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District 3 · Block 0619, Lot 005 · ZIP 94109

1701–1703 Polk Street

19-unit apartment building

  • 3 stories
  • 15,750 ft2
  • 5,649 ft2 lot area
  • 51 rooms
  • 14 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned POLK
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  1. December 14, 1906

    Ramsden, Griffith & Co. contracted to put up a three-storey frame building of stores and apartments, at $24,600.

    The San Francisco Call, 14 December 1906, p. 15
  2. 1907

    Built.

  3. Sep 1981
    Permit 8108693 $$$ $450

    Sign - erect.

  4. Feb 1982
    Permit 8201156 $$$ $900

    Sign - erect.

  5. Jun 1982
    Permit 8204527 $$$ $500

    Building use: coml/apts.

  6. Sep 1984
    Permit 8409969 $$$ $5,000

    Install new aluminum store front, t-bar, ceiling. painting.

  7. Mar 1988
    Permit 8803738 $$$ $9,500

    Add interior partition wall, replace alum windows, add door.

  8. Jul 1988
    Permit 8810219 $$$ $1,100

    Install a new canvas awning over store front.

  9. Sep 1989
    Permit 8917957 $$$ $7,500

    Install roof bracing to parapet wall.

  10. Aug 1993
    Permit 9314503 $$$ $5,000

    T.i. retail. constr new acoustic ceiling & display counter.

  11. Nov 1993
    Permit 9319544 $$$ $1

    Handicap path of travel hardship. re. 9314503.

  12. May 2000
    Permit 9924298 $$$ $1

    Work under construction revision to permit application 9825695s.

  13. Nov 2000
    Permit 200011155823 $$$ $6,700

    Install new fire alarm system.

  14. Dec 2002
    Permit 200212113255 $$$ $1,500

    To comply accessible exterior landing threshold.

  15. Feb 2015
    Permit 201502239047 $$$ $2,500

    Common area - like for like voluntary fire alarm replacement. replace exist control unit with new at the same location, replace exist 6 smokes & 1 pull station with new at the same location. tie-in exist 2 bells to new unit. n/a maher ordinance.

  16. Sep 2016
    Permit 201609208296 $$$ $95,040

    Soft story retrofit sfbc 34b, 2012 iebc app a4 rational design. ref#2016-1216-5180. total buulding floor area 15, 750 sq ft. residential portion.

  17. Dec 2016
    Issued Permit 201612165180 $$$ $24,000

    Ref pa: 201609208296: soft stroy upgrade: update existing bathroom to ada at existing retail/storage space. total building floor area (15, 750 sq ft.) commercial portion.

  18. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804247273 $$$ $8,000

    One unit: replace kitchen cabinets and counter tops. replace bathroom tiles, vanity and toilet. maher n/a.

  19. Jun 2018
    Permit 201806273184 $$$ $1

    Revise ba # 201804247273, one unit. address correction.

  20. Apr 2019
    Issued Permit 201904117711 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 201612165180. update ada entrances.

  21. Nov 2025
    Permit 202511189906 $$$ $32,740

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1 to meet 75db in all sleeping areas.

  22. Feb 2026
    Permit 202602266622 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work performed under permit application 202009234766. all work is complete.

  23. Sep 2026
    Filed Permit 202609288721 $$$ $120,000

    Change of occupancy from m to b. remodel existing tenant space to be a drink shop. modify existing electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems per building, and health department requirements.

DBI holds 33 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 33. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired permits are not shown.

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