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District 6 · Block 3753, Lot 145 · ZIP 94107

915–919 Folsom Street

Hotel

  • 4 stories
  • 16,800 ft2
  • 4,500 ft2 lot area
  • 71 rooms
  • 11 bathrooms
  • Zoned RSD
  • Historic resource
  • Sold August 2, 2004
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. October 1971

    The Lifeline Mission hotel was counted among the neighborhood's standard-condition residential hotels, with 42 units and two 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. Jun 1982
    Permit 8204598 $$$ $75

    Building use: hotel.

  4. 1985

    The C. W. Saloon, a bar, opened here in 1985 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. Jun 1990
    Permit 9012428 $$$ $7,000

    Secure parapet wall parapet strengthening.

  6. Nov 2001
    Permit 200111263818 $$$ $33,600

    Install new vinyl windows in existing opens.

  7. Jan 2004
    Permit 200401274936 $$$ $7,500

    Remodel kitchen in managers apt.replace 6 cabinets with like kind, replace receptacles with gpci, replace.

  8. Jan 2011
    Permit 201101248875 $$$ $250,000

    New men's and women's restrooms (accessible). new bar, new interior partitions (non structural). new built in seating new exterior door @ egress path. new prep room, new finishes throughout. establish occupant load.

  9. Jul 2011
    Permit 201107150317 $$$ $5,500

    Adjust existing fire sprinkler heads 11 total.

  10. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204259112 $$$ $5,000

    Install new devices in bar lounge on 1st floor and connect to existing control panel located on 2nd floor.

  11. Nov 2014
    Permit 201411191940 $$$ $430,000

    Underpinning - temporary lateral support of excavation for new construction at 923 folsom. ref permit application 201311202410-s. maher n/a.

  12. Jun 2015
    Permit 201506260098 $$$ $60,000

    T.i. to remove existing decorative finishes, install new display kitchen and bar. n/a for maher. life safety and type 1 hood suppression system to be deferred submittals.

  13. Jul 2015
    Withdrawn Permit 201507313070 $$$ $4,000

    Infill existing lightwell at gr fl.

  14. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510058841 $$$ $4,000

    Revision to app#201505085792. conversion of existing storage to walk in beer fridge. n/a for maher.

  15. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510139442 $$$ $3,000

    Installation of ul300 fire system. ref pa 2015-0626-0098.

  16. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510190101 $$$ $3,000

    Add 5 new fire sprinklers, 8 relocate, 3 existing heads under new t bar ceiling and entry hallway. add one dry pendent head in new cooler on ground floor only per nfpa #13 2013 edition. ref app#201506260098 and 201505085792. n/a for maher.

  17. Nov 2015
    Permit 201511031622 $$$ $38,000

    New type 1 hood in grease duct and fans.

  18. Feb 2016
    Filed Permit 201602250568 $$$ $20,000

    To comply with complaint #bid 201537481 & eid 201587591- modification to an existing t-mobile wireless telecommunications facility consisting of: installation of (6) new panel antennas and (3) new rrus. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  19. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707242708 $$$ $50,000

    Change to entry, revised exit route.

  20. Dec 2017
    Permit 201712227285 $$$ $6,000

    Relocate existing underground piping per nfpa#24. relocate existing riser and main per nfpa#13. n/a for maher.

  21. Jan 2018
    Permit 201801027710 $$$ $10,000

    Revision to 201708242708 to increase scope of work. change entry door(s). remove existing 2 doors and install 1 wood framed glass door and 2 windows, relocate automatic door opener & buttons.

  22. May 2025
    Filed Permit 202505075979 $$$ $70,000

    T-mobile: modify to existing site, install 2 new frp screens, intall 2 new air antennas, install 2 new panel antenna as, install 4 rrus, remove existing antennas, remove existing rrus, please equipment platform, add radio & battery cabinets.

DBI holds 59 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 59. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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