SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed

[Jerry of San Fran]

Concrete has been poured in the last 2 weeks and the crane is being assembled. This is a view from the 14th floor of the Essex Fox Plaza on 08/10/2014. You can see the pipes on the perimeter that are drawing water from the site.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/14856462556_c5dfd6f0d4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oCPfJ9)101 Polk - 08/10/2014 (https://flic.kr/p/oCPfJ9)

[timbad]

Concrete has been poured in the last 2 weeks and the crane is being assembled. ...

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great view you have of this one! sweet that we will (I hope) have a front-row seat as this one rises

[timbad]

333 and 345 Brannan (Dropbox) are starting to rise above sidewalk level

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/14892678042_74fb7bdc7d_b.jpg

and I don't remember hearing the official word that the development on the 200 block of Brannan (http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/01/270_brannan_converts_parking_lot_to_office_space_in_soma.php) had broken ground, but lo:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5551/14890059001_ce07168d58_b.jpg

since it's in the area, here also is 72 Townsend (http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2008/03/20/development_du_jour_more_condos_at_72_townsend_street.php) coming along

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[timbad]

the massive development at 8th and Harrison (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/12/the_massive_plans_for_the_shortsited_soma_site_at_8th_a.html)

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[timbad]

8 Octavia, various angles

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this is up in the NW corner of Hayes Valley, maybe Fulton and Laguna? I think it's this (http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/02/mixeduse_project_at_555_fulton_is_back_with_a_few_tweaks.php)

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our good friend parcel P, seen from the west

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the Boys and Girls club

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[Jerry of San Fran]

Timbad - thanks for the updates. We will have a lot to chew on for the next 5 years!

Because of the distance and angle from my apartment I cannot be sure what is breaking the skyline. I will lose a part of my beloved San Francisco Bay Bridge view from one of the buildings - see concrete structure in progress. (telephoto picture from the 27 floor of the Essex Fox Plaza)

From left to right: (1) Building with yellow water barrier is the new hotel on Mission Street (2) steel frame is the addition to the SF Museum of Modern Art (3) tall grey building is the W Hotel (4) behind the W Hotel is unknown steel with crane (5) unknown steel frame blocking part of my view of the SF Bay bridge (6) rusty roof of the Federal building on Mission Street

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14721468997_8e567c12fd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oqTnQZ)2014_08_13_SOMA east view (1) (https://flic.kr/p/oqTnQZ)

[markermiller]

Jerry... judging from the angle here, I think that's 222 Second St, which is up to about 20 stories now. It's going to 26, so should top out at about the height of the taller Infinity tower (from your perspective).

[fimiak]

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1400 Mission
http://i.imgur.com/wQBJBOal.jpg (http://imgur.com/wQBJBOa)

http://i.imgur.com/ywBF7wOl.jpg (http://imgur.com/ywBF7wO)

http://i.imgur.com/acpmRi6l.jpg (http://imgur.com/acpmRi6)

1321 Mission
http://i.imgur.com/zUqmErhl.jpg (http://imgur.com/zUqmErh)

http://i.imgur.com/lDv7tUOl.jpg (http://imgur.com/lDv7tUO)

1415 Mission
http://i.imgur.com/QB9KL15l.jpg (http://imgur.com/QB9KL15)

http://i.imgur.com/ukTLCell.jpg (http://imgur.com/ukTLCel)

http://i.imgur.com/xPhh0zzl.jpg (http://imgur.com/xPhh0zz)

[Jerry of San Fran]

Markermiller - thanks for the info. I will have to take a walk to the area and took a look. The yellow crane should give me a clue.

[fflint]

Didn't have time to snap a photo, but the new 5 or 6 story building at 20th and Valencia has topped out and is filling in quite nicely.

[timbad]

Because of the distance and angle from my apartment I cannot be sure what is breaking the skyline. I will lose a part of my beloved San Francisco Bay Bridge view from one of the buildings ...

... (4) behind the W Hotel is unknown steel with crane (5) unknown steel frame blocking part of my view of the SF Bay bridge (6) rusty roof of the Federal building on Mission Street

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14721468997_8e567c12fd_c.jpg

4: must be 222 Second, as markermiller noted
5: pretty sure is 201 Folsom

PS, love how the fog softens the light and colors and gives you all the gentle gray-greens, but still throws little highlights on the Bridge in this view

[timbad]

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1400 Mission
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1321 Mission
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1415 Mission
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more great views! we're lucky to have friends in high places

[1977]

Didn't have time to snap a photo, but the new 5 or 6 story building at 20th and Valencia has topped out and is filling in quite nicely.

That's this (http://valencia20.com/) project, right?

Also, thanks for the pictures Jerry, timbad, fimiak! Nice update.

[peanut gallery]

JK Dineen reports (http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Yes-vote-on-Moscone-expansion-expected-Thursday-5687190.php) that Moscone expansion will begin this fall:

With the San Francisco Planning Commission expected to approve the plan on Thursday, the Department of Public Works and general contractor Webcor are gearing up to start construction this fall.

The 44-month project will kick off in November with utilities relocation, which will set the stage for excavation under Howard Street, which will require 1,500 truck trips and the temporary closure of Howard Street between Third and Fourth streets for 15 to 20 days. The next phase includes the demolition and replacement of the esplanade building, which will require a combined 4,800 truck trips.

and...

The biggest early critic of the plan, John Elberling of TODCO Group, the South of Market affordable housing organization, said he is now mostly satisfied with the design. Changes include strengthening the facade along Howard Street and scaling back the part of the building that faces the children's playground on the west side of the site.

The city has also agreed to renovate the children's play areas simultaneously with the Moscone expansion. In addition, the plan calls for sidewalks to be widened in places and red traffic arrows to be installed at Howard and Fourth streets and Folsom and Fourth streets, which will cut down on the number of cars making illegal right turns there, said Eberling.

More at SFGate. (http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Yes-vote-on-Moscone-expansion-expected-Thursday-5687190.php)

[peanut gallery]

This article from the SF Business Times (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2014/08/tech-dominates-linkedin-salesforce-dropbox-trulia.html?page=all) has some interesting numbers on the office market, including:

What that means for real estate is that of the close to 3 million square feet of office space under construction,100 percent of the tenants pre-leasing space in forthcoming buildings are tech companies according to data crunched by Cushman & Wakefield.

So far, those firms snatched up 70.1 percent or about 2.2 million square feet of the space under construction.

That includes buildings such as:
222 Second St., 450,209 square feet: 100 percent leased to LinkedIn.
333 Brannan St., 180,000 square feet: 100 percent leased to Dropbox.
345 Brannan St., 113,000 square feet: 100 percent leased to Dropbox.
350 Mission St., 444,000 square feet: 100 percent leased to Salesforce.
270 Brannan St., 182,000 square feet: 100 percent leased to Splunk.
415 Mission St., 1,412,898 square feet: 50 percent leased to Salesforce.
535 Mission St., 303,780 square feet: 30 percent leased to Trulia.

It also says average asking rent for office space is now $63 per foot.

[fflint]

That's this (http://valencia20.com/) project, right?
Yes, that's it. I think that used to be a gas station. If my memory serves me, it was an out of business gas station for several years.

There's also a very large 8-story building going up in Mission Bay, just off the northern edge of the UCSF campus. Is that the new Kaiser building?

[minesweeper]

It also says average asking rent for office space is now $63 per foot.

CBRE is forecasting office rents to surpass Manhattan's sometime next year (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/san-francisco-office-rents-seen-topping-manhattan-in-2015.html):

San Francisco is poised to surpass Manhattan as the most expensive U.S. office market next year as technology companies extend a surge in leasing, according to CBRE Group Inc. (CBG), the largest commercial real estate brokerage.

Office costs in San Francisco are soaring at the fastest rate in the country, CBRE said in a report this week on the effects of the technology industry on commercial property. The firm estimates that average rents in the West Coast city will rank as the priciest by the end of 2015 -- the first time it would exceed New York since the dot-com bubble in 2000.

Technology companies have dominated U.S. corporate leasing since the last recession ended in 2009, accounting for one out of four U.S. office-using jobs, CBRE said. In San Francisco, the industry’s hub, almost three-quarters of tenant deals this year through June were signed by tech firms as social media, data-storage and mobile-application startups expand.

“We expect tech’s growth potential to remain strong for the next two years and lead expansion in concentrated areas throughout the country,” Colin Yasukochi, CBRE’s research and analytics director in San Francisco, said in a phone interview.

San Francisco office rents will climb to $69.71 a square foot by the end of next year, up almost 18 percent from $59.28 in the second quarter, Yasukochi said. Manhattan rents will grow at about a third of that rate, rising 6.5 percent to $69.68.

[mt_climber13]

Height and anti- development restrictions at work again in helping to make SF the most gilded city in America. And the most liberal. (http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/American-cities-ranked-by-political-ideology-5686245.php) Irony, party of 800,000.

And it's just going to get worse now that Prop. M has taken effect. This is Sue Hestor's legacy! The exact opposite of her and her supporters' [supposed] intentions.

And to be clear, I don't care either way if SF is the most expensive city in the world. If they could do something about the human decay issue, it probably could be. It is a prestigious place and it is limited in supply because of geography and anti- height initiatives (everybody wants affordable housing, nobody wants it built near them). I couldn't afford the city anymore so I moved away. I didn't feel entitled to have somebody else subsidize my rent or mortgage.

[timbad]

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There's also a very large 8-story building going up in Mission Bay, just off the northern edge of the UCSF campus. Is that the new Kaiser building?

this is the Kaiser building:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3906/14706532687_74afd6c775_b.jpg

if that's not what you saw, there are pics of everything under construction in the MB thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128118&page=83), of course...

[fflint]

^Thanks, I subsequently found that out!

Socketsite (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/08/plans-13-stories-mission-perhaps-new-living-alley.html) notes a proposed 13-story apartment building on Mission at Laskie (near 9th):

This is the current site--a pizza joint and parking:
http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1270-Mission-Street-Site.jpg

The planned building would have 199 apartments, 3,300 sq. ft. of ground floor retail, 101 car parking spaces and 125 bike parking spaces.

[The ATX]

The last story on NBC news tonight was a farewell to Candlestick Park. They showed a rendering of the project replacing it, and it looks like an incredible project.

[fflint]

An interesting analysis on Streetsblog (http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/08/15/car-free-households-are-booming-in-san-francisco/#more-313916) of the rapid growth of car-free households in San Francisco between 2000 and 2012:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Bu3hVxXCAAESWEU.png


Unit type Change

All units +11,139
Car-free +9,837
1 car +1,242
2 car -1,123
3 or more cars +1,183

[Jerry of San Fran]

Today 8/16/14 the crane is being assembled. The view is from the laundry room on the 14th floor of the Essex Fox Plaza.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14937898212_c4b8e8906d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL1CHb)101 Polk Street - 2014_08_16 (https://flic.kr/p/oL1CHb)

[jbm]

Today 8/16/14 the crane is being assembled. The view is from the laundry room on the 14th floor of the Essex Fox Plaza.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14937898212_c4b8e8906d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL1CHb)101 Polk Street - 2014_08_16 (https://flic.kr/p/oL1CHb)

i could see a crane going up this morning from my apt. figured it was for this project. thanks for confirming.

[minesweeper]

Old news to those of us in these forums, but ABC 7 has a story and video (http://abc7news.com/society/san-francisco-of-the-future-taking-place-now/264614/) about the Transbay Center and all the nearby construction:

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Driving into San Francisco these days, you can't help but notice the construction cranes dotting the skyline. Much of that work is part of an aggressive plan to redevelop a once derelict neighborhood south of market. What's rising in its place, are thousands of new homes, offices, and hotel rooms.

This is the San Francisco of the future. It's a view you'll only see on ABC 7 news thanks to graphic designers at Steelblue. Tall towers will rise where freeways once stood. Parking lots will become parks. The site of the old Transbay Terminal will become a transit hub for the entire bay area, on top, a three block long park.

One interesting tidbit from the piece I noticed is that Steelblue updated their video animation (http://vimeo.com/70447799) from last year to include the new proposals at 50 First Street and 100 Folsom:

http://i.imgur.com/VcNgFjv.jpg (http://vimeo.com/70447799)
Source: steelblue/vimeo (http://vimeo.com/70447799)

[simms3_redux]

They also included Jeanne Gang's new tower for Tishman, which is way out in the future.

Loving 50 First St.

[fflint]

Some awesome aerials by Kayte Dolmatch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaytedolmatch/with/14949929712/) on Flickr showing various San Francisco projects u/c:

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[a very long weekend]

nice photos but man, like such shitty architecture. take away the water/bridge, add a few dozen surface parking lots and that skyline could be out of cleveland or texas or something. it almost makes me sympathetic to the nimbys of yesteryear who saw the city turning into that and openly wept.

[viewguysf]

nice photos but man, like such shitty architecture. take away the water/bridge, add a few dozen surface parking lots and that skyline could be out of cleveland or texas or something. it almost makes me sympathetic to the nimbys of yesteryear who saw the city turning into that and openly wept.

My photo that I just posted in the 222 Second thread unfortunately shows much of the same thing. We have some notable structures (both old and new), but a lot of mediocre to crappy architecture in our stunningly situated City.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178017&page=7

[mt_climber13]

But was the NIMBY backlash a cause and effect symptom, hurting SF's skyline? Many of these towers are squat, bulky, and square, because of the enforcement of height limits. If there weren't these strict regulations then towers would have been able to soar higher, be thinner, and more shapely. To pencil out a 400 ft. Office tower, square and wide is necessary. I have no doubt that if it were not for these laws, SF's skyline would be as dramatic as New York's and Chicago's.

Edit: 8 Octavia looks fantastic from the sky!

[jaypkatl]

First Glass has gone up today on 350 Mission

[ozone]

But was the NIMBY backlash a cause and effect symptom, hurting SF's skyline? Many of these towers are squat, bulky, and square, because of the enforcement of height limits. If there weren't these strict regulations then towers would have been able to soar higher, be thinner, and more shapely. To pencil out a 400 ft. Office tower, square and wide is necessary. I have no doubt that if it were not for these laws, SF's skyline would be as dramatic as New York's and Chicago's.

Edit: 8 Octavia looks fantastic from the sky!

^^^ This

[tall/awkward]

For sure nimbys and stringent height limits have hurt sf, beginning with the Bank of America and Transamerica buildings, which tend to stick out because no other buildings their height were allowed after them. I fear a similar dilemma with the Salesforce Tower. If it gets built, but the other tall buildings planned around it get backlash nixed, it will REALLY stick out like a sore thumb!

Hopefully 50 First gets built to complete the Transbay cluster, but I'm also concerned about the 750 foot zoned building on the other end of the terminal. If the 45-storey residential building right next to it goes up first, there will very likely be nimby backlash.

SF has also traditionally been very architecturally conservative, leading to a lot of banal, severely compromised buildings, but let's be thankful for the few architects who dare to design something interesting here!

[Jerry of San Fran]

I can't date the top photo but think it is at least 30 years old. The bottom photo was taken 08/21/14. Both photos are a view from the 27th floor of the Fox Plaza.

I used to see the 4 towers of the SF Bay Bridge & most of Yerba Buena Island.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14800882247_a1c6d24906_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)skyline_before and after (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)

[coyotetrickster]

But was the NIMBY backlash a cause and effect symptom, hurting SF's skyline? Many of these towers are squat, bulky, and square, because of the enforcement of height limits. If there weren't these strict regulations then towers would have been able to soar higher, be thinner, and more shapely. To pencil out a 400 ft. Office tower, square and wide is necessary. I have no doubt that if it were not for these laws, SF's skyline would be as dramatic as New York's and Chicago's.

Edit: 8 Octavia looks fantastic from the sky!

The NIMBYs totally own the squatness of the skyline. After so many ballot measures, the city's planning department capitulated to the worst design impulses: consensus. Buildings with any controversial design were 'penciled' out of existence. The only reason Thomas Mayne's 'pteradactyl' building got build is the GSA is exempt from city design review processes.

[JWS]

I also think we need to give ourselves some slack. Sometimes this board acts like all buildings in NYC/Chicago/Hong Kong etc are phenomenal successes. Those cities have their fair share of clunk as well, and with the fact that our skyline was so heavily built in the 1960s-1980s, I find very little of that era's buildings iconic or memorable even in the biggest cities, unless we are talking about sheer bulk and scale. While I am no architecture student, it seemed like an era of square and bulky. Most of the more memorable large skyscrapers in those cities are also art-deco 1920s era, and I quite enjoy our Pacific Telephone, Russ, Shell buildings. Just wish they were taller to actually have an impact...especially Pacific Telephone, what a gorgeous building and I am so happy it was renovated. So I think that while NIMBYs certainly had something to do with it, it may also be chalked up to the era where we went vertical.

Also, regarding the Transbay buildings not being built, the simple fact that 181 Fremont and Salesforce are going up at the same time will somewhat balance each other out. Then we will have 5 buildings that look tall (because 1 Rincon's hillside position makes it look comparable to BofA/Trans in a lot of views) guaranteed. Also, there has been little to no NIMBY opposition to Transbay so far...it seems like the most vicious battles have been in areas where new buildings may affect views or "charm" :rolleyes: of existing, typically wealthy, neighborhoods. Over in Yerba Buena even, I think the Mexican Museum Tower may be more or less dead, but just a couple blocks over Transbay will be fine. It is a city priority, and ironically the sheer height of Salesforce may make people less concerned about heights...what is "itty bitty" 524 Howard or Block 8 really going to look like compared to that? Once the real badass tall building is up, everything else will seem like less of a big deal (in this particular neighborhood only, of course).

[mt_climber13]

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

[a very long weekend]

jerry sf - man, you must have seen a lot of changes over the years. would love to see more old photos.

[Jerry of San Fran]

While 350 Eight Street is a low rise apartment development it is a very larger one that covers a whole block. Harrison Street is on the left in the photo.

A Very Long Weekend - digital cameras had not been invented yet so we did not take many photographs when I moved into my apartment building 43 years ago. I don't have much more to offer from the "old" days.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3836/15015964242_de57e0b3a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oSUK2d)2014_08_23_350 8th street (https://flic.kr/p/oSUK2d)

[Jerry of San Fran]

I find this deep brick foundation to be quite interesting. I suspect it was a foundation for an industrial building. Note what appears to be very wide boards next to the brick foundation. This is a view looking north with Ringgold Street running east to west.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/14829893817_18f741878c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oAt5Lr)2014_08_23_350 8th street (6) (https://flic.kr/p/oAt5Lr)

[Jerry of San Fran]

From the 4terrainvestments.com web page:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3841/15016192012_19218ff2b3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oSVUJh)8th-and-Harrison-01 (https://flic.kr/p/oSVUJh)

[simms3_redux]

Randos:

Washington and Van Ness:

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Franklin and Bush:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6952_zps802e0009.jpg (http://s916.photobucket.com/user/jsimms3/media/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6952_zps802e0009.jpg.html)

101 Polk and 100 Van Ness:


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1400 Mission:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6959_zps847d8043.jpg (http://s916.photobucket.com/user/jsimms3/media/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6959_zps847d8043.jpg.html)

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1400 and 1415 Mission:

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1321 Mission:

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Trinity Phase 3 (requested for 2nd time that its thread be re-opened and moved to construction):

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Mercy Housing + St. Anthony's Dining Room:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6967_zpsba9882a7.jpg (http://s916.photobucket.com/user/jsimms3/media/SF%20Construction/August%202014%20SF%20Construction/IMG_6967_zpsba9882a7.jpg.html)

SFMOMA:

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[Jerry of San Fran]

simm 3 redux - some great updates of what is happening. There are too many for me to keep up with in person!

This morning was the largest quake that I have experienced in my 27 floor apartment in 43 years. Minor cracks at right angles at the ceiling which is expected. Nothing fell.

[a very long weekend]

a nice mise à jour, simms, saves me the trouble of uploading any of the snaps i took today. the only one i'll add is just to show the washington street side of the "marlowe" development. yes, it's the modern building on the left, so that the "marlowe" project envelopes the mystery building going up on the corner.

http://i.imgur.com/1CKoDyQ.jpg?1

also, in re the earthquake - like, i didn't even feel it out in the mission where i was hanging out last night. my gf phoned me at like 330 or whatever because she was woken up at our place on hyde and geary but like noone at the party where i was felt anything. did the quake not travel to the mission?

[shakman]

a nice mise à jour, simms, saves me the trouble of uploading any of the snaps i took today. the only one i'll add is just to show the washington street side of the "marlowe" development. yes, it's the modern building on the left, so that the "marlowe" project envelopes the mystery building going up on the corner.

http://i.imgur.com/1CKoDyQ.jpg?1

also, in re the earthquake - like, i didn't even feel it out in the mission where i was hanging out last night. my gf phoned me at like 330 or whatever because she was woken up at our place on hyde and geary but like noone at the party where i was felt anything. did the quake not travel to the mission?

The tremors from the initial shock were felt as far away as the California and Nevada state line.

[simms3_redux]

also, in re the earthquake - like, i didn't even feel it out in the mission where i was hanging out last night. my gf phoned me at like 330 or whatever because she was woken up at our place on hyde and geary but like noone at the party where i was felt anything. did the quake not travel to the mission?


I live within blocks of the photo you uploaded and I felt it *very strongly* at ~3:30 AM. Woke me up out of a Saturday night coma - the whole building/area woke up simultaneously. Was hard not to. Granted, I'm also on the 5th floor of a building, so it was rocking quite a bit. My first undeniable EQ experience...everything else seems to get confused with a large semi roaring by (or a nonexistent subway passing by underground...which obviously we don't have since our transit sucks, hehe).

Coming from FL (originally), I'll take that any day over a hurricane/tropical system, derecho, or severe "out of the blue" storm that can wreak havoc. I'll let you know if I change my mind if we go through a 7+ magnitude and parts of the city burn down again :(

The tremors from the initial shock were felt as far away as the California and Nevada state line.

SF felt it. I know of only one person who slept through and he doesn't wake up for anything.

[mt_climber13]

Felt it good in Sacramento in an 1880s Victorian house! Was creaking and grinding for quite a while.

[fflint]

I felt it very strongly here in Mission Dolores. Strongest s-waves I've ever felt, and this was by far the noisiest earthquake I've ever experienced too. Everyone I've spoken with in my building woke up.

[timbad]

Mosso came up in one of the individual threads, and I hadnt been by there in a while, so here a couple shots along the Folsom side

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3867/14846485287_eab55a1086_b.jpg

there is some sort of little alley on the west end:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3894/15030127371_a506699b3f_b.jpg

[timbad]

Dropbox on Brannan

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5586/14846463907_cf8f4a2aa8_b.jpg

[peanut gallery]

I'll add a few more miscellaneous shots.

Here's a tiny sliver of SFMOMA from the backside:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15051818261_8f28a820b6_b.jpg

Rincon Hill rising:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14868619989_b1f974bca4_b.jpg

The evolving Rincon Hill skyline:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3925/14868618989_50055dea2d_b.jpg

[peanut gallery]

Here's another project to put on our long-distance radar. From Bisnow (http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/san-francisco/2674-mission-bays-upcoming-sale/):

http://e13c7623ea07ffe9c5c6-e19f06f73efdb5028989d1916204cd71.r73.cf2.rackcdn.com/65711_1408731981_polaris-medium.jpg
Today we learned more about multifamily development from our story yesterday on a newly assembled SoMa site, 667 Folsom, 120 Hawthorne, and 126 Hawthorne. It just hit the market and may fetch $1,500-$1,800/SF, a new high-water mark. Polaris Pacific partner Chris Foley is spotting an interesting trend as he gauges interest from developers: rental and for-sale are both strong. Historically, at this spot in the cycle, apartments would wane by now and we'd see only condo developers. But because rents and employment are so strong he's seeing demand on both sides, he says.

The previous article from Bisnow (http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/san-francisco/2664-bisnow-scoop-650-cals-new-owner-is/)on this topic stated:
Almost all the land in S.F. that was approved in the last cycle has been bought up, leaving no real entitled land anymore. The buyer can expect 12 to 24 months get through the entitlements process and another six months for the building permit. So from purchase to starting construction we are talking up to two and a half years, he says.

Chris has reached out to a large list of developers—local, regional, national, and international. A lot of foreign money is interested, he says. The call for offers is Sept. 12 and he expects to get about 10 to 15. The site can fit a 130-foot-tall building. With low interest rates and strong rents, the market is seeing both condo and multifamily developers buy land today.

Wish it could be taller.

[peanut gallery]

I can't date the top photo but think it is at least 30 years old. The bottom photo was taken 08/21/14. Both photos are a view from the 27th floor of the Fox Plaza.

I used to see the 4 towers of the SF Bay Bridge & most of Yerba Buena Island.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14800882247_a1c6d24906_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)skyline_before and after (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)

I have to quote this so it shows up on another page. This is really amazing. Thanks for sharing these, Jerry.

[Jerry of San Fran]

A view of the foundation work for the State Fund building circa 1976. The building was completed in 1977. The view is from the 27 floor of the Fox Plaza (now Essex Fox Plaza).

You folks might want to look at the right angles at the ceiling of your building as that is where cracks are from the recent earthquake. Of course they are cosmetic! The 1989 earthquake was strong enough to buckle the sheet rock in the halls - within a day the manager had the cracks painted to hide the damage, but I know what to look for. :>)

Unfortunately digital cameras had not been invented in 1976 so I took very few pictures of my view.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/14870721080_6d01bcf0fc_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oE5khL)State Fund (now Dolby Bldg.) before and after (https://flic.kr/p/oE5khL)

[fflint]

These before/after photos are amazing! So much growth over the last 30 years...

Also, the Chronicle has an interesting article concerning seismicity and the design of our new crop of skyscrapers. It's well worth checking out, and something we may want to refer other forumers to when they talk nonsense about earthquakes and skyscrapers.

http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/31/66/41/6776911/5/900x900.jpg

[viewguysf]

I can't date the top photo but think it is at least 30 years old. The bottom photo was taken 08/21/14. Both photos are a view from the 27th floor of the Fox Plaza.

I used to see the 4 towers of the SF Bay Bridge & most of Yerba Buena Island.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14800882247_a1c6d24906_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)skyline_before and after (https://flic.kr/p/oxUoCX)

I'd say the top photo is from 1979, the year that 595 Market was completed (the white tower with horizontal black window bands). The former Pacific Telesis Tower at Post and Kearny (now the Post Montgomery Center) was completed in 1982 and it isn't visible yet.

[Jerry of San Fran]

viewguysf - thanks for the detective work! We have a better date on the photo.

Last night the major concrete pour was done. Lots of cement trucks went by the building! View from the 19h Floor this morning in the Essex Fox Plaza.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/15065422642_f45ced9976_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oXhehf)Fresh Concrete - 101 Polk Street (https://flic.kr/p/oXhehf)

[pseudolus]

viewguysf - thanks for the detective work! We have a better date on the photo.

Last night the major concrete pour was done. Lots of cement trucks went by the building! View from the 19h Floor this morning in the Essex Fox Plaza.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/15065422642_f45ced9976_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oXhehf)Fresh Concrete - 101 Polk Street (https://flic.kr/p/oXhehf)

What's happening at the Veteran's Building (old SFMOMA and Herbst Theater)?

[POLA]

^earthquake retrofit and general upgrades.

[viewguysf]

What's happening at the Veteran's Building (old SFMOMA and Herbst Theater)?

It's the last of San Francisco's major Civic Center buildings to finally be seismically retrofitted and restored, along with systems improvements, and reuse of some areas (particularly the Opera taking some space).

http://onesanfrancisco.org/wp-content/uploads/Veterans-Building-Presentation_02.07.11.pdf

[pseudolus]

It's the last of San Francisco's major Civic Center buildings to finally be seismically retrofitted and restored, along with systems improvements, and reuse of some areas (particularly the Opera taking some space).

http://onesanfrancisco.org/wp-content/uploads/Veterans-Building-Presentation_02.07.11.pdf

Thanks for the link.

Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. The city that knows how.

[peanut gallery]

We now have some very rough drawings of the proposed replacement to the 76 Station at First and Harrison (next door to 45 Lansing). From SocketSite (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/08/designs-development-prominent-rincon-hill-corner.html):

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/390-1st-Street-Design.jpg

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/390-1st-Street-Design-First.jpg

As we first reported two weeks ago, plans to demolish the Union 76 Station on the northwest corner of First and Harrison have been submitted to Planning. And on the corner, a 185-unit residential building has been proposed to rise up to 13-stories with 165,000 square feet of residential space, an underground garage with its entrance on First, and no retail or commercial space on the ground floor.

Promising! I wish there were retail going in as well, but given the intersection I'm not surprised at the decision. I guess everyone up on the hill will have to walk down to Folsom for their retail/commercial needs.

[hruski]

^^^ I like that massing. Very nice for, and a good break from all the Miami-style towers going up over there.

[Jerry of San Fran]

peanut gallery - thanks for the drawing. I was by there today!

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's addition is now getting it's skin. It has the look of opaque glass. It looks good up-close. I wonder what it will look like at a distance (as from my apartment one mile away).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/15077044175_75d48f95e3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oYiMXv)Icing on the Cake (https://flic.kr/p/oYiMXv)

[Jerry of San Fran]

West side view from the bottom of the hill. An elevated freeway ramp was to my back in the photograph.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/15076771292_6bb0b79d28_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oYhoQC)45 Lansing Street (https://flic.kr/p/oYhoQC)

[peanut gallery]

^Thanks right back to you, Jerry, for those shots of SFMOMA. Looks like I'll have to extend my walk a few blocks next time I'm in the neighborhood.

^^^ I like that massing. Very nice for, and a good break from all the Miami-style towers going up over there.

I like the massing and the potential colors shown here. I also like how it's relating to the setbacks on 45 Lansing. All in all, something like that should look pretty good in this location.

[pseudolus]

West side view from the bottom of the hill. An elevated freeway ramp was to my back in the photograph.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/15076771292_6bb0b79d28_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oYhoQC)45 Lansing Street (https://flic.kr/p/oYhoQC)

Essex Street has always puzzled me: so wide but only a block long. (Also very dangerous for pedestrians to cross.)

[viewguysf]

^^^ I like that massing. Very nice for, and a good break from all the Miami-style towers going up over there.

I agree! The drumbeat in some of the blogs to have tall buildings on every lot everywhere gets tireing and is boreingly unimaginative. Our smaller residential buildings just need to be more imaginative! Although it is only a perspective rendering, the building does have excellent massing for that corner and in relation to 45 Lansing--let's hope they pull it off right since it's such a prominent location.

[mt_climber13]

I notice that some other cities list 10 to 15 story buildings as high rise developments and it makes it look like their cities are booming, but really, they are building things as tall or shorter than that one proposal on 1st and Harrison (which is great, but I wish they would tunnel under 1st st. from Mission to the bridge because that intersection is hell).
SF has tons of these "high rise" buildings going up all over the city but there are no dedicated threads for them, because there are just too many. If threads were made for each of these projects then SF would blow these other cities away, there is so much going on right now. In five years when all of this construction finally dies down and we can drive around the city without the roads being torn up or lanes blocked off for construction, it is going to be a great place. Right now, with all the construction on Doyle Dr., downtown, Mid Market, and Soma, it's not very attractive to be a driver, pedestrian, or cyclist. The regular "folksy" neighborhoods are still as they were 100 years ago, but downtown (incl. East of Van Ness, north of 16th St.) is where it's at!

[Jerry of San Fran]

Here are 2 views of 222 Second Street from my Friday walk. One is a view from the corner of Folsom & Second Sts. Another building being clad in black. I can see the top 8 floors partially from my apartment plus the mechanical room.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/15086024405_5695eb7010_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oZ6Pt4)222 Second Street (https://flic.kr/p/oZ6Pt4)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/15085663862_1157cdfff0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oZ4YhN)222 Second Street (https://flic.kr/p/oZ4YhN)

[pseudolus]

I notice that some other cities list 10 to 15 story buildings as high rise developments and it makes it look like their cities are booming, but really, they are building things as tall or shorter than that one proposal on 1st and Harrison (which is great, but I wish they would tunnel under 1st st. from Mission to the bridge because that intersection is hell).
SF has tons of these "high rise" buildings going up all over the city but there are no dedicated threads for them, because there are just too many. If threads were made for each of these projects then SF would blow these other cities away, there is so much going on right now. In five years when all of this construction finally dies down and we can drive around the city without the roads being torn up or lanes blocked off for construction, it is going to be a great place. Right now, with all the construction on Doyle Dr., downtown, Mid Market, and Soma, it's not very attractive to be a driver, pedestrian, or cyclist. The regular "folksy" neighborhoods are still as they were 100 years ago, but downtown (incl. East of Van Ness, north of 16th St.) is where it's at!

During the last boom, the Chicago forums had a rule: no separate threads for buildings under 700 feet.

[simms3_redux]

I remember the Chicago boom. It was ridiculous...hardly ever replicated in North America, but for NYC now, Miami to a degree, and Toronto.

I think the boom in SF now is not on that level, obviously, but is still one of the largest in NA modern history (since the 80s). You are correct, though, that a few cities have separate threads for buildings 10-20 stories tall...if that were the case with SF, it would be annoying and absurd even for SF posters, let alone the rest of the forum. I think we basically have 30+ stories gets separate thread and that's ok.

[a very long weekend]

man, yeah, Toronto is nuts. check out urbantoronto.ca and surf around for a while. just unreal how long they've been booming uninterruptedly.

[pseudolus]

sometimes the chest-thumping gets to be a bit much for me.

http://www.celebritynooz.com/images2/marobrien-then.jpgEh,

"Wasn't I lucky to be born in my favorite city!"

[mt_climber13]

During the last boom, the Chicago forums had a rule: no separate threads for buildings under 700 feet.

SF would have had one post for the past 40 years (10 years longer than I've been alive) lol!

[viewguysf]

SF would have had one post for the past 40 years (10 years longer than I've been alive) lol!

Longer than that--2 posts in about in about 46 years. Don't forget your favorite massive shaft of Carnelian granite wakmesalad! It's 779', showing at approximately 823' with its position on the base of Nob Hill, and a strong tower I will always love.

[fflint]

Longer than that--2 posts in about in about 46 years. Don't forget your favorite massive shaft of Carnelian granite wakmesalad! It's 779', showing at approximately 823' with its position on the base of Nob Hill, and a strong tower I will always love.
I've worked on the 43rd floor of Triple Nickle (and the 42nd of Spear Street Tower and the 40th of 4 Embarcadero), and 555 California is by far the best of the bunch. It has the tallest floors by far, and the big bay windows allow for better and more diverse views. It may not be the city's most modern or beautiful tower, and that end of the Financial District now seems strangely remote and removed from the fresh energy and vibrancy of the 'new FiDi' south of Market, but it is by far the best in which to work.

[viewguysf]

I've worked on the 43rd floor of Triple Nickle (and the 42nd of Spear Street Tower and the 40th of 4 Embarcadero), and 555 California is by far the best of the bunch. It has the tallest floors by far, and the big bay windows allow for better and more diverse views. It may not be the city's most modern or beautiful tower, and that end of the Financial District now seems strangely remote and removed from the fresh energy and vibrancy of the 'new FiDi' south of Market, but it is by far the best in which to work.

It has great elevators too, especially the express ones to the top that run at the same speed as those in the previous World Trade Center--by far the best elevator ride in the City!

[TZTag]

a few random projects from this last weekend


8 Octavia

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5158/14615198384_5b3996203a_b.jpg

this is the street-level experience at 8 Octavia, a little bleak walking west along Market, coming at it from the 'back'

Agree- 8 Octavia ended up looking great along Octavia, but the segment on market street already looks dark, dated, and almost brutalist. Love the Octavia facade, very dynamic.

[a very long weekend]

wow, a neat little scoop in the examiner today:

The site at 350 Bush St. has a history of its own. Still standing there is a former mining stock exchange building of a classical revival design, and north of it at 469 Pine St., before being torn down, the Temple Hotel was the site of Ellis Act evictions in the late 1990s. While modern, the new 19-story tower will incorporate elements of the mining stock exchange building.

Nearby, 500 Pine St., a former Chinese temple-turned-vacant site, is slated for a gleaming glass office. The 6,127-square-foot rooftop park design mirrors that style, which Carol Kuong, a member of the Committee for Better Parks and Recreation in Chinatown, hopes will be modified at least slightly.
...
Since meeting with the committee in June, the developer has been considering the public-art component as well as modifications to soften up the fence and incorporate elements that would make the extension more welcoming to children, Frattin said.

Both projects are scheduled to break ground this month, with 500 Pine St. expected to take 18 months and 350 Bush St. two years to complete. Who will maintain the new park is still being finalized.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/chinatown-hopes-return-of-st-marys-square-project-will-retain-traditional-feel/Content?oid=2889102

http://i.imgur.com/Cx8GgB8.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/DJiPwio.jpg?1

[timbad]

wow, a neat little scoop in the examiner today:

The site at 350 Bush St. has a history of its own. ...

Both projects are scheduled to break ground this month, with 500 Pine St. expected to take 18 months and 350 Bush St. two years to complete. Who will maintain the new park is still being finalized.



right on! (reminder that this project also has its own thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=144509))

[Jerry of San Fran]

Now that the foundation has been poured the building is now above the ground. The beautiful mural on the Academy of Art building will mostly disappear from sight in a few weeks. Why the school painted it when it was known that a building would block it within a couple of years is a puzzle.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14938527227_4162861b91_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL4RGg)101 Polk Street- 2014_09_02 (https://flic.kr/p/oL4RGg)

[fimiak]

Now that the foundation has been poured the building is now above the ground. The beautiful mural on the Academy of Art building will mostly disappear from sight in a few weeks. Why the school painted it when it was known that a building would block it within a couple of years is a puzzle.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14938527227_4162861b91_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL4RGg)101 Polk Street- 2014_09_02 (https://flic.kr/p/oL4RGg)

The painting isn't going to be blocked, its just becoming slightly more private. 101 Polk will have outdoor space on the second floor next to the painting that uses the mural as a backdrop. From certain angles on the street the painting will still be visible (at an extreme angle). Still better than this being another parking lot. You can see what I am talking about here. http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/101-Polk-Street-Rendering-Corner-2.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

Fimiak - you are correct, part of the mural will be viewable. Looking at the construction site picture today and the plan presented to the San Francisco Department of Planning (case 2011.0702EXC 05/02/13) half of the mural will be completely obstructed by 101 Polk Street. It appears that the property of 101 Polk Street will abut the Academy of Art building for half of the block.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14955110430_a1e5b452f2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oMwRiy)101 Polk Street - 09/04/214 (https://flic.kr/p/oMwRiy)
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/15141387182_e7e54eae28_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p4ZyTG)101 Polk Street - 2nd Floor Plan (https://flic.kr/p/p4ZyTG)

[Jerry of San Fran]

After many months of foundation work, the construction crane is being assembled today (09/06/14).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14974462950_31e1d0a9ef_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oPf38G)Trinity Place - Crane Installation (https://flic.kr/p/oPf38G)

[peanut gallery]

Great updates, Jerry, thanks!

I keep forgetting about 350 Bush. Can't believe it might actually start this month. I need something to draw me north on my construction walkabouts.

Here are a few notes on another future project (http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/san-francisco/2732-300-cals-surprise-new-owner/):

Related's other S.F. biggie is the Goodwill site in Midmarket, which we were the first to report on in May. The prime site at South Van Ness and Mission, which sits in a growing residential and tech office hub, is an interesting deal, he says, because Related is fee developing it on behalf of the city. The site will include a 460k SF office building to house several city departments, 550 or so multifamily residential units, and 20k to 30k SF of retail. Because of city involvement, there's a head start on the entitlement process with the planning department, he adds, and construction will kick off in a couple years. He also hopes to get a good-sized site in Potrero Hill entitled in the next few years.

Wish we had something more specific than "in a couple years" but it's something. And the Potrero mention is interesting.

[Jerry of San Fran]

I noticed today that the skin is being applied to 1400 Mission St. It looks like it will be a very light color. I think it will be a winner for me.

I noticed the tiny windows that open out on the bottom. I doubt these apartments will be air conditioned so I wonder what these people will do on a hot day. I don't understand this trend to put in small windows that open out. Anyone have an answer?
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14996954840_297deb2583_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oRejbU)1400 Mission Street - 2014_09_08 (https://flic.kr/p/oRejbU)

[fflint]

^You don't think those new units will be air conditioned?

[jbm]

beat me to it Jerry re: 1400 mission. I noticed the glass going up at the end of last week and totally spaced on posting over the weekend.

[viewguysf]

^You don't think those new units will be air conditioned?

I doubt it, especially for an all BMR building.

[Jerry of San Fran]

fflint - what does the carot mark indicate preceding the text?
jbm - :>)
viewguysf - my thinking as well.

I have an email out for an answer to the question & my good contact says he will get back to me ASAP.

[Jerry of San Fran]

I did a street view of 1400 Mission today and I am very pleased with it. This is the view of the Mission Street side.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/15170514926_354f4e24c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p7yRyb)1400 Mission St. at 10th (https://flic.kr/p/p7yRyb)

[fflint]

Jerry, ^ is like an arrow that indicates a post is at least partially in response to the immediately preceding post.

[Folks3000]

After many months of foundation work, the construction crane is being assembled today (09/06/14).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14974462950_31e1d0a9ef_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oPf38G)Trinity Place - Crane Installation (https://flic.kr/p/oPf38G)

Is that the giant yacht in the bay everyone was talking about?

[mt_climber13]

I did a street view of 1400 Mission today and I am very pleased with it. This is the view of the Mission Street side.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/15170514926_354f4e24c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p7yRyb)1400 Mission St. at 10th (https://flic.kr/p/p7yRyb)

It looks like the AAA Office building (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7768625,-122.4195393,3a,75y,30.14h,108.13t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXHYrxwW5a1aWlxOlTv4BvA!2e0!6m1!1e1) on Van Ness.

[pseudolus]

It looks like the AAA Office building (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7768625,-122.4195393,3a,75y,30.14h,108.13t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXHYrxwW5a1aWlxOlTv4BvA!2e0!6m1!1e1) on Van Ness.

I was thinking 30 Van Ness, down the block. An architectural student once told me 30 Van Ness was the most beautiful building in the city.

[SFView]

^ Did that student ever work as an architectural intern at 30 Van Ness?

[pseudolus]

^ Did that student ever work as an architectural intern at 30 Van Ness?

I worked there for a year. The view over Fell Street was of a decrepit animal hospital. Most of the letters on the neon sign were broken, so it just flashed "SPIT".

I suppose he admired the plainn...er simplicity of it. He also said he was "fascinated by the ideology of the sandwich". My thought was, "That word doesn't mean what you think it does."

[POLA]

redacted.

[pseudolus]

^ha! I work there now. I've been told that 30 Van Ness is actually three different buildings wrapped in a skin and with an added floor.

SFMTA has a few historical pics of 30 Van Ness. Here's a link to one from 1909. (They've disabled embedding, it seems.)

http://sfmta.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=43&_bqH=eJxNjk1LAzEQhv_NXnrZiigt5BCTWAZ3kzKZBLaXYamLymKp3VbBX29mKeph3nle5pPD1472uX1ZoWl0vBm2b998v3TPH_X69m69rGuJosA2GpX7w8IP07Ro.9M4nCtgA9SpkiNpcgImJE_YMcQgNiA4X2oQvFiIjK5xOjp7tdv_PgYkhdo_VfM91t4quZKiQwarkvxiVnm0n3R8v4yllAEp6Yb1xnnTSVPF5oGhLC6jV0y_iI9_2ApqQ2oa.tP.tcrz9GZWI_oDuxpVXw--&GI_ID=

sfhog.com has more pics of the 1400 Mission facade. It looks very glassy and sleek, quite nice.