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District 3 · Block 0327, Lot 018 · ZIP 94102

165 O'Farrell Street

Office building

  • 6 stories
  • 27,640 ft2
  • 4,125 ft2 lot area
  • 85 rooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold September 23, 2010
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  1. 1908

    Built.

  2. 1955–1970s

    The Daughters of Bilitis, founded in San Francisco in 1955 as the first lesbian social and political organisation in the United States, kept an office here. The organisation published the monthly journal The Ladder from the city.

    Damon Scott for the Friends of 1800, Sexing the City: The Development of Sexual Identity Based Subcultures in San Francisco, 1933–1979, historic context statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 2004
  3. Nov 1986
    Permit 8614609 $$$ $900

    Fabricate & install awning.

  4. Jun 1990
    Permit 9010958 $$$ $14,000

    Fire alarm for entire building magnetic door hodlers.

  5. Feb 2011
    Issued Permit 201102100015 $$$ $1,500,000

    To complete work and obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200710105004.

  6. Aug 2011
    Issued Permit 201108303605 $$$ $100,000

    Revision to permit#200408050763 & 200710105004. modification to floor. plan stairs, elevator shaft, structural modification, toilets. upgrading existing building. from type 3b to type 1a. replace windows in-kind. windows at west property line adjacent window shall be closed.

  7. Nov 2015
    Permit 201511203222 $$$ $3,055,000

    T.i. of existing basement, 1/f-6/f into 4 food facilities: (1) bakery, (2) bistro restaurant, (3) bar & (4) fine dining restaurant. scope of work includes new accessibile restrooms, new stair, new partitions, new kitchen and new dining areas throughout. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  8. Dec 2016
    Permit 201612064219 $$$ $200,000

    Exterior modifications to existing storefront and all existing front exterior windows. replace trim at all existing rear windows. t.i under separate permit #201511203222.

  9. Mar 2017
    Withdrawn Permit 201703060728 $$$ $3,055,000

    Provide mep for t.i. of existing basement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 6th floors into 4 food facilities: 1) bakery, 2) bistro restaurant, 3) bar, & fine dining restaurant. nw accesible restrooms, nw kchn, & nw dining area. ref app#201511203222. n/a for maher.

  10. Sep 2017
    Permit 201709056858 $$$ $288,325

    Tenant improvement of basement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th floor. install fire sprinklers. ** maher: n/a **.

  11. Nov 2017
    Issued Permit 201711012850 $$$ $100,000

    Installation of a new fire alarm systmem and two-way communication sys to restaurant. provide new devices that will be connected to the new fire alarm control unit intelligent loop. includes errcs panel (errcs system under sep permit. reference #201511203222, 201807053798, 201802131141, 201712227.

  12. Jan 2018
    Permit 201801047804 $$$ $45,000

    Furnish and install: one (1) ansul r-102 fire system in the kitchen on the ground fl, four (4) r-102 fire systems in the kitchen on the 2nd fl, one (1) ansul r-102 fire systems in the kitchen on 3rd fl, & three (3) ansul r-102 fire systems in the kitchen on the 6th fl. maher na.

  13. May 2018
    Permit 201805017926 $$$ $90,000

    Install new transformer vault in existing sidewalk sub-basement. infill existing subsidewalk basement throughout. ref permit application 201511203222 for change of use.

  14. Sep 2018
    Permit 201809211112 $$$ $50,000

    Installation of emergency responder radio coverage system. maher n/a.

  15. Nov 2018
    Issued Permit 201811054999 $$$ $56,000

    Install electric projecting double faced sign "one 65".

  16. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106092055 $$$ $20,000

    To replace bda head end unit as well as the roof errcs antenna to comply with sq ft frequencies. all other components remain unchanged.

  17. Jan 2024
    Permit 202401194289 $$$ $23,500

    Decommission existing fire escape in link to previous approved t.i. # 201511203222. fire escape landings to be open. interior signage to be added at each fire escape access point. "this is not an exit.".

DBI holds 58 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 58. 16 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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