288–290 Golden Gate Avenue

1. 1913

   Built as the Balboa Hotel, stores and rooming house with 40 rooms and 3 baths. Three storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. May 10, 1913

   A builder contracted for all work except oil burning apparatus, hardware, gas and electric fixtures on a three-storey reinforced concrete class C building, at $32,800. Cross streets: NE corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Hyde.

   The San Francisco Call, 10 May 1913, p. 19
3. Sep 1984

   Permit 8409550 $$$ $5,000

   To inspect work made under permit #8302127.

4. Feb 1988

   Permit 8801494 $$$ $4,900

   Provide roof ties to reinforced concrete parapet.

5. Mar 2006

   Permit 200603217175 $$$ $12,000

   Replace a new type 1 hood for the existing type ii hood for a pizza oven, replace a new 3 compartment sink for the existing. adding a new handicap restroom; replace entry doors.

6. Jun 2006

   Permit 200606083563 $$$ $2,250

   Ground floor - install fire suppression system to protect hood, duct and cooking equipments.

7. Jul 2009

   Permit 200907152710 $$$ $10,000

   Complying with nov#200911284. remodeling ground floor apartment including bathroom.

8. Feb 2010

   Issued Permit 201002226908 $$$ $2,800

   Install fire suppression at e restaurant.

9. Oct 2013

   Permit 201310189720 $$$ $1,200

   Installing grab bars in public bathrooms to comply with ordinance 029-13.

10. between 2014 and 2016

    Judi Iranyi photographed the property, showing All Stars Donuts & Burgers at 290 Golden Gate Avenue.

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

    Permit 201411171714 $$$ $1,200

    Complying with nov#201495181 item #16 restoring two treads & risers as orginally built at 1/f stairs to basement.

12. Sep 2017

    Permit 201709290036 $$$ $20,000

    G/f -reconfigure kitchen floor plan. reconfigure customer area floor plan. move non-load partition at kitchen area. upgrade ada bathroom/new accessible counter.

13. Dec 2017

    Permit 201712297609 $$$ $2,200

    Installation of buckeye fire system. t.i. ref app#201709290036. n/a for maher.

14. Jan 2018

    Permit 201801047890 $$$ $6,800

    Installing ceramic floor tile at common hallways.

15. Feb 2018

    Issued Permit 201802080733 $$$ $900

    Reface existing awning. maher na.

16. Feb 2018

    Issued Permit 201802080731 $$$ $800

    Remove existing electrical double sided projecting sign. maher na.

17. Dec 2018

    Permit 201812128155 $$$ $6,500

    Remove existing awning & projecting sign.

18. Dec 2018

    Permit 201812128171 $$$ $6,500

    Install new electric wall sign (himalayan pizza and momo).

19. Jun 2024

    Permit 202406134447 $$$ $350

    Remove e gate at front of 116 hyde st. remove e sign "cloud gift shop".

20. Jun 2024

    Permit 202406134446 $$$ $250

    Remove existing gate at front of 112 hyde st.

21. Sep 2024

    Issued Permit 202409261757 $$$ $168,000

    Complying with nov#2023-04923. fire damage repair in four rooms and adjacent lightwell. no structural damage. remodeling of bathrooms, painting, tiling + replacement. plumbing fixtures in both common areas and guest rooms 2nd & 3rd floors, 15 +/- total.

22. Feb 2025

    Issued Permit 202502251074 $$$ $17,800

    Entry door replacement-replace with matching the existing style with a black aluminum frame, also the window that is above the door. all same size same location.

DBI holds 28 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 28. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.