interior wood framing repairs for existing walls and joists from gound fl. to roof(unit stack x 20, x21, x22) and interior finishes repairs. all other gray out scope of work on plans under seperate approved permit application #202305026865.

21. Jun 2025

    Permit 202506178896 $$$ $70,000

    Reroofing single ply roofing. flashings/ coping metal. sri=16min (no hot work).

22. Oct 2025

    Issued Permit 202510308506 $$$ $5,400

    12 evacuation paln maps -basment, 1/f, 2/f, 3/f & 4/f for fire review only. ref #202305026865.

23. Jan 2026

    Permit 202512313116 $$$ $50

    Fire only: install emergency responder radio coverage system.

DBI holds 34 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 34. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.