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District 3 · Block 0644, Lot 016 · ZIP 94109

1538–1544 Polk Street

Hotel

  • 3 stories
  • 14,160 ft2
  • 4,720 ft2 lot area
  • 4 residential units
  • 42 rooms
  • 16 bathrooms
  • Zoned POLK
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. 1962

    Gramaphone Records opened here in 1962.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  3. October 1971

    The Shirley hotel at 1544 Polk Street was operating as a residential hotel, its 37 units showing 1 vacancy.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  4. Apr 1984
    Permit 8403350 $$$ $11,875

    Install eighty-seven aluminum windows in existing frames.

  5. Mar 1986
    Permit 8603600 $$$ $15,000

    Install dry cleaning store.

  6. May 1990
    Permit 9009841 $$$ $5,000

    Parapet reinforcement.

  7. Jan 1997
    Permit 9700345 $$$ $3,550

    Ex. ramp to be retopped with groves add handrails bolt siding.

  8. Mar 1997
    Permit 9704857 $$$ $1

    Revision to 9700343 for douh.

  9. Jul 2001
    Permit 200107113409 $$$ $70,000

    Seismic retrofit gen procedure install steel frames foundations & wall anchors and diap[hragm.

  10. Aug 2001
    Permit 200108025144 $$$ $2,000

    Repair rear stairs, ( exterior), nov 200115632.

  11. Nov 2012
    Permit 201211073709 $$$ $40,000

    T.i. work remodel toilet room, interior partition for foot care.

  12. Jun 2013
    Permit 201306149643 $$$ $2,200

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 only. to install 4 grab bars on 1st floor and 8 grab bars on 2nd floor.

  13. Nov 2014
    Permit 201411071008 $$$ $8,000

    Abate nov #201405072, legalize laundry area, employee waiting area, supply storage room, and equipment storage room.

  14. Apr 2022
    Permit 202204222834 $$$ $3,000

    Ada door operator installation. abe #202209164497.

  15. Dec 2022
    Permit 202212158457 $$$ $3,000

    To comply with the accessible business entrance program abe #202209164499. 1) new ada push bottom to the main business entrance. 2) replace door threshold witth max 1/2" height.

  16. Dec 2022
    Issued Permit 202212158461 $$$ $3,000

    To comply with the accessible business entrance program abe #202209164498. 1) replace door threshold witth max 1/2" height. 2) new 1: 20 slope ramp. 3) new ada push bottom to the main business entrance.

  17. Dec 2022
    Issued Permit 202212158464 $$$ $3,000

    To comply with the accessible business entrance program abe #202209214500. ada entrance apply for technical infeasibility.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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