SAN FRANCISCO | The Avery (400 Folsom) | 618 FT / 188 M | 56 Floors - Page 7

timbad · #**121** Posted **Oct 16, 2016, 7:42 AM**

new wider-perimeter fencing has gone up. this shot now encompasses *three* construction sites! (33 Tehama, 500 Folsom, 400 Folsom)

david_h · #**122** Posted **Oct 19, 2016, 7:22 PM**

Activity.

timbad · #**123** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 7:49 PM**

so gratifying to see this site get busier! I saw this one as kind of the linchpin tying all the surrounding development in TransBay and Rincon Hill together, and was thinking it would have been really unfortunate if somehow it got delayed past the current cycle. (side note: sure wish that off-ramp wasn't there - seems to kill a lot of the potential of the retail passageway that is part of this project, as it blocks off the end that leads to downtown)

mt_climber13 · #**124** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 9:13 PM**

^If they painted a mural along the offramp it could be a really cool space.

timbad · #**125** Posted **Nov 22, 2016, 8:42 AM**

just for the heck of it

timbad · #**126** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 7:20 AM**

making a little headway on excavation... this is the western end

Pedestrian · #**127** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 7:45 AM**

Thank you for finding this thread. I believe this project is now being referred to as 425 1st St and there is now a very exciting (to me anyway) new rendering:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/a...-sfgate-result

According to the source article, local architects are Fougeron who are working with Rem Koolhaas's OMA on the project.

SFView · #**128** Posted **Dec 8, 2016, 11:05 PM**

^^^It looks like they are emphasizing a more reverse symmetrical design. Thanks for posting

mt_climber13 · #**129** Posted **Dec 8, 2016, 11:39 PM**

This looks great, and interesting that new SF condo towers are foregoing balconies.

OneRinconHill · #**130** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 12:19 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

This looks great, and interesting that new SF condo towers are foregoing balconies.

I think giant open windows are more of the thing these days, for the views. Besides who wants a balcony when Karl is blowing winds 50 mph at you? I've been on the one at the top of One Rincon and it's kind of scary honestly.

timbad · #**131** Posted **Jan 8, 2017, 7:50 AM**

timbad · #**132** Posted **Feb 27, 2017, 5:51 AM**

a little drier, a little deeper today

Jerry of San Fran · #**133** Posted **Feb 28, 2017, 11:57 PM**

I had not been to this area in a long time & was amazed at how much is happening now. Dramatic changes coming to the area.

400 Folsom, San Francisco

timbad · #**134** Posted **Mar 13, 2017, 7:54 AM**

timbad · #**135** Posted **Mar 21, 2017, 6:14 AM**

looks like we're at the bottom

david_h · #**136** Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 7:46 PM**

Another pour today. Can someone explain why they build those concrete "bathtubs" at the bottom of the foundation? Is it to capture underground water, which is then pumped out? Have seen this at several sites over the years...

cv94117 · #**137** Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 9:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by david_h

Another pour today. Can someone explain why they build those concrete "bathtubs" at the bottom of the foundation? Is it to capture underground water, which is then pumped out? Have seen this at several sites over the years...

Don't know about this building in particular but they are often to allow for elevator pits or sometimes sumps.

colemonkee · #**138** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 12:47 AM**

^ Correct. That is usually where sump pumps and elevator pits sit, which is directly below the core.

pseudolus · #**139** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 5:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by david_h

Another pour today. Can someone explain why they build those concrete "bathtubs" at the bottom of the foundation? Is it to capture underground water, which is then pumped out? Have seen this at several sites over the years...

Time to move this to "under construction"?

pseudolus · #**140** Posted **Apr 1, 2017, 5:57 PM**

Tower crane going up today.