201–205 9th Street

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

   Permit 8404601 $$$ $4,000

   Installation of awning.

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. Sep 1997

   Permit 9717087 $$$ $97,966

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

6. Oct 1997

   Permit 9721209 $$$ $2,450

   Relocate & add fire sprinkler.

7. Oct 1997

   Permit 9721441 $$$ $35,000

   Vertical addition.

8. Mar 2001

   Permit 200103093934 $$$ $12,000

   Reroofing.

9. May 2007

   Issued Permit 200705161447 $$$ $10,000

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

10. May 2013

    Permit 201305287967 $$$ $16,800

    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.

11. Sep 2013

    Issued Permit 201309197270 $$$ $100,000

    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.

12. Dec 2015

    Permit 201512225719 $$$ $50,000

    To renew permit application 201309197270for remainder of work.

13. Mar 2016

    Permit 201603010891 $$$ $34,000

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

14. Mar 2016

    Permit 201603101756 $$$ $10,000

    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.

15. Jun 2016

    Withdrawn Permit 201606149975 $$$ $60,000

    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.

16. May 2019

    Permit 201905291930 $$$ $200,000

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

17. May 2019

    Permit 201905291933 $$$ $15,000

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

18. Aug 2019

    Permit 201908128558 $$$ $1,500

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

19. Mar 2021

    Permit 202103156564 $$$ $1,000

    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.

20. Mar 2026

    Issued Permit 202603177768 $$$ $90,000

    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.

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. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.