25–35 Kearny Street

1. 1909

   Built.

2. January 15, 1910

   The Baldwin Building: office space on the fifth floor was leased to the Lucerne studio for two years.

   The San Francisco Call, 15 January 1910, p. 16
3. July 30, 1910

   The Levi Strauss Realty Company let the whole second floor of the Baldwin Building to Davis Brothers for five years at $18,000, and fourth-floor offices to Waterhouse, Rosher & Kuhn of New York.

   The San Francisco Call, 30 July 1910, p. 8
4. September 24, 1910

   The Levi Strauss Realty Company let the entire upper floor of the Baldwin Building, 60 by 117 feet, to Steinberger & Kalisher for five years at nearly $14,000, for salesrooms, warerooms and offices.

   The San Francisco Call, 24 September 1910, p. 10
5. December 9, 1911

   Known as the Baldwin Building, owned by the Levi Strauss Realty Company; office space in it was let for five years.

   The San Francisco Call, 9 December 1911, p. 19
6. July 6, 1912

   Space was let to William H. Lent & Co. of New York, wholesale woolens, for six years.

   The San Francisco Call, 6 July 1912, p. 22
7. 1940

   Stein's, photographed here in 1940 as a Streamline Moderne storefront, and since demolished.

   Neighborhood Commercial Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
8. May 1997

   Permit 9708850 $$$ $22,000

   Soft demolition only under this permit.

9. May 2002

   Permit 200205096161 $$$ $38,100

   Demolish aprox.125" of walls, buuild aprox 105" of walls, movf.five doors, install some light switc.

10. Feb 2005

    Permit 200502074918 $$$ $122,000

    New walls, new doors, new restrooms, new lighting, no structural.

11. Aug 2005

    Issued Permit 200508019107 $$$ $25,000

    Demolish existing brick non bearing wall and replacew/storefront aluminum, replace mezzanine windows.

12. Jul 2006

    Issued Permit 200607257468 $$$ $85,500

    Tenant improvement of partial grd & 2nd floor to create business space for a walk-in & appt. cosmetic treatment facility. work on site to include addition of partition walls to divide tenant area.

13. Jan 2018

    Issued Permit 201801199074 $$$ $35,000

    Minor permit to alter. change storefront, add (1) exhaus louver, ada doors & signage program.

14. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806121622 $$$ $40,000

    1/f: interior tenant improvement for cafe with less than 49 occupancy.

15. Sep 2018

    Withdrawn Permit 201809119662 $$$ $60,000

    New ada bathrooms/new storefront & doors, lights & hvac.

16. Mar 2019

    Permit 201903276333 $$$ $90,000

    1st floor, build out kitchen and dining area, build out basement prep kitchen, dishwasher, storage and restroom.

17. Jul 2020

    Permit 202007019491 $$$ $987,000

    2/f & 3/f: interior renovation to approximately 8, 352 sq ft. of business space. scope includes demolition of interior partitions, ceilings, lighting, plumbing and hvac. construction of interior partitions, ceilings, lighting, plumbing hvac and architectural finishes.

18. Aug 2021

    Permit 202108055870 $$$ $15,000

    Rev to permit application 202007019491 floors 2nd & 3rd: existing conditions in restroom area required some changes to restrooms. adding hvac to rooms 312 and 313.

19. Jan 2025

    Permit 202501087963 $$$ $222,800

    4th, 5th, and 6th floor; furnish and install 6 heatpumps and 4 coils with associated ductwork and refrigerant line sets.

DBI holds 77 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 77. 14 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.