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simms3_redux Jul 22, 2014 6:28 PM

July 21

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0335a8de.jpg

Lower section topped off, setback commences this week, as well as crane jump.

simms3_redux Aug 7, 2014 2:50 AM

They have glass up now on Floor 2. Also, this has surpassed the height of One Hawthorne by a few floors and can be seen from the West (and easily from the Bay Bridge). I won't be able to get pictures for a while, maybe someone else can?

This is an impactful building for the skyline.

cmak Aug 7, 2014 6:30 PM

from earlier this morning
http://i.imgur.com/TbSXZqc.jpg

and you can see the top of it peeking out from the SF MoMa construction
http://i.imgur.com/B0Y16Ok.jpg

simms3_redux Aug 8, 2014 10:09 PM

Thanks..you can kinda tell there are a few glass panels up on the 2nd floor facing E/NE (2nd St).

1977 Aug 9, 2014 7:51 PM

SFHog posted some pictures of the glass - looking good.

http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-1.jpg

http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-4.jpg

http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-5.jpg
Source and more pictures: http://www.sfhog.com/222-second-stre...ress-aug-2014/

Design-mind Aug 10, 2014 2:07 AM

Agree the glass is look phenomenal. Also love the overlapping of each piece of cladding.

peanut gallery Aug 14, 2014 5:27 AM

Looks good so far. Can't wait to see how it looks with several more floors in place.

viewguysf Aug 20, 2014 6:31 AM

222 Mission has now completed the wall in this direction from my dentist's office on the 21st floor of 450 Sutter--I wish it were taller!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/...e11cfaa3_h.jpg222 Second Completing the Wall by viewguysf, on Flickr

simms3_redux Aug 24, 2014 8:19 PM

Nearly topped off:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6245b97f.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...psd699cc2a.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps980e3076.jpg

fflint Aug 25, 2014 9:59 PM

Also from yesterday, sorry about the crappy quality. I need a new phone.

Were we all out there taking pics yesterday? :cheers:

From the site of 350 Mission and over the Transbay Tower/Terminal site:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/...df7e2546_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/...31acb5fc_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5586/...94694441_b.jpg

timbad Aug 25, 2014 10:11 PM

k, I'll get in on the party... here looking from 4th and Folsom past the Central Subway construction, 222 Second peeks out over the wall

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/...1877713c_b.jpg

similar angle, from inside Yerba Buena Gardens (bonus of SFMOMA addition)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3906/...b3213027_b.jpg

peanut gallery Aug 27, 2014 7:43 PM

Perhaps more than the other new buildings going up, you have to see this one in person to appreciate the impact it makes. It's only 350' but it feels taller than that since everything immediately surrounding it is shorter. It really commands your attention from street level in the neighborhood.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/...9d28af17_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/...d4644767_b.jpg

Looking west down Howard, which is probably its least flattering angle:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/...138fb19b_b.jpg

The glass is beautiful and almost reads as black. Way back, I thought this was going to look very similar to 555 Mission, but there's no chance of that. The glass and massing are totally different:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/...8043a77b_b.jpg

Notice how the glass along Second extends beyond the skin on Howard:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/...ab171613_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/...78722259_b.jpg

fflint Aug 27, 2014 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peanut gallery (Post 6707862)
Perhaps more than the other new buildings going up, you have to see this one in person to appreciate the impact it makes. It's only 350' but it feels taller than that since everything immediately surrounding it is shorter. It really commands your attention from street level in the neighborhood.

Agreed--because of the smaller scale of nearby buildings, in person this tower seems massive, both up close and also on the skyline. I think this is a game-changer for the area.

It it were being built in the heart of the financial district, it might not be noticeable.

simms3_redux Aug 28, 2014 12:51 AM

I thought it was actually 370 ft? Only 10 ft shorter than 535 Mission... Either way, not "tall", but actually still one of the absolute tallest office towers going up in the entire country right now since everything everywhere is residential! I agree that in person from many angles it also appears very tall, from street level and about 1-2 blocks away. It doesn't really seem to have a large impact on the skyline, though.

minesweeper Aug 28, 2014 4:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simms3_redux (Post 6708364)
I thought it was actually 370 ft? Only 10 ft shorter than 535 Mission...

Yep, 350' to the roof and 370' to the top of the mechanical screening. From the planning department:

Quote:

The finished roof of the Project will reach a height of 350 feet. Rooftop mechanical equipment, elevator penthouses, and associated screening will reach a height of 370 feet. Pursuant to Section 260(b)(1), these features are exempt from the applicable height limit. The Project Sponsor has requested a Zoning Map Amendment and a General Plan Amendment to change the applicable height limit on the westerly portion of the property from the 150-S to the 350-S Height and Bulk District. These amendments will make the height limit for this westerly portion consistent with the remainder of the Project Site.

simms3_redux Aug 28, 2014 5:49 AM

^^^which for all intents and purposes is 370 ft. If a spire is officially counted as height, then the official height of this building is 370 ft.

Also, SF defines a roof as essentially the ceiling height of the top floor. The rest of the world defines a roof as a roof + physical structure/extension of facade (basically anything less than spire, antenna, or decorative element that isn't entirely structural).

Many of the country's buildings would be 30-100 ft shorter in SF if they were located here and used local definitions for height.

edwards Aug 29, 2014 4:07 AM

The signing of the final beam (from steelblue's LinkedIn)

http://i.imgur.com/SeoB5ARl.jpg

minesweeper Aug 29, 2014 4:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edwards (Post 6710302)
The signing of the final beam (from steelblue's LinkedIn)

Wow! This one went up really fast.

Going back one page, the first steel popped out of the site in late-April, so it only took four months to go from ground level to topped out. 26 floors in 18 weeks is almost 1.5 floors per week.

timbad Sep 22, 2014 5:29 AM

from Moscone Center North, so looking east down Howard:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/...3c799a2a_b.jpg

botoxic Oct 9, 2014 4:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a very long weekend (Post 6761347)
also, here are a couple view of 222 second:

from second
http://i.imgur.com/3TN20b6.jpg?1

from howard
http://i.imgur.com/bWJ8Ww9.jpg?1

close up of the cladding
http://i.imgur.com/sGWinpP.jpg?1

I didn't realize the delineation of the sections would be achieved by altering the angles of the glass panels - it's a pretty cool effect that makes the building much more interesting than it otherwise would have been.


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