1220–1232 Market Street

1. 1907

   Built.

2. 1955–1970s

   The San Francisco chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian social and political organisation in the United States, kept an office here.

   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. Apr 1986

   Permit 8604333 $$$ $10,000

   Originally 1230 market & 29 grove went as one store.

4. Jun 1986

   Permit 8607304 $$$ $15,000

   See attached drawing - open common wall between food.

5. Oct 1986

   Issued Permit 8613241 $$$ $2,500

   Installing & relocating sprinkler hds.

6. Oct 1986

   Permit 8613273 $$$ $60,000

   Remodel existing vacent shop into deli with limited seating.

7. May 1990

   Permit 9010405 $$$ $5,000

   Build a 8'0 high partition wall, patch up floor tile.

8. Feb 1998

   Permit 9801849 $$$ $79,000

   Umb retrofit, roof & floor anchors.

9. Oct 2007

   Permit 200710175656 $$$ $26,000

   Relocate food preparation area, hot water heater, dishwasher, sinks and walk-in cooler to the next room. create larger sitting area for the restaurant.

10. May 2009

    Permit 200905148361 $$$ $4,000

    Upgrade automatic fire suppression system for cooking hood using range guard ul-300, 2-5 gallon system.

11. Jun 2016

    Permit 201606099485 $$$ $150,000

    Tenant improvement for new bar and restaurant.

12. Oct 2016

    Permit 201610140360 $$$ $24,000

    Ada restroom barrier removal work.

13. Dec 2016

    Issued Permit 201612134831 $$$ $4,300

    Install a fire system in a kitchen hood ref#2016 0609 9485.

14. Jan 2017

    Permit 201701257853 $$$ $2,570

    Relocate 1 pendent, add 2 pendent and 1 upright supplied by existing shell system, plug one pendent and remove unused fire protection pipe to accomodate t.i. with new walls aand ceiling in the bathroom only. no riser work. no underground. ref app#201610140360.

15. Feb 2017

    Permit 201702149361 $$$ $50,000

    Non compliant hood replacement, new hvac work, new ada counter at existing counter, new opening in load bearing wall for security.

16. Mar 2017

    Permit 201703010353 $$$ $4,980

    Install a ul 300 fire system in existing hood 201702149361.

17. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806071264 $$$ $10,000

    Install electric single-faced wall sign "sam's american eatery.".

18. Oct 2018

    Issued Permit 201810244005 $$$ $6,000

    Repair existing broken security gate & instlal new security gate, same size & finish.

19. Aug 2022

    Permit 202208231122 $$$ $80,000

    Address complaint #202294599: restaurant tenant improvement.

20. Dec 2022

    Permit 202212017470 $$$ $4,000

    Add 9 new fire sprinklers heads for t.i. ref ti permit 202208231122.

21. Oct 2025

    Issued Permit 202510318707 $$$ $4,000

    Install electric projecting double faced sign (haru).

DBI holds 37 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 37. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.