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201–205 9th Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Hotel
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RCD
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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11,180 sq ftBuilding area
2,800 sq ftLot area
36Rooms · 10 baths
  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. March 1966

    The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property, then the Phillips Hotel.

    Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
  3. May 1984

    Installation of awning.

    Complete Permit 8404601 $$$ $4,000
  4. 1991

    Cocktails, also known as The Pit, a bar, opened here in 1991 and traded into the early 1990s.

    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. Nov 1991

    Repair water damage in ceiling.

    Expired Permit 9121264 $$$ $3,500
  6. Jul 1997

    Comply with hid complaint #199707351 & #199603000.

    Expired Permit 9713461 $$$ $6,000
  7. Sep 1997

    Remodel existing club & basemnt disco, upgrade 1st floor, electrical, finish.

    Complete Permit 9717087 $$$ $97,966
  8. Oct 1997

    Relocate & add fire sprinkler.

    Complete Permit 9721209 $$$ $2,450
  9. Oct 1997

    Vertical addition.

    Complete Permit 9721441 $$$ $35,000
  10. Jun 2000

    Install awning along howard & 9th st sides of buiilding.

    Expired Permit 200006021666 $$$ $3,900
  11. Mar 2001

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200103093934 $$$ $12,000
  12. Oct 2003

    Tear out of existing fire sprinklers system in kchn exhuast hood & upgradeing it to ul 300 ansul wet.

    Expired Permit 200310177800 $$$ $3,000
  13. Nov 2003

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ord. #170-02.

    Expired Permit 200311210801 $$$ $11,200
  14. Apr 2005

    Restore fire damaged hotel room. replace activated sprinklers. repair electrical.

    Expired Permit 200504069277 $$$ $12,000
  15. May 2007

    Replacing existing exhaust hood in kitchen (1st floor). comply with nov# 200236439 (hid). comply with nov# 200670921 (hid).

    Issued Permit 200705161447 $$$ $10,000
  16. Jan 2009

    Remove and replace old umts micro cabinets with new 3518 micro cabinets, install 2 rru's remote radio units, install one new 111 foot x 1 1/4 coax cable, install one new fiber cable, back up battery pack, no new electrical & reuse existing diplexers & jumper cables.

    Cancelled Permit 200901291083 $$$ $8,000
  17. May 2013

    Voluntary panel replacement with new alarm system. ifp 100 unit on the 2nd floor. install notification devices in every room and througout. install new 10 smokes and 1 pull station. install modules to monitor existing waterflow and ansul system.

    Complete Permit 201305287967 $$$ $16,800
  18. Sep 2013

    This permit is for all rooms. replace doors. install floors over existing, patch sheet rock, replace existing conduit & replace with romex behind walls. paint. minimum 1-3/4" forty five minute fire rated doors. to comply with his nov's 200236439, 201244401, 201313221, 201314151.

    Issued Permit 201309197270 $$$ $100,000
  19. Dec 2015

    To renew permit application 201309197270for remainder of work.

    Complete Permit 201512225719 $$$ $50,000
  20. Mar 2016

    Remove doors in 33 rooms and change to commercial 20 minute fire rated doors as required by code.

    Complete Permit 201603010891 $$$ $34,000
  21. Mar 2016

    Repair existing tile work and fixtures in all restrooms (4) shower rooms + (4) toilet rooms. existing plumbing to remain. replace existing fans, grab bars etc. all in kind. n/a maher ord. 155-13.

    Complete Permit 201603101756 $$$ $10,000
  22. Jun 2016

    Interior work to add (10) bathrooms to existing rooms. new non-bearing walls, pocket door, and plumbing fixtures, new light and exhaust fan, no structural; maher n/a.

    Withdrawn Permit 201606149975 $$$ $60,000
  23. May 2019

    Soft-story upgrade per sfebc chapter 4d. design criteria from cebc appendix chapter a4. residential. ref commercial soft-story permit application 201905291933.

    Complete Permit 201905291930 $$$ $200,000
  24. May 2019

    Soft-story upgrade per sfebc chapter 4d. design criteria from cebc appendix chapter a4. commercial. ref residential soft-story permit application 201905291930.

    Complete Permit 201905291933 $$$ $15,000
  25. Aug 2019

    Stair repair less than 50% repair. repair in-kind. to comply with nov #201956201 number 2. rear stairs on north side.

    Complete Permit 201908128558 $$$ $1,500
  26. Mar 2021

    As-builts. cut existing sprinkler pipes to allow installation of new w12x96 moment frame with w16x77 columns. reinstall sprinkler piping and connect to existing system ref. soft-story permits 2019-0529-1930 & 2020-0714-0128.

    Complete Permit 202103156564 $$$ $1,000
  27. Mar 2026

    Basement: n) walk-in cooler at existing storage room. new changing room/dry storage. 1st/f: n) power door operators at existing restrooms & restroom accessibility upgrades, new accessible counter at bar, new bench seating area & dj area.

    Issued Permit 202603177768 $$$ $90,000

DBI holds 52 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 52. 8 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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