1301 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1911

   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 1911–1912.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1912

   Designed by Cunningham and Politeo in their preferred Art Nouveau manner, for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. A long expanse of prism glass survives on the Fern Street side. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's San Francisco factory branch, 1912–1917, taking half the first storey and all of the second; the rest of the building was divided into small auto showrooms. Goodyear left in 1917 to sell through local dealers instead.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
3. Jan 1982

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8200151 $$$ $15,000
4. Feb 1982

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8201352 $$$ $50,000
5. Jun 1982

   Building use: office.

   Complete Permit 8205290 $$$ $160,000
6. Oct 1982

   Building use: office.

   Complete Permit 8208098 $$$ $35,000
7. Mar 1983

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8301716 $$$ $45,000
8. May 1983

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Expired Permit 8303996 $$$ $45,000
9. Jul 1983

   Completion of lacker rooms inc. installation wood, floor.

   Complete Permit 8306970 $$$ $30,000
10. Jun 1992

    T/i demolition structural flooring sym new parti handicap bathroom.

    Complete Permit 9209822 $$$ $131,000
11. Apr 1995

    Expansion of existingretail store into existingvacant space, stairs, etc.

    Expired Permit 9504916 $$$ $75,000
12. May 1995

    Install 2 furnace b and 2 condensing units plus duct work.

    Complete Permit 9507121 $$$ $30,000
13. Nov 1997

    Ti-new electrical, new doors, frames & hardware; new partition.

    Complete Permit 9723807 $$$ $23,950
14. Nov 2000

    Minor alterations interior only to existing gym and health club add men's & women's sauna no structk.

    Cancelled Permit 200011226427 $$$ $30,000
15. Feb 2001

    New handicapped accessible ramp @ entry door, remove existing interior walls, build new office walls.

    Expired Permit 200102202483 $$$ $95,087
16. May 2006

    Frame interior walls. dry wall. ele lights plugs. plumbing, mechanical. paint. install racking. exterior roof hatch & elevator shaft vent.

    Complete Permit 200605101248 $$$ $289,000
17. Aug 2006

    Install fire sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 200608280755 $$$ $31,000
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 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
19. Jul 2013

    Tenant improvement @ back of the building, remove existing loading ramp & install new platform, stairs & scissor lift, remove existing single occupied restrooms, office & breakroom & install new multi occupied restrooms, office, storage & breakroom.

    Issued Permit 201307031118 $$$ $150,000
20. Jul 2013

    Add 100 new sprinkler heads to existing system at 2nd floor. ref permit application 201307031118.

    Complete Permit 201307161972 $$$ $18,000
21. Sep 2013

    Tenant improvement. sale area expansion, new hvac & condensing units. new ramp & stairs, new lighting in expansion space.

    Complete Permit 201309096287 $$$ $400,000
22. Sep 2013

    T.i. for a furniture store, no structural work. mechanical & plumbing to be design build, lighting & electrical included. new entry door @ rear, not visable from street.

    Withdrawn Permit 201309096285 $$$ $125,000
23. Sep 2013

    Revision to appl #2013.07.13.1118 - relocate stairs, replace lift with fork lift, relocate drinking fountain, reduce existing loading dock & add new main door.

    Issued Permit 201309187135 $$$ $20,000
24. Jan 2014

    Tenant improvement project with no structural work.

    Complete Permit 201401176579 $$$ $125,000
25. Apr 2014

    Expand existing sprinkler system into adjacent space. install 92 new sprinklers. ref app#201401317519.

    Complete Permit 201404153247 $$$ $15,000
26. Apr 2014

    Minor plumbing and mechanical. drinking fountain, ductwork for tenant improvement.

    Complete Permit 201404294478 $$$ $20,000
27. May 2014

    Extend existing fire alarm system. 4 module, 4 relays and 23 notification. remove and relocate existing manual pull (1) and annunciator (1).

    Issued Permit 201405196157 $$$ $15,934
28. Sep 2020

    Security improvement to an existing 19, 246 sq ft retail tenant. work limited to the replacement of an existing glazed door at sutter facade with new hollow metal door and new rolling security door at internal stairs per plans. **maher n/a**.

    Cancelled Permit 202009265087 $$$ $20,000

DBI holds 72 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 72. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.