447–453 O'Farrell Street

1. 1912

   Built.

2. 1922

   Built as the Wilchar Apartments, apartment building with 32 1- and 2-room units, to the design of the architects O'Brien Brothers. Five storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Gothic ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
3. Jul 2008

   Issued Permit 200807257709 $$$ $2,180

   Remove and replace non electric, double faced sign.

4. Jan 2013

   Permit 201301147945 $$$ $7,500

   Replace drywall on ceiling in kind, all work on ground level retail space for painting purpose. maintain 1-hr between residential & commercial.

5. Aug 2013

   Permit 201308224963 $$$ $40,000

   Demolition existing interior commercial space-remodel space for new art gallery, new accessbile nathroom & access ramp. new operable front entrace door.

6. Nov 2019

   Permit 201911066590 $$$ $18,000

   One unit: add connections for stacked ventless washer and dry to existing closet.

7. Dec 2019

   Permit 201912199993 $$$ $10,000

   Construction of new accessible single occupancy restroom in existing retail space.

8. Sep 2020

   Issued Permit 202009043458 $$$ $36,000

   One unit - rehab kitchen & bathroom; replace washer & dryer.

9. Oct 2021

   Permit 202110019678 $$$ $15,000

   One unit: remove & replace kitchen countertops. add washer/dryer combo under kitchen countertops. no walls will be removed. no cabinet replacement, no replacemne to of existing appliances.

10. Nov 2021

    Permit 202111152440 $$$ $30,000

    Tenant improvements to convert the limited restaurant use to general grocery sales use and to combine 2 tenant spaces at 451 and 453 o'farrell into one tenant space with the removal of non-structural partitions separating them, relocate existing plumbing fixtures and add shelving and ref.

11. Nov 2021

    Permit 202111192808 $$$ $20,000

    One unit: remove & replace kitchen cabinets. paint & finish flooring.no wall ateration.

12. Dec 2021

    Permit 202112013444 $$$ $28,000

    One unit: convert existing closet nook, rehab existing kitchen and bathrom. install washer and dryer.

13. Jun 2022

    Issued Permit 202206096024 $$$ $2,000

    One unit: painted sign install 1 non-electric, single faced wall sign. "wallys community market".

14. Sep 2024

    Permit 202409090306 $$$ $10,000

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffd 1103.7.6.1.

15. Oct 2024

    Permit 202410072396 $$$ $10,000

    One unit: rebuild bath room shower in kind, shower work only.

DBI holds 32 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 32. 12 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.