500 Golden Gate Avenue

1. 1910

   Built.

2. 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
3. July 13, 1910

   Kiernan & O'Brien and Standard electrical construction company contracted for sewering, plumbing, electrical work and elevator work on a three-storey and basement brick building.

   The San Francisco Call, 13 July 1910, p. 13
4. Jul 1991

   Permit 9112482 $$$ $50,000

   Install of split system type heat pump for air condition.

5. Feb 1994

   Permit 9402658 $$$ $22,100

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

6. Aug 1997

   Permit 9714850 $$$ $6,300

   Sign.

7. Jun 2000

   Permit 200006203096 $$$ $90,000

   Tenant improvement to 1st floor/remodel restroom.

8. Jul 2002

   Permit 200207020538 $$$ $1,500,000

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

9. Nov 2002

   Issued Permit 200211131315 $$$ $70,000

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

10. Jan 2003

    Issued Permit 200301296169 $$$ $25,000

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

11. Jun 2003

    Permit 200306126909 $$$ $52,575

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

12. Sep 2003

    Issued Permit 200309124592 $$$ $8,000

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

13. Nov 2003

    Permit 200311079707 $$$ $15,000

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

14. Aug 2004

    Permit 200408181888 $$$ $30,000

    Relocate interior walls, light fixtures, outlets and switches.

15. Jul 2007

    Issued Permit 200707197235 $$$ $8,000

    Erecta wall single faced replacement mount sign.

16. Oct 2007

    Issued Permit 200710034448 $$$ $8,800

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

17. Nov 2007

    Issued Permit 200711148157 $$$ $6,400

    Reroofing.

18. 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
19. Apr 2014

    Issued Permit 201404254259 $$$ $12,000

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

20. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406107949 $$$ $10,000

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

21. Aug 2014

    Issued Permit 201408063133 $$$ $75,000

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

22. Oct 2014

    Permit 201410098490 $$$ $6,800

    Single faced electric sign.

23. Oct 2014

    Issued Permit 201410098491 $$$ $6,800

    Vinyl sign.

24. Aug 2021

    Permit 202108166499 $$$ $12,000

    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).

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. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.