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Commission backs landmark recommendation for 447 Battery with narrower character-defining features
Summary
After owner opposition and extended deliberation, the Commission voted 5–1 to recommend landmarking the Jones Thierbach Coffee Company building at 447 Battery Street but removed the listing of the building’s 3‑story height and rectangular footprint as a character-defining feature.
The Historic Preservation Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider landmark designation for 447 Battery Street (the Jones Thierbach Coffee Company building), while modifying the draft ordinance to remove the 3‑story height and roughly rectangular footprint from the list of character‑defining features. Planning staff outlined the building’s 1907 origins, association with San Francisco’s coffee industry and surviving heavy‑timber interior construction, and recommended…
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