Maybe it'll be a permanent feature! :haha:

reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_M...s_Steam_Shovel

Another picture and a crane jump. They're probably getting close to going to steel.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4283/...72cf47ae_k.jpg2017-07-04 13.10.51 by Joshua Goldstein, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4024/...ea9047eb_k.jpg2017-07-04 13.11.01 by Joshua Goldstein, on Flickr

Thanks for the pics. I'm pretty convinced myself that the podium is 11, not 8, storeys.

Considering that we're looking at the 9th story, 8 seems to be incorrect.

What we are looking at could be the roof of the podium/8th floor or the 9th floor. If they put up rebar that looks like it's for full height columns for another floor, I guess we'll know.

I think it's going to be 11 floors. The website leasing info shows 11 floors:

http://www.parktowerattransbay.com/leasing

and the website pictures show that it's 11 floors.

Plus, the rebar, where there would be a roof, protrudes higher than what I think the roof would cover.

Like Salesforce, I'm betting that they'll keep the core of the building as reinforced concrete. The structure around it will change to steel.

Today some full floor height rebar column cages for the 9th floor went up so there really can't be any more doubt that the podium is more than 8 floors; almost certainly 11 as shown in the most recent renderings.

As for the central core, there can be little doubt that will be poured concrete to the top--I've never seen a core switch construction methods, from concrete to steel, midway. Even doing that for the rest of the frame is unusual but I will accept the word of others here to expect it on this building. We should soon know for sure.

It's unusual, but certainly not unprecedented. 731 Lexington Avenue in NYC is steel on the bottom for offices and then concrete on the top for residences.

If you look closely you can see Park Tower's distinctive slant being formed out of concrete. Two more floors and the Eastern edge will be set back.

http://i.imgur.com/gZLrrV9l.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/hR70ytpl.png

Yeah, I was always wondering about that second from the left pillar/column looking a little uneven... Now I know why.. :)

Am I alone in disliking that aspect of the design?

You probably are.

That and the balconies are the only interesting things about the design.

I like the balconies though I think they are probably uneconomic and may not get as much use as the architect thinks because of wind. But that wierd out-of-plumb shape to the tower!

I think it helps to tie together what would otherwise be some clumsy massing. But I'm not an architect.

I agree with you, plus the balconies are rather sheltered from the wind. I predict they will be popular. My deck is often warm and not windy; people who live on the West side have a different perspective of conditions.

9th floor poured today.