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District 2 · Block 0647, Lot 001 · ZIP 94109

1595 Van Ness Avenue

Store building

  • 4 stories
  • 36,000 ft2
  • 8,036 ft2 lot area
  • 12 rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1913

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. Designed by M. J. Lyon for a Buick dealership. Its opening was reported as the latest move of the city's leading dealers to the upper end of the avenue. Built for Buick sales; a Ford dealership has since moved back into the building.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Apr 1982
    Permit 8202547 $$$ $35,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  3. Jan 1987
    Permit 8701279 $$$ $20,000

    Addition of double automated teller machine.

  4. Jan 1992
    Permit 9201220 $$$ $25,000

    New partition.

  5. Sep 1992
    Permit 9216450 $$$ $15,800

    Reroofing.

  6. May 2007
    Permit 200705211871 $$$ $400,000

    Facade improvements, interior improvements. site improvements.

  7. Jul 2007
    Permit 200707318222 $$$ $45,000

    Ref: permit application 2007/05/21/1871 for t.i. soft demolition. removal of cabinets, counters, carpets, ceiling tile etc. no construction work to done until t.i. permit issued.

  8. Oct 2007
    Permit 200710246326 $$$ $61,800

    Install a new fier sprinkler system for the entire building. install 309 sprinkler heads.

  9. Nov 2007
    Permit 200711299261 $$$ $25,000

    Installation of a new fire alarm system for renovated building. new fire alarm control panel, new remote annunciator and new audial/visual devices.

  10. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712059657 $$$ $12,339

    5 new signs # 1- wall sign 14.46 sq ft. # 2 wall sign 49.74 sq ft. # 4 projecting sign 25.31 sq ft. # 6 projecting sign 144.00 sq ft.

  11. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712059662 $$$ $12,339

    3 new signs: #4 projecting sign, 25.31 sq ft. #5 projecting sign 25.31 sq ft. #6 projecting sign 25.31 sq ft. ( on california st.).

  12. Feb 2008
    Permit 200802205156 $$$ $26,000

    Revised plans for structural sidewalk over sub-basement, revision to permit application 2007/05/21/1871.

  13. 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 2.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  14. Feb 2011
    Issued Permit 201102019429 $$$ $6,000

    Provide anchorage for four car lifts and one alignment rack for an existing parking structure. total 5 lifts on 3rd floor for service for existing dealership. (permit for instalation of 5 existing lifts relocated from other address).

  15. Dec 2011
    Issued Permit 201112130579 $$$ $45,000

    Refer to permit application 2007-0918-2912-install 4th floor automotive equipment to existing automotive showroom/dealership.

  16. Nov 2013
    Issued Permit 201311182133 $$$ $30,000

    Revision to permit application 201307192253. installation of vinyle covers (9) signs on existing structure via "rivets" screws. no electrical work because we are only changing the faces (covers). use same thickness vinyl panels as original.

  17. Jun 2014
    Issued Permit 201406279837 $$$ $120,000

    Remodel of existing auto showroom on ground floor, to include gypsum board ceilings, floor finishes & non structural partitions.

  18. Jun 2018
    Issued Permit 201806071327 $$$ $1,800

    Install 1 electric "san francisco honda" single faced wall sign; individual letters.

  19. Jun 2018
    Issued Permit 201806071325 $$$ $1,200

    Install 1 electric "honda" single faced wall sign; individual letters.

  20. Aug 2018
    Issued Permit 201808036386 $$$ $2,000

    To erect electrical one double face illiuminated sign (honda).

  21. Aug 2025
    Permit 202508153134 $$$ $100,000

    Reroofing: main flat roof. removing flat roof down to workable surface. install a new 3-ply bur in-kind. not hot works.

DBI holds 42 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 42. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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