An iconic stretch of Fillmore Street in the Lower Haight will soon look a little different. Plans are in place to demolish Upper Playground's FIFTY24SF Gallery (228 Fillmore St.), building housing in its place.

A proposal filed with the Planning Department on Monday states that the current one-story building would be demolished. In its place, a three-story mixed-use building would be constructed, with commercial space on the first level. The building would contain three dwelling units, with an open shared yard in the back. 

Carbonell Architecture, the designer for the proposed new building, did not respond to a request for renderings. The firm specializes in residential properties, designing both interior and exterior spaces.

At first glance, this might seem like a blow to Upper Playground, but co-founder and owner Adam Krohn has a positive attitude about the change. The gallery's current building is in pretty bad shape, he said. "It's super old and falling apart. They're just rebuilding it so it doesn't fall into the ground."

Real estate company Co-RI, which also owns the neighboring Upper Playground building, sold 228 Fillmore last year to Lower Haight Ventures. The building was constructed in 1900, and Krohn said it was once a feed store for livestock. Before FIFTY24SF moved in, it was a furniture upholstery shop.

Krohn says a verbal agreement has been made, and FIFTY24SF will be able to move back into the ground floor of the new building once it's complete. In the meantime, they'll be condensing their products into Upper Playground's space. "It's going to be a hiccup, but it's okay," Krohn told us. 

The documents filed with Planning for 228 Fillmore are still in the preliminary stage, and no dates for construction have been set. For now, it's still business as usual at FIFTY24SF's original space—we'll let you know if and when that changes.