500 Golden Gate Avenue

1. 1910

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as an early auto showroom; altered. Designed by Theo. W. Lenzen. An auto showroom designed by Theodore W. Lenzen, and the most notable of the Golden Gate Avenue automobile buildings still standing; it has since been completely altered.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. Aug 1988

   Parapet safety program.

   Expired Permit 8812528 $$$ $10,000
3. Jul 1991

   Install of split system type heat pump for air condition.

   Complete Permit 9112482 $$$ $50,000
4. Sep 1992

   Add/new atms enclose rm for atms.

   Cancelled Permit 9215354 $$$ $8,500
5. May 1993

   Installation of atm.

   Expired Permit 9308910 $$$ $5,800
6. Feb 1994

   New electrical outlets, new millwork, replace window on 2nd.

   Complete Permit 9402658 $$$ $22,100
7. Aug 1997

   Sign.

   Complete Permit 9714850 $$$ $6,300
8. Jun 2000

   Tenant improvement to 1st floor/remodel restroom.

   Complete Permit 200006203096 $$$ $90,000
9. Jul 2002

   Seismic improvement of umb and accessibility upgrades with addition of 1817 sq ft future tenant space on.

   Complete Permit 200207020538 $$$ $1,500,000
10. Nov 2002

    Fully sprinkle basement and 4th floor only total 305 heads basement & 4th floor.

    Issued Permit 200211131315 $$$ $70,000
11. Jan 2003

    Fully sprinkler 3rd floor only tie in to existing riser total 208 heads 3rd floor.

    Issued Permit 200301296169 $$$ $25,000
12. Jun 2003

    Oti-1, 1st floor, el, me, sp.

    Complete Permit 200306126909 $$$ $52,575
13. Sep 2003

    Revision to app #200207020538/new 1 hour corridor in the bsmnt to provide path of travel seperation.

    Issued Permit 200309124592 $$$ $8,000
14. Nov 2003

    Oti-2, 1st floor- el, me, sp.

    Complete Permit 200311079707 $$$ $15,000
15. Jan 2004

    Fully sprinkler 1st & 2nd floors tie into existing 4" riser @ stairs.

    Expired Permit 200401123777 $$$ $30,000
16. Aug 2004

    Relocate interior walls, light fixtures, outlets and switches.

    Complete Permit 200408181888 $$$ $30,000
17. Jul 2007

    Erecta wall single faced replacement mount sign.

    Issued Permit 200707197235 $$$ $8,000
18. Oct 2007

    2 wall signs illuminated on exposed raceway/ east and south elev.

    Issued Permit 200710034448 $$$ $8,800
19. Nov 2007

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 200711148157 $$$ $6,400
20. 2010

    Identified in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor but not formally evaluated on a state historic resource form.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
21. Apr 2014

    Convert existing ground floor office into a fully ada accessible unisex toilet room.

    Issued Permit 201404254259 $$$ $12,000
22. Jun 2014

    1st floor - build out of interior partitions for (1) internal office & (1) networking room. no change of use.

    Complete Permit 201406107949 $$$ $10,000
23. Aug 2014

    Installation of a materials life (not for passenger use) between basement & 1/f. includes framed opening in 1/f structure.

    Issued Permit 201408063133 $$$ $75,000
24. Oct 2014

    Single faced electric sign.

    Complete Permit 201410098490 $$$ $6,800
25. Oct 2014

    Vinyl sign.

    Issued Permit 201410098491 $$$ $6,800
26. Aug 2021

    Patch collapsed portion of concrete plaster wall with new to match scored pattern. lath then apply two coats of cement to match existing building. secure remaining polk street facade with anchor bolts, cut bolt ends to flush and paint to match. fwc job no b21-128 (to comply with report).

    Complete Permit 202108166499 $$$ $12,000

DBI holds 48 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 48. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.