900–924 Geary Street

1. 1909

   Built as the Hotel Toronto, stores and rooming house with 41 rooms and 8 baths. Three storeys over a basement, brick structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. June 10, 1909

   George F. Bernard contracted for plumbing and gas fitting on a three-storey class C building, at $2,783.

   The San Francisco Call, 10 June 1909, p. 17
3. Oct 1985

   Permit 8511936 $$$ $3,800

   Bring into compliance.

4. Dec 1988

   Permit 8819616 $$$ $8,750

   Renew store front, change new door, re-arange wahsers/dryers.

5. Sep 1989

   Permit 8917954 $$$ $15,000

   Parapet bracing work file #2578 and 2579.

6. Mar 1990

   Permit 9004540 $$$ $10,000

   Parapet bracing.

7. Sep 1999

   Permit 9920199 $$$ $100,000

   Fire damage repair on roof to stop leak from rain.

8. Dec 2001

   Permit 200112064727 $$$ $4,000

   Install new front store (door and glass sheet window.

9. Aug 2002

   Issued Permit M21539 $$$ $10,000

   Street space.

10. Feb 2003

    Issued Permit 200302107150 $$$ $8,000

    Install the fire sprinkler system per s.f ordinance#170-02.

11. Mar 2003

    Issued Permit 200303190195 $$$ $60,000

    Remodeling hc toilet, dining room, kitchen; electrical & mechanical work under separate permit.

12. May 2003

    Issued Permit 200305275528 $$$ $3,000

    Relocate existing bth toilet and door to comply h.c./revise app #200304283271.

13. Jun 2003

    Permit 200306126908 $$$ $25,000

    Reinstall 22 laundry washers & 14 dryers in existing laundry.

14. Jun 2007

    Issued Permit 200706184242 $$$ $15,000

    New storefront.

15. Oct 2010

    Issued Permit 201010122737 $$$ $4,500

    Install fire suppression system to protect hood, duct, plenum & cooking equipments under the hood.

16. Apr 2014

    Permit 201404213758 $$$ $800

    Bathroom grab bars, to comply with nov #201454441 dated 2/27/2014. all floors, 15 bathrooms.

17. Nov 2015

    Permit 201511021463 $$$ $8,000

    Reroofing.

18. Mar 2025

    Permit 202503273155 $$$ $10,800

    Replace front glass in kind, replace ceramic tile in kind, paint, replace lights fixtures, drain cover and replace front door in kind.

DBI holds 42 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 42. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.