500–516 Ellis Street

1. 1910

   Built as the Waldorf Apartments, apartment building with 76 rooms and 44 baths, to the design of the architect William Helbing. Five storeys over a basement, steel and brick structure with terra cotta trim and galvanized iron cornice, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. March 18, 1911

   Newly built; its store and basement at No. 504 Ellis were let for two years. Site as recorded: Store 504 Ellis Street, in the new building at the corner of Ellis and Leavenworth streets.

   The San Francisco Call, 18 March 1911, p. 18
3. 1930

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
4. Jan 1983

   Permit 8300173 $$$ $5,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Jan 1985

   Permit 8500289 $$$ $11,300

   Parapet reinforcement.

6. Apr 1992

   Permit 9206552 $$$ $39,900

   New sheetrock on ceiling, patch holes in wall.

7. Dec 1997

   Permit 9725793 $$$ $96,000

   Seismic retrofit - special procedure.

8. Jun 2003

   Issued Permit 200306177317 $$$ $20,000

   Reroofing.

9. Feb 2013

   Issued Permit 201302260972 $$$ $12,000

   Work on one unit - remodel kitchen and 1 bathroom in kind. no lighting change.

10. Dec 2013

    Issued Permit 201312194624 $$$ $72,000

    Three units - kitchen and bathrooms remodels; to comply with cec150(k) 8 & 10.

11. between 2014 and 2016

    Judi Iranyi photographed the property, then Amigo's Market.

    Judi Iranyi Photographs of the Tenderloin (SFP 179), San Francisco Public Library
12. Nov 2014

    Permit 201411242362 $$$ $18,000

    One unit -remove existing demolition debris, install cabinets in kitchen and bath, reuse tub, install plumbing and electrical to new unit. paint apartment, install pergo or redo hardwood. maher na.

13. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708023632 $$$ $15,000

    One unit: new kitchen cabinet, floor tiles, hardwood floor, new shower wall tiles, toilet, paint unit kitchen and bath.

14. Oct 2017

    Issued Permit 201710050479 $$$ $15,000

    One unit: replace kitchen counter tops & cabinets, retile bathroom, floor only, replace vanity & toilets. (tub to remain, no rough plumbing work).

15. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803194015 $$$ $39,650

    Reroofing.

16. Sep 2019

    Permit 201909202282 $$$ $35,000

    #407 - convert existing kitchen to bedroom, convert closet to kitchen. rehabilitate existing bathroom, install with d.

17. Sep 2019

    Permit 201909202280 $$$ $25,000

    #302 - convert existing kitchen to bedroom, convert closet to kitchen. rehabilitate existing bathroom, install with d.

18. Oct 2019

    Permit 201910023370 $$$ $33,000

    One unit - rehabilitate existing bathroom & kitchen. install washer and dryer.

19. Oct 2019

    Permit 201910235397 $$$ $22,000

    One unit: rehabilitate existing kitchen (approx 56 sq ft.), rehab existing bathroom (approx 40 sq ft.), install washer/ventless dryer under kitchen counter.

20. Oct 2019

    Issued Permit 201910295838 $$$ $40,000

    Upgrade existing fire alarm to comply with sffc 1103.7.6.1 and nfpa 72.

21. Jun 2021

    Permit 202106102078 $$$ $30,000

    One unit - rehab 1 kitchen & 1 bathroom in-kind. no structural.

22. Jul 2025

    Permit 202507171041 $$$ $115,000

    Scope is epoxy fill cracks, concrete face, and repair mortar joints on masonry.

DBI holds 51 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 51. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.