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District 3 · Block 0694, Lot 004 · ZIP 94109

1001 Polk Street

1-unit apartment building

  • 4 stories
  • 37,125 ft2
  • 9,900 ft2 lot area
  • 12 rooms
  • 10 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1912

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. Dated 1912–1913. Designed by John Galen Howard as the Pierce-Arrow factory branch. It was the finest of the showrooms built away from Van Ness Avenue, and sold Pierce-Arrow and Reo cars into the 1930s.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. 1913

    Built by Jesse D. Hannah.

  3. Dec 1991
    Permit 9122583 $$$ $1,610

    Furnish & install 1 ansul r-102 (3) gal wet chemical system.

  4. Dec 1991
    Permit 9124346 $$$ $1,350

    Final hook up of ansul fire system.

  5. Mar 1998
    Permit 9803984 $$$ $19,500

    Build new partition.

  6. Sep 2001
    Permit 200109188540 $$$ $2,810

    6 new sprinkler heads (3 heads in basement, 3 heads on 1/fl.).

  7. Sep 2003
    Permit 200309265933 $$$ $42,000

    Waterproofing sidewalk over basement.

  8. Jan 2004
    Issued Permit 200401214524 $$$ $15,000

    Tie in elevator lobby smoke detectors for elevator recall, basement, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & roof will be se.

  9. Mar 2009
    Issued Permit 200903204527 $$$ $4,000

    Upgrade the automatic fire suppression system to the kitchen hood, using ansul ul300 wet chemical.fire alarm connection separate permit.

  10. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1, 2 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  11. Jan 2011
    Permit 201101138343 $$$ $99,870

    Reroofing.

  12. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109073981 $$$ $240,466

    Remove and replace 80 ton chiller. remove and replace economizer control dampers to control energy effeciency.

  13. Jan 2012
    Permit 201201041680 $$$ $70,000

    Revise scope of work for 201109073981. remove and replace chw piping, remove and replace existing electrical disconnect with new, remove and replace existing chw dump with new.

  14. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507101186 $$$ $473,000

    Shoring and underpinning.

  15. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808248244 $$$ $20,000

    Installation of caltrans 1-a pole foundation over existing sub sidwalk basement.

  16. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210194651 $$$ $3,100,000

    Partial replacement of the hvac system. existing ductwork to be re-used unless noted in the drawings. new fans and vav boxes controlled by co2 sensors. demolition and replacement in kind of rooftop fan penthouse walls and roof. minor structural repair of the structural slab under the geary, polk and cedar.

  17. Jul 2023
    Permit 202307121971 $$$ $110,000

    Application of liquid applied traffic coating at geary, polk, and cedar st. sidewalks.

  18. Feb 2025
    Permit 202502130239 $$$ $70,000

    Rev to permit #2022-1019-4651: new fire dampers added at new duct route.

  19. Mar 2025
    Permit 202503101924 $$$ $12,720

    Level 2 and roof - fire alarm ti; adding 1 duct detector, 2 relay modules; 1 smoke detector to existing notifier nfs-640 fire alarm system. ref permit application 202210194651, 202502130239 (resubmitted mechanical).

DBI holds 31 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 31. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 9 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1913; this address is recorded as built 1912.

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