Columbus Avenue
Named in the records1907–2026
836 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1907–2026: 609 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 227 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 836: 609 Board decisions, 227 facts from city reports
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- 1907–2026
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 836 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 550 (see also 100-120 Columbus Avenue) · built year: 1907 | building | City report: Jackson Square scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | Fong Building · built year: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | Fong Building (John G. Ils Hotel) · built year: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | John G. Ils Hotel · built year: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | John G. Ils Hotel · built year: Constructed: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | Fong Building · built year: built in 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | John G. Ils Hotel · built year: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | John G. Ils Hotel · built year: Constructed: 1910 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Stockton Street rail line being built, Market to Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Stockton Street line being built from Market Street to Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Colombo Building · built year: 1913 | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1915-04-05 | Municipal Railway bond funds appropriated for Stockton, Columbus and Fort Mason extensions, a Church Street appraisal and a car barn skylight, adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1920-11-17 | The Board passed an ordinance ordering a sanitary sewer built in Beach Street from Polk Street to Columbus Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924 | 501 building, side of 42 Columbus Avenue · built year: 1924 | building | City report: Jackson Square scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-06-10 | City to sell a lot at Jackson Street and Columbus Avenue; passed first reading only | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-06-24 | City approves sale of lot at Jackson Street and Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941 | Side of 42 Columbus Avenue metal building · built year: 1941 | building | City report: Jackson Square scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-15 | City approves a month-to-month lease of ground-floor space at 114 Columbus Avenue for a Disaster Corps warden office. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-11-14 | Board passed for second reading a $40,000 (≈ $502,896 in 2026 dollars) appropriation to buy North Beach land for a branch library. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-08-29 | Upper-floor shops near Columbus Avenue allowed over Planning's refusal | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-09-06 | No environmental harm found in the Columbus Avenue rezoning | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984 | Colombo Building · event: Landmark nomination never acted upon by City Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors | event | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-05-07 | Chestnut Court condos at 950 Columbus Avenue approved, units sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-05-29 | North Beach housing conservation area to widen along Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-01-07 | New banks to be barred on eighteen blocks near Columbus Avenue | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Chinatown Historic District · other: Columbus Avenue and Kearny Street excluded from district | site | City report: Chinatown : preliminary policy and zoning recommendations : for discussion at community forums on Chinatown planning and rezoning study scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District · rezoned: Broadway neighborhood commercial district extends along Broadway from west of Columbus Avenue to slightly east of Osgood Place | measure | City report: Report on neighborhood commercial rezoning scanned page ↗ |
| 1996 | Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue Project Site A · units: 15-story residential tower with 104 units for low-income residents | project | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1996 | Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue Project Site B · alternative: 94-ft.-tall, ten-story residential building containing 70 units and 9,900 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space | alternative | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1996 | Columbo Building · other: Landmarks Board decided not to recommend landmark status on a close vote | event | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | No Project Alternative A2 (previously approved Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue Project) · approved: Demolition permit issued for Colombo Building; eight-story office or seven-story residential building approved on Lots 4 and 5 | alternative | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Residential scheme on Lots 4 and 5 (Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue Project) · units: 46 market-rate housing units | measure | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Chinatown/North Beach Campus project site, 53-55 Columbus Avenue · acquired: Assessor's Block 195, Lot 12 | site | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Fong Building · demolished: demolition of the Fong Building | action | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | CCSF Chinatown/North Beach Campus · proposes: acquire site at 620 Washington Street, 630 Washington Street, and 53-55 Columbus Avenue | project | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Fong Building · demolished: would be demolished as part of proposed CCSF project | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Colombo Building · other: corner rotunda on first floor stuccoed over and filled in with glass blocks | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Old Transamerica Building · other: City Landmark | property_record | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : draft environmental impact report scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Kearny Street / Columbus Avenue Project · proposes: demolition of the Colombo Building and construction of new structures | project | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Fong Building · finding: DEIR finds demolition not a significant environmental effect (disputed by commenter) | finding | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Columbus Avenue entry block to Chinatown/North Beach · finding: Columbo and Fong Buildings demolition to be considered cumulatively; replaced by massive institutional building | site | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Jackson Square Historic District · finding: proposed tall and massive building would be out of character with the low rise Jackson Square Historic District | finding | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Colombo Building · demolished: proposed demolition by the project | building | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Colombo Building demolition permit · other: appeal filed by Heritage with Board of Permit Appeals | event | City report: City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach campus : comments and responses scanned page ↗ |
| 1999-06-14 | Street artists moved off Hyde Street get spaces near Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-07-09 | Peskin's amended ordinance would designate City Lights Bookstore at 261-271 Columbus Avenue as a city landmark; passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-07-09 | City Lights Bookstore at 261-271 Columbus Avenue was passed on first reading, as amended, as Landmark No. 228. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-07-16 | City Lights Bookstore at 261-271 Columbus Avenue was designated Landmark No. 228, passed as Ordinance 167-01. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-07-16 | Landmark status taken up for 261-271 Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Resolution setting the location of a Chilean American plaque at the Sentinel Building was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-08-05 | Proposed landmark designation of the Drexler Colombo Building at 1-21 Columbus Avenue passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-08-12 | Columbus Avenue building named a city landmark. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-08-12 | The Drexler/Colombo Building at 1-21 Columbus Avenue and 612-624 Washington Street was made a city landmark. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-08-12 | Landmark status proposed for the Drexler/Colombo Building on Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2004-10-26 | Condos at 807 Columbus Avenue can now be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-05-19 | Supervisor Chiu's ordinance allowing cooperative housing at 53 Columbus Avenue under an amended seismic loan passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011 | Plan to close a Mason Street block for library and playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011-06-14 | Part of Mason Street closed to build library and playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011-08-02 | 21 co-op homes approved at 49-55 Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2014-06-24 | Solar project at the North Beach Branch Library passes first reading | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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