1001 Polk Street

1. 1912

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. The survey dates the work to 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. Dec 1991

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

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

   Final hook up of ansul fire system.

   Complete Permit 9124346 $$$ $1,350
4. Apr 1997

   Construct new 1-hr rated partition, 2-20 min doors & paitn.

   Expired Permit 9707555 $$$ $3,500
5. Aug 1997

   Reroofing.

   Expired Permit 9716097 $$$ $52,000
6. Mar 1998

   Build new partition.

   Complete Permit 9803984 $$$ $19,500
7. Aug 1999

   Installing heating & ventilation, new duct work, fr duct.

   Expired Permit 9916305 $$$ $10,000
8. Jun 2001

   Interior improvement @ 1st, 3rd & 4th fls: basemt-storagetm to meeting space, lounge inot offices. 1s.

   Expired Permit 200106141617 $$$ $200,000
9. Sep 2001

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

   Complete Permit 200109188540 $$$ $2,810
10. Jun 2003

    Install new fire alarm system.

    Expired Permit 200306207325 $$$ $90,000
11. Sep 2003

    Waterproofing sidewalk over basement.

    Complete Permit 200309265933 $$$ $42,000
12. Jan 2004

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

    Issued Permit 200401214524 $$$ $15,000
13. Jan 2007

    Install 1 horn/strobe, relocate 2 strobes (2nd floor).

    Expired Permit 200701020800 $$$ $2,500
14. Jan 2007

    Tenant improvment, relocate 5 fire sprinklers, 2nd floor.

    Expired Permit 200701292768 $$$ $2,500
15. Feb 2007

    Correct address on plan previously approved #200701292768.

    Cancelled Permit 200702134001 $$$ $2,500
16. Apr 2007

    Renovation of existing respite space at 2nd floor to provide 2 additional offices, reconfiguration of bed area for men and women. addition of accessible sink at hall for staff use. no change in # of beds/capacity. mechanical and electrical under seperate permit.

    Expired Permit 200704138686 $$$ $82,000
17. Mar 2009

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

    Issued Permit 200903204527 $$$ $4,000
18. 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
19. Jan 2011

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201101138343 $$$ $99,870
20. Sep 2011

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

    Complete Permit 201109073981 $$$ $240,466
21. Jan 2012

    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.

    Complete Permit 201201041680 $$$ $70,000
22. Jul 2015

    Shoring and underpinning.

    Complete Permit 201507101186 $$$ $473,000
23. Aug 2018

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

    Complete Permit 201808248244 $$$ $20,000
24. Oct 2022

    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.

    Complete Permit 202210194651 $$$ $3,100,000
25. Jul 2023

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

    Complete Permit 202307121971 $$$ $110,000
26. Feb 2025

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

    Complete Permit 202502130239 $$$ $70,000
27. Mar 2025

    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).

    Complete Permit 202503101924 $$$ $12,720

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.