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SAN FRANCISCO | 555 Howard Street | 418 FT | 35 FLOORS
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Looks like those upset over the lack of a tower-top observation space in SF may be getting their wish, albeit one at only 40% of the height of the Salesforce Tower. |
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Some serious infill and height is gracing SF. This area has changed so much in the last 10 years.
https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data=...LaTd2u07dVwQ4g On the topic of observation decks, they are money magnets I feel. Even if it's 40% of Salesforce's height, given the lack of decks, a monopoly for the meantime with respect to decks will make it profitable. So long as the market and advertise it effectively. Having a bar is a good idea. That alone will garner interest. |
^^If the rooftop space is their legally required publicly accessible open space, I don't believe they can charge the public to use it so it won't make any money by itself. What it will do is lure patrons to the bar on the floor below which may allow the building owner to charge higher rent for that space.
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If that's a spire, this one's height could be close to 460 feet.
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Looks like the NY Times Building's little brother.
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Note in this more realistic rendering the apparent "spire" is gone. |
^^there is a line in the center of the rendering, it may still be there, but hard to see from ground perspective
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New renderings!
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^^^The rooftop is incredible.
I don't know if the building is a landmark though! |
Moderators, may I suggest we have this thread also appear here?
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags...=san+francisco It is not currently doing so. This would be much appreciated. Thank you. |
Socketsite: Fast-Tracked Renzo Piano Tower Slated for Approval
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^^I'm really happy for the city's hipsters having a place to party with some screening from the constant wind but I still suspect that, other than on rare evenings, the "marine layer" (aka fog)is going to make it colder than the proverbial witch's t*t up there and once they've looked at the view for 2 minutes they'll all take their cocktails back down to the bar on the floor below.
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Interesting article and a rough timeline.
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we ought to be hearing something about this one getting going soon
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Don't understand why they assume this to be a shorter "landmark." Looks like exceptional infill, but nothing more. Better than a squat straight box at least!
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Looks very Tokyo imo. I like it, it's simple and elegant.
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no peeps about this one?
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http://dbiweb.sfgov.org/dbipts/defau...75918&Stepin=1 as always: DBI approval is a two-step process, first the site permit, then all the addenda |
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Anybody heard anything more about this one? With the fast-tracked approval I figured it would have broken ground by now.
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That would be this spring, the season just past--and since nothing ever happens on time in SF development, I'm not panicking yet. There may have been some delay associated with the repeated postponement of the final wrapping up of the TransBay Terminal project, now due to open next month. Still, some people on this site are adept at picking though permit applications and such so it would be nice to know if they've applied for any as a first step to moving forward (that's a hint ;) ). |
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http://dbiweb.sfgov.org/dbipts/defau...75918&Stepin=1 |
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An 'update' from Socketsite:
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This aerial shot is almost from the same perspective as the rendering below - gives you an idea of how this will look within the current skyline.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1868/...b93de131_h.jpg San Francisco (Salesforce / Transbay) Transit Center by Michael Estigoy, on Flickr https://sksre.com/wp-content/uploads...-1600x1040.jpg https://sksre.com/project/555-howard/ |
wow, nice finds, thanks!
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Amazing find 1977!
Honestly, whenever I'm walking around the city, I always wonder how the proposed buildings will look and change our skyline. I would love for Parcel F to move faster |
Look at the shaddow cast on the TransBay rooftop park by the rendered adjacent tower (I have trouble keeping the addresses straight).
https://sksre.com/wp-content/uploads...-1600x1040.jpg Those who keep complaining about the height of Foundry Square need to look at this hard because, as the Planning Dept. foresaw when they approved Foundry Square, had it been taller--even as tall as the zoning then in place would have permitted--much of the park would have been shadded for much of the afternoon. Even as things are, when all of the lots on the south side of the terminal are built, I think you may not get much sun in that park. |
Wasn’t Foundry Square built many years before Pelli won the Transbay design contest with his rooftop park proposal?
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Yes
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at http://dbiweb.sfgov.org/dbipts/defau...75918&Stepin=1, if you click on the Details button, it now says the permit was issued, on 11/28/18.
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Two years...hard to believe this one was *fast tracked* by permitting!!! Still very excited to see the wait (maybe?) coming to an end, hope we can squeeze this one in. I like a supertall as much as the next fellow but am particularly attached to infill towers in the 250-450 range right now in this city now that we've got some big pieces in play with large towers. Not to mention I'm a rooftop bar junkie (just got back a few months ago from the O-Zone Bar in Hong Kong during my stay at the Ritz there, tallest bar and hotel in the world, that was incredible!) and so I'm hoping to get a new haunt out of this one (even though I'm sure it won't be a cheap one!).
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um, 6 more months and nothing?
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You have to love the current building's street art that says Oscar Park 2017. Not only is it no longer the name of the future park, but it's obviously not going to be done until 2020 at the earliest (probably closer to 2022).
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I think evidence is accumulating that the recent building boom is over. Not only is the general economy slowing down but fees, "affordable" requirements and other obstructions in SF have gotten out of control and general building costs have risen so high as to make many projects no longer "pencil out". Developers are shelving them until things reverse or even selling the sites. My guess is this project may be an example.
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I believe this one slowed down because the developer decided to switch to 100% hotel and start over at planning.
https://socketsite.com/archives/2019...wer-plans.html |
^^Yup.
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Is this one still going through planning?
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Yes, courtesy of SocketSite:
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An update on this one:
The specs for 555 Howard St: - 35 floors, 418 ft - 401 hotel rooms - 6,700 sq ft for rooftop POPOS - 3,770 sq ft for restaurant and bar - Parking included for 1 van and 20 bicycles The site: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wReDgmpKWyLiNZHj7 Quote:
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Totally forgot about this one... I'd rather see some of the projects on empty lots move forward before replacing the little industrial buildings where this one sits but an attractive tower nonetheless. Despite being closer to a "glass box" than some of the other proposals in the pipeline right now I do think RPBW projects really shine in their details once built.
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