The two-story, 14,773 square-foot building was designed in 1924 by architect Artur Brown Jr. It has been empty since the federal government moved<\/a> the Social Security offices to 3140 16th Street.<\/p>\n The project, which is being designed by a local architecture firm specializing in historic buildings, Page & Turnbull<\/a>, would uncover the building\u2019s skylight and preserve a historical bank vault and door in the basement, as well as wall finishes in the building\u2019s lobby area that were built more than 100 years ago.<\/p>\n The plan would also replace most of a street-level parking lot behind the building with an outdoor garden, with space for bicycle parking.\u00a0<\/p>\n The second floor would have a stage, assembly and general entertainment area.\u00a0<\/p>\n In response to the proposal, the Planning Department asked the applicants for more information about the scope of the project, according to a department spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eileen Rinaldi, president of the Valencia Merchants Association and owner of Ritual Coffee, which sits a block away from the site, described the proposal as \u201cpromising \u2014 unless it\u2019s formula retail.\u201d Valencia Street merchants have successfully<\/a> fought off attempts by chain stores<\/a> to open on the commercial corridor in the past.<\/p>\n Page & Turnbull declined to comment on the project. The attorney and firms representing the owner have yet to respond to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear if the proposal would need to go in front of the planning commission.<\/p>\n The building is one of several former Hibernia bank locations in San Francisco. The Mid-Market branch, at 1 Jones St., fell into disrepair<\/a> before being renovated and subdivided<\/a>, and then revamped again into a venue for weddings, corporate events<\/a>, and the occasional EDM show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mission District\u2019s former Social Security office housed at the historic Hibernia Bank, which closed in 2022, may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[387,101,103,102,69371,104,106,105,583],"class_list":["post-136120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-business","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-san-francisco-planning-department","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-valencia-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"First](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/social-4-853x640.jpg\")
The design proposed for the first floor of the former Social Security building at 22nd and Valencia streets. Image courtesy of Page & Turnbull and the Brodie Group. <\/p>\n![\"Second](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/social-3-853x640.jpg\")
The design proposed for the second floor of the former Social Security building at 22nd and Valencia streets. Image courtesy of Page & Turnbull and the Brodie Group. <\/p>\n