SAN FRANCISCO | 340-350 Fremont Street | 440 FT / 134 M | 40 FLOORS

[simms3_redux]

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Nov%20Construction%202014/IMG_7442_zps72ac93ad.jpg (http://s916.photobucket.com/user/jsimms3/media/Nov%20Construction%202014/IMG_7442_zps72ac93ad.jpg.html)

[Smashing Alligator]

12/13/2014

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9c67/860t3h51q6n16c2zg.jpg

[simms3_redux]

Above ground level...I think this has risen pretty fast actually.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SF%20Construction/SF%20Construction%20Dec%2014/340Fremont_zpsa4b34829.jpg

[simms3_redux]

Official height confirmed to be 440'0" from mid-block elevation. Means +/- depending on where you're standing.

http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcpackets/340%20Fremont%20St%20-%20Informational%20Presentation.pdf

[cmak]

http://i.imgur.com/7gT7V54l.jpg (http://imgur.com/7gT7V54)

[simms3_redux]

This is several floors up now. Walked by yesterday. Look for it to really start shooting up in March like 399 Fremont did starting about September of last year.

[mt_climber13]

Wow, didn't realize this one was going to be so tall!

[viewguysf]

Wow, didn't realize this one was going to be so tall!

Yes--the drive in on the Bay Bridge is going to be a knock out soon!

[timbad]

terrible pic, but you can at least get the idea of the current status of its bulk and height

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7651/16141164813_58b5465aa8_b.jpg

[viewguysf]

Here is 340-350 on the left with the 375 portion of 399 on the right, with a very booming Fremont Street.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8689/16554581307_462b4f8378_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rdSygD)IMG_4756 (https://flic.kr/p/rdSygD) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr

340-350 front:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7601/16554580867_346f413b08_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rdSy94)IMG_4757 (https://flic.kr/p/rdSy94) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr

back:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8698/16574303698_4c973d2e30_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rfBD3S)IMG_4761 (https://flic.kr/p/rfBD3S) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr

and in the larger context from the back:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16760865152_e6af064792_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rx6PgE)IMG_4764 (https://flic.kr/p/rx6PgE) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8729/16141996143_5249bc85f0_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qApX5k)IMG_4765 (https://flic.kr/p/qApX5k) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr

[AndrewK]

Here is 340-350 on the left with the 375 portion of 399 on the right, with a very booming Fremont Street.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8689/16554581307_462b4f8378_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rdSygD)IMG_4756 (https://flic.kr/p/rdSygD) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/people/31792645@N05/), on Flickr


Pretty amazing to compare this shot to a 2009 Google Streetview from the same spot:

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.787065,-122.392434,3a,37.5y,311.52h,94.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s2fVG7WcHtVO-DrcJx0KqOg!2e0!6m1!1e1

[viewguysf]

Pretty amazing to compare this shot to a 2009 Google Streetview from the same spot

I'll say! Just think how much more so it will be when this tower is completed, the 25 story highrise is built in the last remaining space on the right in this block, and 181 plus Salesforce are in the view! That will be a phenomenal change in less than a decade.

[mt_climber13]

And the terminal snaking its way through everything.

But it Needs trees and foilage.

Lots and lots of trees!!

[viewguysf]

But it Needs trees and foliage. Lots and lots of trees!!

Fremont will be a great candidate for the street makeover program being done in many parts of the City--sidewalks with bulb outs and amenities, great streetlights, new traffic signals, and a well planed tree scape from Market all the way to the top.

[simms3_redux]

3/15/15

Making significant progress. I can see on Salesforce webcam now, and from my office in the North Financial District. Looking to start shooting up. Will be my single personal source of construction entertainment in the city now that other projects are topped out. Maybe 181 Fremont, too if that starts showing significant progress. Also, from some angles, one can see the unique shapes of the floorplate.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8721/16895628002_49e902731f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rK1vz5)
IMG_7835 (https://flic.kr/p/rK1vz5) by simms3sf (https://www.flickr.com/people/69740708@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8685/16870931936_c97dbafb70_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rGPWhQ)
IMG_7840 (https://flic.kr/p/rGPWhQ) by simms3sf (https://www.flickr.com/people/69740708@N03/), on Flickr

[timbad]

from yesterday for comparison:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7601/16691823637_1feef51315_b.jpg

[simms3_redux]

So I forgot to mention with this one that the skin is going up in the back.

[peanut gallery]

^Yes indeed. Hard to get a good shot, but there's a little sneak peak there:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8772/16534039363_1852a7eabd_c.jpg

Not a massive change from 3 weeks ago, but steady progress:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7609/16966392898_01dbcca97b_c.jpg

[cmak]

http://i.imgur.com/7QPDlOnh.jpg (http://imgur.com/7QPDlOn)

http://i.imgur.com/yQnV6Suh.jpg (http://imgur.com/yQnV6Su)

[peanut gallery]

Nice to see it rising more steadily now. The skin is a little lighter than I expected. I thought it looked a little creamier in the renderings. Looking forward to seeing the large areas of glass on the west and east sides.

[simms3_redux]

Guys, I am fairly certain that what we are seeing rise is not the Handel design that we have seen rendered, but rather something that is a bit closer to the 2006 SF Planning approved design.

Yikes...wtf

From where I sit, I can see the building rising, it's north and west facing facades (the latter of which is now visible and is definitely not curved like the Handel design we've seen rendered).

[simms3_redux]

And disclaimer...in comparing Plannning docs to close up shots, maybe not. Maybe this is mostly the Handel design, based on shapes of the windows. It's pretty hard to tell that this will look like the Handel renderings, and part of that is the color differential between reality and rendering, and part of that is a lack of texturing, thus far, on the north side versus the rendering, as well as straight glass in the back as opposed to the curviness that's rendered.

[rocketman_95046]

I think it's a Heller Manus design now :shrug:

http://www.hellermanus.com/340_Fremont_Street.html

http://media.bizj.us/view/img/2520551/02*1200xx7856-4419-0-731.jpg

http://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/340-Fremont/340-Fremont_1-copy.jpghttp://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/340-Fremont/340-Fremont_2-copy.jpg

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/50a53cbef92ea16f6c0016cc/340%20fremont.jpg

[1977]

And disclaimer...in comparing Plannning docs to close up shots, maybe not. Maybe this is mostly the Handel design, based on shapes of the windows. It's pretty hard to tell that this will look like the Handel renderings, and part of that is the color differential between reality and rendering, and part of that is a lack of texturing, thus far, on the north side versus the rendering, as well as straight glass in the back as opposed to the curviness that's rendered.

While the color is a little lighter this is the Handel design. It wasn't that different...they just fined tuned it a bit. You can see the curve pretty clearly on the Salesforce Tower webcam (http://oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/salesforcetower).

[minesweeper]

Whew, false alarm. The colors are off, but if you compare cmak's photo from the previous page to this rendering, you can see they match up at the base:

https://i.imgur.com/yQnV6Sul.jpg https://i.imgur.com/B8stgEP.jpg

[simms3_redux]

While the color is a little lighter this is the Handel design. It wasn't that different...they just fined tuned it a bit. You can see the curve pretty clearly on the Salesforce Tower webcam (http://oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/salesforcetower).

I still have 20/20 and don't see a "curve" clearly on the webcam, and I am on the top floor of a building downtown and can see the construction, and it doesn't appear curved, but straight, in the back.

regardless, yes, it does appear to be Handel design, though with some major tweaks, particularly on the North side where I have yet to see the intricate cladding that presented itself in the rendering, despite there being large area of pre-clad already installed.

[pseudolus]

I think it's a Heller Manus design now :shrug:

http://www.hellermanus.com/340_Fremont_Street.html

http://media.bizj.us/view/img/2520551/02*1200xx7856-4419-0-731.jpg

http://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/340-Fremont/340-Fremont_1-copy.jpghttp://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/340-Fremont/340-Fremont_2-copy.jpg

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/50a53cbef92ea16f6c0016cc/340%20fremont.jpg

It seems like in the revised design, the precast panels on the north side were more in a brick bond pattern, rather than the original stack. What's showing up on the webcam looks like the stack.

[AndrewK]

I still have 20/20 and don't see a "curve" clearly on the webcam, and I am on the top floor of a building downtown and can see the construction, and it doesn't appear curved, but straight, in the back.

regardless, yes, it does appear to be Handel design, though with some major tweaks, particularly on the North side where I have yet to see the intricate cladding that presented itself in the rendering, despite there being large area of pre-clad already installed.

Having recently driven up 1st, I can confirm that there definitely is a curve, and glass has been installed on the lower levels of it.

[viewguysf]

It all sounds like another value engineered design again, not exactly like any of the previous versions. Unfortunately, we're far too accustomed to that here. :(
it would be great if we're pleased with the final outcome, but we'll just have to wait and see.

[viewguysf]

She's going to be a beauty! They're forming the 25th floor now.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3675/18751810184_2db52591e2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uz2VS9)350 Fremont (right) and 399 (left) (https://flic.kr/p/uz2VS9) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3777/18753781153_a25d6dc03a_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uzd2Ln)350 Fremont from Southeast corner (https://flic.kr/p/uzd2Ln) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/261/18751940534_4fadffd6de_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uz3ABy)350 Fremont from Southwest corner (https://flic.kr/p/uz3ABy) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/383/19188359289_6f80ae7479_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/veBmGR)350 Fremont west side (https://flic.kr/p/veBmGR) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/484/19186996738_b9b1f2bcd2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/veunEA)350 Fremont, west side detail (https://flic.kr/p/veunEA) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/346/19368506712_dbd5fc89e2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vvwEfU)Eastern side of Rincon Hill growing (https://flic.kr/p/vvwEfU) by Jim Bolinger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

[SLO]

^^I like the blacksmith shop there in the foreground, seems to hearken to old San Francisco

[fflint]

The glass curve is pretty sweet.

[peanut gallery]

^Agreed. I love that part of the building. The color, the offset mullions, the whole curved section is looking way better than I expected.

Again, great shots, viewguy!

[edwards]

 

[viewguysf]

7/24/15

You posted this to the wrong thread--please move it here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=203437&page=5

[simms3_redux]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/320/20297945405_9a3938d39a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wVEgZX)
Photo Aug 01, 6 23 14 PM (1) (https://flic.kr/p/wVEgZX)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/414/20109921228_4e0eaf8de8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wD3AXN)
Photo Aug 01, 6 24 35 PM (https://flic.kr/p/wD3AXN)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/380/20303906651_efda0303bc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wWbQ54)
Photo Aug 01, 6 25 53 PM (https://flic.kr/p/wWbQ54)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/551/20111313899_741ea8c4a8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wDaJXn)
Photo Aug 01, 6 27 36 PM (https://flic.kr/p/wDaJXn)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/456/20109915598_840ca48089_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wD3zhJ)
Photo Aug 01, 6 27 47 PM (https://flic.kr/p/wD3zhJ)

[ElDuderino]

So much for all the early false alarms about the value engineered design. It actually is turning out to be very true to the renderings. Nice :)

[fflint]

I think this is looking better than the renderings made it seem. That reflective glass curve is epic. It's going to be fun to photograph it in various conditions.

[peanut gallery]

I'm going to start facing it straight on from the west, then walk around counter-clockwise (sorry for the bad lighting on some of them):

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/370/20223000600_7b99f196b5_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3768/20411052905_f763c644bc_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/309/20224408169_5e114534bb_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/20417241261_68c79b9496_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/418/20411049815_8e4257eae5_b.jpg

Then a little farther away:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3709/20222996630_6486dd19a5_b.jpg

I'm really looking forward to seeing it all completed.

[northbay]

Wow, I keep forgetting about this one. Good progress! Thanks for the updates pg!

[1977]

Awesome tower! And that Rincon Hill cluster (last 2 pictures) is looking amazing.

Been in the Bay Area off and on (Seattle, AZ, LA, etc.) for the majority of my life, but this is the biggest impact I've seen on the SF skyline since I moved here in '96.

[minesweeper]

http://i.imgur.com/8C1bZx3h.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/8C1bZx3.jpg)

[FacedectomalFenestra]

Crappy cell phone shot......

http://i.imgur.com/DYPDrWQ.jpg

[minesweeper]

View from the south:

http://i.imgur.com/nPbGkrGh.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/nPbGkrG.jpg)

View from the west:

http://i.imgur.com/xfezxD3h.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/xfezxD3.jpg)

[mt_climber13]

This is the BBW of Rincon Hill.

[viewguysf]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/643/21041318266_f39b08c973_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/y4mfRq)340 Fremont Rising Across from 399 Fremont (https://flic.kr/p/y4mfRq) by , on Flickr

[viewguysf]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5758/20879414070_ca9ce8477d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xP3snL)Five Construction Projects (https://flic.kr/p/xP3snL) by , on Flickr

[boyinthecity]

looks like this one might have topped-out.

[peanut gallery]

^Could be. Here are a few more from today:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5811/21363053634_5ca6dda024_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5724/21995640911_1f0f526a19_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5691/21959638886_578ae4192d_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5695/21995639491_5ef0b6b62e_c.jpg

[mdsayh1]

I think this is currently my favorite building on Rincon Hill. I know we always wish things were taller but I wish this one were taller so that gorgeous curved glass wall could have more prominence on the hill.

Now, if someone could just plant some ivy on that PG&E substation or come up with any solve to make it not look like a horrible above ground bomb shelter.

[peanut gallery]

We have official word that it has indeed topped out. From SocketSite (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/10/40-story-rincon-hill-tower-rising-ahead-of-schedule.html), with a sweet shot taken from 399 Fremont across the street:

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/340-Fremont-Topped-Off.jpg

Construction of the 40-story Rincon Hill tower rising up to 400-feet at 340 Fremont Street has topped out ahead of schedule (i.e., it’s not rising any higher). And the 348 apartments within should be finished by July of 2016.

Now, if someone could just plant some ivy on that PG&E substation or come up with any solve to make it not look like a horrible above ground bomb shelter.

Or paint, or power wash. Anything would make it better.

[timbad]

...
Or paint, or power wash. Anything would make it better.

zebra stripes. I've decided it needs to be huge zebra stripes.

[peanut gallery]

^Love it!

[viewguysf]

The crown is now in place on the west side and it looks great with five large subtle rectangles on it. The building is almost as high as 399 Fremont.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/617/22372412614_f90661cf36_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/A5YsPY)Rincon Hill (https://flic.kr/p/A5YsPY) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

[peanut gallery]

Amazing transformation. Just a couple of years ago, ORH was a tall, lonely sentinel atop the hill. Now it's densifying nicely, with a couple more towers to come in that shot.

[boyinthecity]

actually, i like the base more than anything. it is too bad they did not incorporate more of the design into the rest of the tower....ie., it would have been cool in some way added the same details to the crown.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KxkggguM21Jg_ru0W75J_8_U8bdNeT1JvVyLK15-nVuHMpgZSVoGFknJ8ZVb5ihApN_D92R-tXPJzSBVZY77AFF2M69qbftsPlSiH8hTLmmqw8dTx6x6jQJ4yVWqCTnFDbZYbpLt23VTzeOOQSk66ig3HnEt7wR6RNFxSdHh1ljg9AlIYDkN87HvDJyzqaI8ULnCmP1EaENe7Dd-QFeKazBLOOdPT6myFq7Y4nTz8AbPQ33UYQGEOLdKceCXPZse2EONikpxSAmaG8KQsPnaZZiP9b9Ls8NDGBzgJh4XlBdvmVx9q1TaupzAqg1bU2-dweu10GfUkRtCLbaG2W5Uu77rXy62G9ySjMynbpkaYin83RVZCrT-kmYnF-fHgCyn2rlD7cXZuiOjVfdUl5G44LUKhjUKMBHzgC1KoDDNreCb9f_pLxK64urYAp4hdbkYxoV1WlyyrGjbk_KLm3aliEOUMWrOXtjZKWU_nDPfwa3ebNpJDxQse0qih06KNsBIa23fAcxCHW-HvIc5gIzA1M-4PTIQCxWKehl84bAiVtgsKh_szDu_a_3wbIoUgYLI6U1g=w922-h614-no
source: me

[SLO]

This area changed a ton since One Rincon was the lone ranger, great update pics

[botoxic]

from the San Francisco general projects thread:

340 Fremont
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5774/23873613111_25eba53823_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CnCvra)

[chris08876]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/613/22776863224_54ea36fe18_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/AGHnUm)
Aerials of San Francisco (https://flic.kr/p/AGHnUm) by Louis Raphael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/louisraphael/), on Flickr

[AndrewK]

What happened to the crown on this one? It looked like there were window cutouts in the rendering, but currently it just all looks white. You can see outlines, but that's it.

[tech12]

What happened to the crown on this one? It looked like there were window cutouts in the rendering, but currently it just all looks white. You can see outlines, but that's it.

Yeah they value engineered this building after approval, it seems. The staggered window pattern on the non-glass portion was replaced with the more boring windows you see now, and then there's the issue with the crown that you mentioned.

[cv94117]

Yeah they value engineered this building after approval, it seems. The staggered window pattern on the non-glass portion was replaced with the more boring windows you see now, and then there's the issue with the crown that you mentioned.

Same thing that happened at NEMA with the same architect (Handel): dishonest renderings (maybe coupled with VE). It's why I'm concerned about the Mexican Museum/760 Mission building by the same guys.

[viewguysf]

Same thing that happened at NEMA with the same architect (Handel): dishonest renderings (maybe coupled with VE). It's why I'm concerned about the Mexican Museum/760 Mission building by the same guys.

Yes--this happens far, far too often here. The worst case in point is Trinity Place, but there have been many for a long time.