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District 5 · Block 0331, Lot 018 · ZIP 94102

GEDC Family Housing

125 Mason Street

  • Apartment building
  • 13,673 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned C3G
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  1. 2006

    Before the present building, the site was 20,000 square feet of surface parking across three lots with no structures; documented uses here since the mid-19th century had included a Chinese laundry, restaurants, saloons, livery stables and shops.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration, Glide Residential Development Project (Initial Study, Case No. 2002.1077E), 2006.
  2. Aug 2006
    Permit 200608038557 $$$ $33,000,000

    To erect 14 stories of 81 dwelling units.

  3. Aug 2006
    Filed Permit 200608199938 $$$ $33,000,000

    New construction.

  4. Jan 2007
    Permit 200701222230 $$$ $24,000

    Temporary shoring and underpinning along mason street frontage. reference permit application 200608038557s.

  5. Jan 2007
    Permit 200701313021 $$$ $21,750

    Fire protection riser diagram for proposed new building. building does not yet exist.

  6. Apr 2007
    Permit 200704168872 $$$ $24,000

    Temporary tower crane for construction of new 14 story building.

  7. Oct 2007
    Permit 200710125265 $$$ $138,000

    New emergency life safety generator on roof and new fuel oil system riser exposed in 2hr shaft construction.

  8. Feb 2008
    Permit 200802205178 $$$ $75,000

    Design & engineering of exterior building maintenance system (window washing system).

  9. Mar 2008
    Permit 200803046290 $$$ $5,000

    Revision to 200608038557s3, as built revision to 2hr rated fuel pipe shaft per inspector's request.

  10. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807217146 $$$ $1

    Minor revision to app #200608038557 s3 to provide clarification for rescue air shaft enclosure.

  11. Aug 2008
    Permit 200808259958 $$$ $45,000

    Revision to application 200608038557 s-2r-1. repair columns on basement 1st & 2nd floor.

  12. Sep 2008
    Permit 200809222273 $$$ $1,000

    Revision to permit application 2006/08/03/8557 s-6. add magnetic lock at stairway side of east stairwell at roof. locking operation to comply with 2007 cbc section 403.12.

  13. Oct 2008
    Permit 200810204584 $$$ $15,000

    Fire alarm as built revisions to permit application 2006/08/03/8557- s6.

  14. Oct 2008
    Permit 200810204587 $$$ $12,500

    As built mechanical revisions to permit application 2006/08/03/8557-s3 to clarify locations of duct detectors and shaft openings for pressurization.

  15. Mar 2009
    Permit 200903204525 $$$ $75,000

    Revision to 200608038557. remove and replace phenolic resin panels in kind per manufacturers warranty. no additional modifications will be made to the underlying existing building. no changes will be made to the appearance of the building facade.

  16. Jul 2009
    Permit 200907202969 $$$ $1

    Renew permit application 2007/05/23/2094 to obtain final inspection. all work has been completed.

  17. Nov 2009
    Permit 200911060776 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200705232094, all work complete.

  18. Oct 2021
    Permit 202110221025 $$$ $1,404,000

    Emergency repair. water damage repair to insulation, drywall, carpets and paint. drywall to be 5/8" type x. all work will be like for like to restore residences back to original. all drywall to meet fire rating in each area repaired. maintain existing fire-rating, 1-hr. or 2-hrs.

  19. Nov 2023
    Permit 202311301636 $$$ $1

    Fire only work to verify existing sound levels in sleeping areas, compying with sffc section 1103.7.6.1. no ref permit.

  20. Sep 2025
    Filed Permit 202509155257 $$$ $13,000,000

    Convert basement parking to loading zones only; electrification of building heating & water heating systems; upgrading lights to led; convert 3-units to mobility; 2-units to hvi; playground replacement 1/f; selective glazing; accessibility upgrade to comm romm @ 9/f lounge; roofing replacment; building sign.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 3 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

The Music of Language

Mildred Howard's three-dimensional text runs across the Mason Street front — phrases including “Harmony and Kindness” and “Justice Like Water falls”. The city's inventory lists the work as untitled. Howard was born in San Francisco in 1945 and has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and two Rockefeller Bellagio fellowships.

The building was developed as a joint venture of the GLIDE Economic Development Corporation and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.

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