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

[timbad]

This may have been noted already, but the Market Street Cinema is currently being demolished back-to-front. Looks to be over half gone. ...

and, it's gone

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8315/28869787853_ba9e48f8d8_b.jpg

some context

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8130/28869791273_73b8f2c72b_b.jpg

this afternoon they were loading twisted girders into a truck to be hauled away in the back alley

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[brantw]

9/6/16

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Crr-BzhUEAAysfw.jpg:medium

[timbad]

the sidewalks along Beale are taking shape, and when that wraps up that will take care of the flurry of construction activity south of Folsom for a while

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8469/29404408082_614e346cb9_b.jpg

[timbad]

couple SoMa office projects...

the one between Brannan and Bluxome near Fourth:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8295/28890877703_4f66164d74_b.jpg

... and the one on Townsend next to the Sixth St ramps:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8039/28888196184_5b75fafc74_b.jpg

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8500/28888194874_a4b6136c59_b.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

09/10/2016 - I looked at the construction today. An awesome skyline developing!

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8570/29512356101_c11a6d7361_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LXUxgT)Bus Bridge to the Trans Bay Terminal (https://flic.kr/p/LXUxgT)

[1977]

this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/09/new-facade-for-development-to-replace-den-of-adult-activities.html) was from late 2015...

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1075-Market-Street-2015.jpg

Some more renderings - looks like the design was tweaked a bit:
http://www.levydesignpartners.com/projects/market.html

[viewguysf]

Some more renderings - looks like the design was tweaked a bit:

from ugly to odd?

[botoxic]

Just another amazing shot of the Mission canyon and SF's expanding skyline:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8371/29600242456_8847679eb2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/M6EYPS)
City by the Bay (https://flic.kr/p/M6EYPS) by GPS (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zoxcleb/), on Flickr

Filling in the gaps:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsL7OrAUMAAPXu5.jpg:large
@Marcandrewrosso (https://twitter.com/Marcandrewrosso) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Marcandrewrosso/status/775458325387354112)

[timbad]

I'd forgotten about this one (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/03/big-outer-parkside-development-back-on-track-for-real.html) out toward the end of Sloat, between the Zoo and the end of the L streetcar line

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8218/29546150361_a5b5b6e812_b.jpg

jumping back to the fringes of Mission Bay...

the southern of the two projects on Indiana, with the one on 23rd in the distance

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8160/29546147921_fbbde7704b_b.jpg

a few shots of Potrero1010 as it moves closer to wrapping up

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8484/29546143801_24c458c35b_b.jpg

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[350Bush]

Update 50 First Street. Site prep.

http://flic.kr/p/McAYvg

https://flic.kr/p/LfoZH8

https://flic.kr/p/LKTCHN

More photos on my account coming soon.

[viewguysf]

Update 50 First Street. Site prep. More photos on my account coming soon.

That major project has its own thread. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185537&page=20#post7559628

[Justbuildit]

Wow! New Salesforce Tower Rendering!

https://s12.postimg.org/buglsueu5/470409374_1280x720.jpg

[botoxic]

Great skyline shot from Potrero Hill (a couple weeks old, taken prior to the Salesforce core reduction)

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8233/29635341406_8bb908e349_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/M9LSwb)
deadly solos (https://flic.kr/p/M9LSwb) by Bhautik Joshi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/captin_nod/), on Flickr

[CaliNative]

Perhaps, according to some sources. Condo towers especially seem overbuilt, as foreign buyers pull back. The Vancouver boom especially has popped, and sales and prices are plunging. NYC is also slowing; condo prices in the large number of new towers nearing completion are falling as buyers seem scarce & picky. Chicago has turned glacial, with only a few buildings under construction. Red hot Toronto is slowing too. I think the L.A., S.F. & San Diego booms could slow, but not grind to a halt for this cycle unless the economy enters a recession. Office rents are holding up well, especially in S.F., but a recession could change that too. The current boom has been wonderful & amazing, producing Salesforce in S.F. & Wilshire Grand in L.A., and innumerable other towers, so enjoy it while it lasts.

[Citylover94]

Perhaps, according to some sources. Condo towers especially seem overbuilt, as foreign buyers pull back. The Vancouver boom especially has popped, and sales and prices are plunging. NYC is also slowing; condo prices in the large number of new towers nearing completion are falling as buyers seem scarce & picky. Chicago has turned glacial, with only a few buildings under construction. Red hot Toronto is slowing too. I think the L.A., S.F. & San Diego booms could slow, but not grind to a halt for this cycle unless the economy enters a recession. Office rents are holding up well, especially in S.F., but a recession could change that too. The current boom has been wonderful & amazing, producing Salesforce in S.F. & Wilshire Grand in L.A., and innumerable other towers, so enjoy it while it lasts.

This is a bit off topic but it seemed interesting when I noticed this.

One city that at least right now seems to be a somewhat surprising exception is Boston which has one building with the prep work almost finished and two that have foundation work starting with several other skyscrapers set to begin construction within the next year to two years. It seems to me to strike an interesting contrast with most other cities.

[CaliNative]

This is a bit off topic but it seemed interesting when I noticed this.

One city that at least right now seems to be a somewhat surprising exception is Boston which has one building with the prep work almost finished and two that have foundation work starting with several other skyscrapers set to begin construction within the next year to two years. It seems to me to strike an interesting contrast with most other cities.

Yeah, Boston is booming. New Ritz Carlton will be the city's tallest.

One thing I forgot to mention is that so many of the new towers (on the west coast at least) are financed by mainland Chinese money. If and when that dries up, expect to see fewer new towers. In Vancouver they passed a law making it harder for Chinese to come in and scoop up properties, especially single family houses. Locals were being priced out. But the unintended consequences included a drying up of construction financing for new towers. I don't know about S.F., but in L.A. (as well as Vancouver) many of the new towers are financed by Chinese money (Metro complex, Oceanwide, etc.). Wilshire Grand was a So. Korean project. I believe the Oceanwide complex planned for S.F. is Chinese financed--correct me if I'm wrong. I hope it doesn't happen, because the boom has been fun, but a slowdown (at least) could be at hand.

P.S. what is the latest on the Millenium Tower issue? It was widely covered a couple of months ago. Haven't seen anything for a while. Anybody have an update? Thanks!

[hruski]

Yeah, Boston is booming. New Ritz Carlton will be the city's tallest.

P.S. what is the latest on the Millenium Tower issue? It was widely covered a couple of months ago. Haven't seen anything for a while. Anybody have an update? Thanks!

Tabloid fodder doesn't last long.

[Citylover94]

Yeah, Boston is booming. New Ritz Carlton will be the city's tallest.


It's a new Four Seasons that is being built and it will only be the new second tallest there still aren't any proposals for anything taller than 222 Clarendon (Hancock Tower).

[viewguysf]

Tabloid fodder doesn't last long.

It's far more than that and is a serious issue, especially for the current condo owners. The City is gearing up to launch an official investigation; this could go on for a long time because of the big money and parties involved. There will also be suits and counter suits.

[CaliNative]

It's a new Four Seasons that is being built and it will only be the new second tallest there still aren't any proposals for anything taller than 222 Clarendon (Hancock Tower).

Yes, 4 Seasons. I just stayed in a Ritz Carlton so I have that name in my head.

[CaliNative]

It's far more than that and is a serious issue, especially for the current condo owners. The City is gearing up to launch an official investigation; this could go on for a long time because of the big money and parties involved. There will also be suits and counter suits.

If I had plunked down $4 million on a condo I'd be angry. Seems like the developers & engineers may be at fault, at least partially, for not driving the foundation piles into bedrock, if the the reports in the papers & online are correct. But I'm not an engineer, so don't know. Looks like the lawyers will have a field day with this.

[SFView]

For those of us interested in keeping up with Millennium Tower news, one may try checking the link here for Curbed.com.
http://sf.curbed.com/

Here are some more recent stories with links to them:

Transbay Authority says: Don't blame us for sinking Millennium Tower
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/14/12919764/millennium-tower-sinking-transbay-powers

An engineer’s short, simple explanation of Millennium Tower problem
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/16/12945600/why-millennium-tower-sinking

Millennium says "dozens" of other SF high-rises also built into sand
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/15/12930402/millennium-towner-sinking-foundation-buildings

[Jerry of San Fran]

SFView - thanks for the links with information on the Millennium's sinking & tilt. If true that dozens of other buildings are not built on bedrock foundations I now wonder if the high rise that I live in is one of them (the Fox Plaza which is 50 years old this year). Maybe it is not such an issue.

[SFView]

I don't believe so. Even for Millennium, it is more likely an issue of negative public perception and resulting reduced property value over anything else.

[timbad]

with all the disparaging nicknames being given to major housing projects, maybe this one can be the 'Horror on Harrison'? I'm definitely underwhelmed by its most noticeable side:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7784/29700206521_bddcdcb4fb_b.jpg

inside it is layered like an onion, which could be interesting for the residents at least

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8123/29700207861_1158b0175e_b.jpg

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8337/29700209101_47bf1604f8_b.jpg

Ringgold Alley in the back:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8884/29700210911_17c6f13c3c_b.jpg

more in context

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8013/29154980764_91968edd66_b.jpg

[timbad]

a few looks at the renovation of the remaining original building of the 55 Laguna complex...

the south side along Hermann

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8452/29154990384_b2a5a43a61_b.jpg

east side along Laguna, where window openings were punched through the wall at sidewalk level. (and could they really not have undergrounded the power lines as part of this project? those are some of the worst telephone poles):

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8335/29154994354_81299566bb_b.jpg

the north side, internal to the block:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8295/29154996144_92d85b50f5_b.jpg

and how it relates to its new neighbor building:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8846/29154987794_538a5aa834_b.jpg

according to this image (http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/08/overview.jpg), there is still one building left to construct, on what was the little parking area on the Laguna side of the block, next door to this one:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/08/overview.jpg

and since we're in the neighborhood, here is the project at Laguna and Hayes:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8449/29154984474_de8db2dbdb_b.jpg

[timbad]

anyone been to Hunter's Point recently? it looks more and more like this these days:

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the skyline views are not bad from that part of town:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8020/29476903260_33b6ef92e0_b.jpg

that was Hunter's View (http://sf.curbed.com/2014/2/20/10141180/second-phase-of-hunters-view-development-ready-for-close-up). out at the end of Innes St is the Shipyard:

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8326/29657028382_faec7dd67b_b.jpg

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this is as far as you go without a Navy permit:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8073/29141751204_6af1b27a64_b.jpg

they're still building and there is plenty of room left...

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https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7778/29142192074_9b223e253d_b.jpg

[timbad]

scaffolding coming down on the hotel across from AT&T Park:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7749/29686764811_41fc7ffb68_b.jpg

[timbad]

at Potrero1010, the passageway from Hubbell to the greenspace is open. the Hubbell end:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7526/29768944755_53712edf62_b.jpg

open up as you walk through

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looking back the other way

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couple other shots

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8006/29141545734_382e138209_b.jpg

I've forgotten what this area in the foreground, along Seventh, is supposed to be

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8296/29141549494_031b75e3de_b.jpg

[botoxic]

Must have been the weather - some cool skyline shots uploaded to Flickr this weekend:

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8231/29746938166_fffba8c677_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MjCQmf)San Francisco Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/MjCQmf) by Teon Harasymiv (https://www.flickr.com/photos/404notfound/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8297/29656136922_d9aa343c8a_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MbBsiy)San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (https://flic.kr/p/MbBsiy) by Marquis Houghton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marq4porsche/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8399/29479362250_0e55cb2078_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LUZrmo)The City by the Bay (https://flic.kr/p/LUZrmo) by Matthew Rhodes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/11301059@N02/), on Flickr

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8181/29486581510_249b1fed3e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LVCroo)City Skyline at Night (https://flic.kr/p/LVCroo) by Vijay Narasimhan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vijay_narasimhan/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8255/29153402953_52e2bc43bd_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LqbP1v)City Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/LqbP1v) by Vijay Narasimhan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vijay_narasimhan/), on Flickr

[SFView]

Plans for a 21-Story Central SoMa Infill Hotel Revealed
Source: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/09/plans-for-a-21-story-central-soma-hotel-revealed.html
http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/350-Second-Street-Rendering.jpg
As we first reported last year, “have no fear, unless you happen to rely on the [130-space] parking lot at 350 Second Street or own a condo at 77 Dow Place that currently overlooks the parcel, an architect has been engaged to start working on plans for a new building to rise upon this lot.”

And the plans for a 21-story hotel with 480 rooms to rise up to 200 feet in height across the Central SoMa site have now been drafted and were just submitted to the city for review:

As designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the proposed development includes an 8-story podium building along Second Street with a 21-story tower behind and a privately-owned, public plaza (POPOS) at the corner of Second and Dow Place...

[timbad]

we've had false alarms on this one before, so take this with a grain of salt, but I noticed a couple new pieces of equipment and new construction signs at the 100 Hooper (http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/100-Hooper-site-acquired-for-complex-to-house-6371561.php) site over the weekend. maybe finally getting going.

[cwilly]

we've had false alarms on this one before, so take this with a grain of salt, but I noticed a couple new pieces of equipment and new construction signs at the 100 Hooper (http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/100-Hooper-site-acquired-for-complex-to-house-6371561.php) site over the weekend. maybe finally getting going.

I read somewhere that Kilroy wasn't going to start work on 100 Hooper until they had at least some leasing complete at The Exchange on 16th. Maybe this means they have progress with a tenant at The Exchange?

[botoxic]

The changing view from AT&T Park - good to go look at if the Giants are entering the ninth inning with anything less than a four-run lead:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8388/29709956652_c44b374ca9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Mgni2W)
Bay Bridge view from AT&T Park (https://flic.kr/p/Mgni2W) by tiny red warrior (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13847408@N04/), on Flickr


https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8317/29769080075_b24f273cd5_b.jpg

The skyline looks incredibly cohesive from that vantage point.

[fflint]

The new Bayview housing stock is not bad for a massive redevelopment, and the streetscapes are solid. It's nicer than I expected. How is Muni service over there?

[CaliNative]

For those of us interested in keeping up with Millennium Tower news, one may try checking the link here for Curbed.com.
http://sf.curbed.com/

Here are some more recent stories with links to them:

Transbay Authority says: Don't blame us for sinking Millennium Tower
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/14/12919764/millennium-tower-sinking-transbay-powers

An engineer’s short, simple explanation of Millennium Tower problem
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/16/12945600/why-millennium-tower-sinking

Millennium says "dozens" of other SF high-rises also built into sand
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/15/12930402/millennium-towner-sinking-foundation-buildings

Great articles! Can't the buyers void the contracts & get their money back if they weren't informed of the problems? Sellers need to disclose potential problems, don't they? Not sure. Any lawyers who can comment on this point?
:koko:

[viewguysf]

Great articles! Can't the buyers void the contracts & get their money back if they weren't informed of the problems? Sellers need to disclose potential problems, don't they? Not sure. Any lawyers who can comment on this point?
:koko:

I read this earlier today.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/09/millennium-tower-city-attorney-subpoena-developers.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2016-09-20&u=yQ%2BDydzxJoz1qIMVToxw0uNrolc&t=1474435169&j=75853992

[botoxic]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8018/29713833632_c70eefae33_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MgHawq)
San Francisco [141].jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MgHawq) by Huib Maaskant (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8050690@N08/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8030/29197852954_ade426e683_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Lu7CrQ)
Looking Down Pier 14 (https://flic.kr/p/Lu7CrQ) by Dave (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcnelson0381/), on Flickr

[mt_climber13]

I would like to award SF the most photogenic city in SSP.

These photos are stunning.

[colemonkee]

That last shot is especially nice.

[CaliNative]

I read this earlier today.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/09/millennium-tower-city-attorney-subpoena-developers.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2016-09-20&u=yQ%2BDydzxJoz1qIMVToxw0uNrolc&t=1474435169&j=75853992

Well, I guess that article answers the question. Looks like buyers of Millennium condos might be able to get their money back if they weren't told. Still to be determined by the lawyers. Lots of back & forth litigation coming, probably.

[botoxic]

Wayback Wednesday - taking it back nearly 10 years to revisit the time when construction of One Rincon Hill and Infinity had us all aflutter.

San Francisco Skyline - January 2007 vs. September 2016
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/btgibson/Skyline%202007-2016%20Comparison.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/btgibson/media/Skyline%202007-2016%20Comparison.jpg.html)

And random Flickr shot (from Corona Heights?)
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8874/29839364895_4c7b954648_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MsNxAx)
City by the bay 3 (https://flic.kr/p/MsNxAx) by G MacFly (https://www.flickr.com/photos/108457505@N04/), on Flickr

[fflint]

The towers currently under construction (and the recently finished towers on Rincon Hill) represent an epic change in our skyline. The city will never look the same!

[viewguysf]

Well, I guess that article answers the question. Looks like buyers of Millennium condos might be able to get their money back if they weren't told. Still to be determined by the lawyers. Lots of back & forth litigation coming, probably.

Another concern that I just posted (and reposted):

forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7571310#post7571310

[viewguysf]

The towers currently under construction (and the recently finished towers on Rincon Hill) represent an epic change in our skyline. The city will never look the same!

100 Van Ness also stands out as a notable improvement.

[SFView]

Possible Site for another Rincon Hill Tower in Play
Source: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/09/possible-site-for-another-rincon-hill-tower-in-play.html
Built in 1930, prior to which a number of residential buildings had resided on the Rincon Hill site, the two-story industrial building at 511 Harrison Street has served a number of commercial tenants over the past 85 years, was the site of One Rincon Hill’s original sales office, and is currently leased to the Terra Gallery & Event Venue through the third quarter of 2020.

And the site, which has been zoned for development up to 400 feet in height, is now on the market without a set price.

Keep in mind that San Francisco’s Rincon Hill Plan requires a minimum separation of 115 feet between all structures that rise above 110 feet in height in order to maintain adequate sunlight and air to the streets and open spaces below, a special exception to which was effectively granted to Hines for their adjacent tower to rise at 525 Harrison Street and which could now affect the potential for the 511 Harrison Street parcel, as will the existing (and planned) towers across the streets.

[timbad]

yesterday morning there was a concrete pour happening at the Schlage Lock site adjacent to Bayshore Caltrain along the southeastern border of the city. Altho this was supposed to get going last year (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2014/04/schlage-lock-affordable-housing-universal-paragon.html?page=all), it doesn't look like this is the start of that. they seem to be getting there (http://www.sfhac.org/event/visitacion-valley-workshop-impact-fee-prioritization-schlage-park-design/), however....

I just came across this article (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/06/sf-housing-schlage-lock-starts-construction.html) from June:

Developer Bayside Development LLC has started infrastructure work at the former Schlage Lock factory at 2201 Bayshore Boulevard 17 years after the factory shut down. Horizontal construction work will be completed by the third quarter of 2017, the developer said. The first phase of 200 housing units is expected to start construction by 2018, said Jonathan Scharfman, development director at Universal Paragon, which was previously listed as the developer.

this is from last weekend, where you can see the wall that is the product of the activity in the earlier photos:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8174/29769295015_eb2ed9ef10_b.jpg

[timbad]

I read somewhere that Kilroy wasn't going to start work on 100 Hooper until they had at least some leasing complete at The Exchange on 16th. Maybe this means they have progress with a tenant at The Exchange?

here's a shot of the site from this week

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7762/29241996983_7430401f8a_b.jpg

[CaliNative]

Another concern that I just posted (and reposted):

forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7571310#post7571310

Did the hearings Thursday on Millennium problems solve anything besides finger pointing? A real morass & lawyer gravy train.

[botoxic]

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[cwilly]

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181 showing prominently and Salesforce starting to peak up

[mt_climber13]

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

[viewguysf]

⬆️⬆️⬆️ That is a heavy duty article!

[The ATX]

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

That was a good article in that it did a good job summing the situation for those of not living in the area.

[CaliNative]

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

This kerfuffle will keep the lawyers busy & in lobster and steak dinners for years.

[mt_climber13]

The Sacramento Bee is a good paper. They were the first to uncover the CalTrans New Bay Bridge design & construction flaws.

[CaliNative]

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

Why not just use heavy lead weights to rebalance the tower, like they did at the leaning Tower of Pisa? It worked and reversed some of the leaning. Lopping off 20 floors like the SacBee article suggested seems extreme, impractical and costly.

[timbad]

random things...

more glass on the Moscone hotel on Fourth

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5808/29310151783_ea65778c65_b.jpg

in Hayes Valley, work appears to have resumed on the project at Fulton and Laguna:

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5733/29310099133_508a06a36c_b.jpg

in Dogpatch, the southern project on Indiana is rising more quickly now

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8131/29822325362_3c6782ca67_b.jpg

the same one, with the project on 23rd in the distance:

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8215/29853390181_e906c69c56_b.jpg

'the one on 23rd' has a name now, apparently:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8186/29853392161_6043ba56e9_b.jpg

in the Mission, the little park on 17th and Folsom:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8356/29936673075_f2c4162d9b_b.jpg

skyline coming up from the south on the freeway on the east side of Potrero Hill

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5340/29642729580_72d088a5de_b.jpg

[slock]

Very much appreciate all the photos timbad -- really enhances the threads.

[botoxic]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtS8Sm0VMAAG_n1.jpg
@moshjeier (https://twitter.com/moshjeier) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/moshjeier/status/780455674782158848)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtS8Sm1UkAAJBqR.jpg
@moshjeier (https://twitter.com/moshjeier) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/moshjeier/status/780455674782158848)

[plutonicpanda]

Please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I heard the Transbay Terminal is causing the surrounding buildings to sink, any truth to that?

[viewguysf]

Please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I heard the Transbay Terminal is causing the surrounding buildings to sink, any truth to that?

Look toward the top of the previous page and back from there. It's only the Millennium Tower that is having an issue and no one is certain if the Transbay Terminal has anything to do with it. The 58-floor, 645' tower's foundations were not drilled into bedrock, even though it's our highest all concrete structure and it was built on bay fill.

[tech12]

The building had already sunk by an unexpectedly large amount before they started digging the hole for the transbay terminal. And since work began on transbay, I'd bet 10 bucks that it's had no effect on the sinking. I'd blame the developers for not anchoring the building to the bedrock, which is what most people seem to be doing (aside from the developers themselves, of course lol). But that makes me wonder...why weren't they required by the city to do so? Maybe I have the wrong impression, but it isn't it pretty much required if you want a skyscraper on landfill to live through a large earthquake?

[CaliNative]

The building had already sunk by an unexpectedly large amount before they started digging the hole for the transbay terminal. And since work began on transbay, I'd bet 10 bucks that it's had no effect on the sinking. I'd blame the developers for not anchoring the building to the bedrock, which is what most people seem to be doing (aside from the developers themselves, of course lol). But that makes me wonder...why weren't they required by the city to do so? Maybe I have the wrong impression, but it isn't it pretty much required if you want a skyscraper on landfill to live through a large earthquake?

I'm no expert, but all the structural engineers quoted in the articles I've seen say the building would do fine in an earthquake. All the taller buildings that existed in 1906 (a few were 15-20 stories I believe) survived that big quake, and some are still around. The '89 quake did no damage to high rises either. The Chronicle did a good job with their story on the weekend. They had a map showing the old shoreline, and the foundation types of some of the buildings. Anyone--has the city scheduled another round of hearings yet? Maybe in the next hearing they can call in a panel structural engineers to get their opinions? Can someone provide a link to the Chronicle articles of the last few days, especially the one on Sept. 25 with the map? Thanks!

[botoxic]

This shot is already slightly dated, taken on September 20. The towers under construction have each gained a few floors since.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7501/29385411753_dc59d09792_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LLFV9e)San Francisco Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/LLFV9e) by Sharon & Rick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83711900@N00/), on Flickr

[Justbuildit]

Salesforce already putting SF on a whole new level, and it's not even topped out yet! :slob: I haven't seen it in person yet, but my God! that photo really gives me an idea of what a beast this tower really is. :cheers::yes:

[fimiak]

Hot off the press, these are from lunch time.

Mexican Museum
http://i.imgur.com/cKf21WRl.jpg (http://imgur.com/cKf21WR)

Transbay Center
http://i.imgur.com/P4LThXxl.jpg (http://imgur.com/P4LThXx)

http://i.imgur.com/TDAentCl.jpg (http://imgur.com/TDAentC)

http://i.imgur.com/zDGsjZQl.jpg (http://imgur.com/zDGsjZQ)

Salesforce Tower
http://i.imgur.com/tikgrHMl.jpg (http://imgur.com/tikgrHM)

Park Tower
http://i.imgur.com/NLMaFFTl.jpg (http://imgur.com/NLMaFFT)

181 Fremont
http://i.imgur.com/MPUVIhpl.jpg (http://imgur.com/MPUVIhp)

[botoxic]

The cranes from Nob Hill: 350 Bush, Salesforce, 181 Fremont

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/btgibson/14457543_10154276431776077_390185893624525938_n.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/btgibson/media/14457543_10154276431776077_390185893624525938_n.jpg.html)

[timbad]

crane has gone up at the office building project on Townsend at Sixth:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7490/29758340610_755f236723_b.jpg

there is low-level activity at the 100 Hooper site. this was Friday morning...

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5751/29758341740_f65374cbcc_b.jpg

... and a closer look today shows they've begun scraping up the surface along the southern edge. looking east

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5036/29944614032_8be55e5fb1_b.jpg

angling a bit more toward north

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8738/29944628642_180e86957d_b.jpg

1 Henry Adams

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8721/29944630132_3fb2493a99_b.jpg

looking north up Eighth at 855 Brannan

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5463/30058078245_cc3ec396c9_b.jpg

the Brannan side

https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5514/30058074195_3851a0f464_b.jpg

Indiana St in Dogpatch, where the southern of the two projects, in the distance, is becoming more visible

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8113/30058082535_1969fc00bd_b.jpg

skyline from freeway approach between Dogpatch and Potrero Hill

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8120/30058085675_3fdf366ed0_b.jpg

[botoxic]

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, October 1, 2016

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/btgibson/14485113_10210769486539164_4254661279104115105_n.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/btgibson/media/14485113_10210769486539164_4254661279104115105_n.jpg.html)

[edwards]

Anyone know why E.C. is purple tonight?

http://i.imgur.com/MqwjZA4h.jpg

[SFView]

^^^I needed to make a detour around the Castro and Market area today due to a Castro Street Fair. Perhaps there is a connection.

[timbad]

CPMC, the 'back' side on Franklin:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5808/29455135194_f888818575_b.jpg

and the south side:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5535/29999628951_1bfedbbe02_b.jpg

the medical office building hole across Van Ness. hard to get a good shot of how deep this thing is

https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5565/29455142054_706b043f20_b.jpg

Market and Sanchez

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8419/29455144334_94127eff31_b.jpg

the step-down portion along Sanchez

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8554/29455146584_819251dcf1_b.jpg

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5719/29455148804_d56ce15884_b.jpg

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7514/29455151164_183fc3aa42_b.jpg

this is from somewhere near Diamond Heights, but I'm not exactly sure where I was:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8118/30083009375_23b66c1f83_b.jpg

[botoxic]

Some of the usual skyline viewing spots uploaded to Flickr this weekend

West Oakland:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5675/29938228602_314ceffae2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MBxfkd)
Iconic skyline (https://flic.kr/p/MBxfkd) by G MacFly (https://www.flickr.com/photos/108457505@N04/), on Flickr

Treasure Island:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8707/29958774162_4bb1442ace_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MDmxP1)
SURROUNDED (https://flic.kr/p/MDmxP1) by Umberto Federico (https://www.flickr.com/photos/umbertofedericophotography/), on Flickr

[pseudolus]

Anyone know why E.C. is purple tonight?

My guess is Breast Cancer Month.

[emanon]

The Sacramento Bee is a good paper. They were the first to uncover the CalTrans New Bay Bridge design & construction flaws.

Not to discount the staff of the Bee, but the article is from the New York Times. Check out the byline.

[brantw]

10/3/16

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ct3ZhLnVMAAcJcs.jpg:medium

[viewguysf]

Mini drilling equipment on Mission Street beside the Millennium Tower

From the beginning of the north sidewalk by the tower all the way around to the end of the west driveway, the settling is quite pronounced.

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8133/29478565423_9d5fba28d6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LUVmtZ)Investigating the Leaning Tower (https://flic.kr/p/LUVmtZ) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

[Jerry of San Fran]

My guess is Breast Cancer Month. Last night I saw another high rise with red lights on the edge of the roof. Maybe a nod to the upcoming elections.

[viewguysf]

Last night I saw another high rise with red lights on the edge of the roof. Maybe a nod to the upcoming elections.

It's orange for the Giants, just like City Hall. Go Giants!!

[mt_climber13]

^ OT, but I have a running joke that I like to tease our friends to the south with:

There are two types of baseball teams. Those who have won a World Series title in the 21st century, and those who have not. :haha::haha:

[CaliNative]

^ OT, but I have a running joke that I like to tease our friends to the south with:

There are two types of baseball teams. Those who have won a World Series title in the 21st century, and those who have not. :haha::haha:

L.A. Dodgers: World Series Champs 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988

S.F. Giants: World Series Champs 2010, 2012, 2014

L.A. 5, S.F. 3

& to rub it in, L.A. Angels (of Anaheim) beat the Giants for World Series in 2002. Of course, Oakland had us in 1974. So we can call that a tie, although in 1988 L.A. beat Oakland.

[OneRinconHill]

L.A. Dodgers: World Series Champs 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988

S.F. Giants: World Series Champs 2014, 2015

L.A. 5, S.F. 2

Uh, it's 2010, 2012, and 2014 for the Giants? And he said in the 21st century, none of the Dodgers wins fall in that category.

[CaliNative]

Mini drilling equipment on Mission Street beside the Millennium Tower

From the beginning of the north sidewalk by the tower all the way around to the end of the west driveway, the settling is quite pronounced.

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8133/29478565423_9d5fba28d6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LUVmtZ)Investigating the Leaning Tower (https://flic.kr/p/LUVmtZ) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

Why are they drilling & who is drilling?

[CaliNative]

Uh, it's 2010, 2012, and 2014 for the Giants? And he said in the 21st century, none of the Dodgers wins fall in that category.

OK, 5-3 L.A. sice teams moved west. Edited original. It has been a long wait since 1988, have to admit. You got a good manager when you took Bouchy from San Diego. We did have Vin Scully too. Sad he retired--in ATT Park! I was up there when Morgan hit his home run in 1982. Every bit as bad as that home run in '51 by Bobby Thompson ("THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!"). Dodgers-Giants, a great rivalry going back to Ebbetts Field/Polo Ground days.

[homebucket]

This shot is already slightly dated, taken on September 20. The towers under construction have each gained a few floors since.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7501/29385411753_dc59d09792_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LLFV9e)San Francisco Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/LLFV9e) by Sharon & Rick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83711900@N00/), on Flickr

Some of the usual skyline viewing spots uploaded to Flickr this weekend

West Oakland:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5675/29938228602_314ceffae2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MBxfkd)
Iconic skyline (https://flic.kr/p/MBxfkd) by G MacFly (https://www.flickr.com/photos/108457505@N04/), on Flickr

Treasure Island:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8707/29958774162_4bb1442ace_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MDmxP1)
SURROUNDED (https://flic.kr/p/MDmxP1) by Umberto Federico (https://www.flickr.com/photos/umbertofedericophotography/), on Flickr

Absolutely stunning. Can't wait to see what it looks like when these two are completed. Might not be the tallest skyline on the West Coast, but hands down the most dense and most beautiful!

[edwards]

@viewguysf

What about the scaffolding across the street @ 350 Mission? That's been there since at least the start of summer.

[timbad]

@viewguysf

What about the scaffolding across the street @ 350 Mission? That's been there since at least the start of summer.

I'd been wondering about that too. they have this spectacular lobby, and it was almost immediately boarded up.

[fimiak]

From 10/6

http://i.imgur.com/MZwXh42h.jpg (http://imgur.com/MZwXh42)

http://i.imgur.com/zOspOt2h.jpg (http://imgur.com/zOspOt2)

http://i.imgur.com/fco2ObUh.jpg (http://imgur.com/fco2ObU)

http://i.imgur.com/EuNrKwGh.jpg (http://imgur.com/EuNrKwG)

http://i.imgur.com/ejxad4Zh.jpg (http://imgur.com/ejxad4Z)

http://i.imgur.com/Yg3FRy5h.jpg (http://imgur.com/Yg3FRy5)

Prep work for 50 First in the background.
http://i.imgur.com/0Acl6Yrh.jpg (http://imgur.com/0Acl6Yr)

http://i.imgur.com/0pRvfcHh.jpg (http://imgur.com/0pRvfcH)

[mt_climber13]

Pic I found that I took from Dolores Park Dec. 2002

http://i.imgur.com/ZDOjHU1.jpg

[Justbuildit]

^^^
Anyone wish the skyline never evolved from that condition?

[SFTransplant]

^^^
Anyone wish the skyline never evolved from that condition?

Nope

[chris08876]

Dolores Park View 2002 vs Q4 of 2016:

Pic I found that I took from Dolores Park Dec. 2002

http://i.imgur.com/ZDOjHU1.jpg

^^^
Anyone wish the skyline never evolved from that condition?




Hell no!!! :cheers:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5687/29881419122_494141e9ca_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Mww5Rq)
D09a Dolores Park (https://flic.kr/p/Mww5Rq) by mksfca (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/), on Flickr

PS... that dog is taking a crap on pristine SF land. It must be eradicated immediately! :machinegun:

[timbad]

...

Even the Blue Angels had to swing by to check out the construction.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5633/29534130854_897c2bd719_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LZQ99E)
Pier 50 Fleet Week 10-2016 (https://flic.kr/p/LZQ99E) by Dave R (https://www.flickr.com/photos/daver6/), on Flickr


apropos of throwback weekends and that cool Fleet-Week-tinged shot, here is an otherwise random pic from Oct 2007 when Rincon Hill was first making itself visible to rest of the city

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7484/30112006191_d46813ea65_b.jpg

[timbad]

South Park now getting some greenery to replace the trees that were removed for the renovation...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8677/29575809024_81ff62baa6_b.jpg

the hotel at the future Moscone subway stop

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5684/30090398752_b881a57809_b.jpg

the view of it from Clementina Alley

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5027/30090395562_76f81a614b_b.jpg

[RST500]

I took these about 2 weeks ago:

http://www.starktruthradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SF-Skyscraper-boom-II.jpg
http://www.starktruthradio.com/?p=2717


http://www.starktruthradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SF-Skyscraper-boom-1.jpg
http://www.starktruthradio.com/?p=2717

[timbad]

from San Bruno Mountain

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8614/29597531574_c44250923d_b.jpg

[boyinthecity]

fyi:
http://www.abc10.com/news/local/stockton-steel-company-thriving/329121972

[mt_climber13]

http://i.imgur.com/8HMg7tv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/b2STfyt.jpg

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

[timbad]

this little thing is taking forever... this is the northern (Folsom St) terminus of the power line extension from 23rd St (http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/info/aspen/embarc-potrero/embarc-potrero.htm) in the Central Waterfront.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7512/29622235604_28595b93b3_b.jpg

this shot would have been far less crowded just a couple years ago

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8549/29622233784_cb074fb2e4_b.jpg

another look at the progress in South Park. seems to be much more concrete than there was in the previous version

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5479/30167424791_e63e4ebcba_b.jpg

the mid-block passage at 1 Henry Adams. looks like the buildings sit on a raised platform on the west side, just as 2 Henry Adams does across the street, though it appears there will also be a lower sidewalk

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5641/30167426921_db55a64e1f_b.jpg