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^^^Perhaps Oceanwide Center is too distracting from the subject. Other new towers not yet up are also missing, and not needed for this presentation rendering. If the design gets revised, we should be seeing more updated renderings and drawings later anyway.
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Funny how there are no renderings of the view of tower from the west...I wouldn't be surprised if this is another case of a tower turning its back to the city.
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Here are the planning commissions comments on the tower
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I agree with the Commissioners that the design needs something more. The current design from the east basically looks like just two miss-matched towers, one on top of the other.
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I think it looks good, though I like the top half better than the bottom. It could look better.
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While I'm still undecided about this new Pelli tower, the rendering of Transbay/Salesforce Tower/Center to the right of it is my favorite yet!
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It continues to stagger me how San Francisco is blossoming during this decade thus far, and will to the end of the 2010s. It speaks to its growing role as a global city of great consequence, and now it will have a skyline to match. I keep imagining the iconic image over the Golden Gate Bridge from the tip of Marin County and how that will appear with all these new additions to the skyline. :cheers:
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^^I am something of a consumer of financial news and I always find it interesting and somewhat ego-massaging how often CNBC has to go to SF-based reporters from its NY studios for breaking news and general coverage of financial news. To some extent, that's because Apple now has the largest market cap of any US company and at $6.79 trillion, the "information techology" sector, dominated by Silicon Valley, is just behind the financial sector ($6.95 trillion) as the second largest sector of the financial markets.
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^^^^ It's probably not well appreciated today but San Francisco was for a long time considered The City in the West and one of only a handful of true cities in the USA. It has had a global presence since the Gold Rush. So this is not entirely a new role for San Francisco.
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^^That's not appreciated only because history is so neglected today. San Francisco still probably has the best natural harbor on the West Coast of North America and in the days of sailing ships that was more important than it is today. The other large west coast cities probably had to wait for 20th century technological developments to really get going: LA and SD for a system to bring them a reliable source of water, and Seattle and Portland for the rise in importance of electricity which cheap hydropower from the Columbia River system gave them in plenty.
And besides its harbor, which made SF a dominant regional city, the gold of the gold rush of the mid-1800s, which led directly to the city being the western terminus of the first transcontinental railroad, followed by the silver of the Comstock Load cemented it as a national and global city. Bottom line: I agree with those who say the city needs a skyline to match its historical and current importance and I'm delighted to see the skyline enhanced the way it has been during this development cycle which I fear may now be coming to an end. My hopes are now focused on seeing this building being built before economic cycles delay it for 5 or more years. |
The details on the exterior are just an 'homage' to the Transbay tower. Just Pelli Clarke Pelli narcissistically praising its own work...as if the Transbay tower was that impressive to begin with.
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You can see their latest docs for yourself here. Under "Record Info" click "Attachments", then click over to page 3 or 4 to download the PDF. https://i.imgur.com/TmaIlVx.png One of the more interesting diagrams is how they are transferring load towards the core and away from the train box: https://i.imgur.com/DGEZqvp.png |
I must be thick because I don't see much/any? real changes. All I see is that lighting and shadows have been tweaked on the rendering.
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Old http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...-Rendering.jpg New http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...ng-Refined.jpg Does look like the trees on the mid-lvel setback have grown some. ;) |
Gorgeous!
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Proposed 800-Foot Transbay Tower Is Being Redesigned
Development spokesperson says yesterday's updated drawings are still being revised with input from City Planning Quote:
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