"enough of this tallest on the west coast nonsense"
"everybody knows US Bank/ Library Tower is still the real champ'

:haha::haha::haha:

Now that the heat is on they're coming out.

I've been reading about the Wilshire Grand, and the LA Times, already a superior news outlet than the Chronicle, in my opinion, ran the best, most informative real-time expose/article on a single real estate development I've ever come across.

http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire...-construction/

This among countless other fair and balanced reports on the tower, its development, the impacts, opinions, benefits, etc.

Did I miss something similar on the Salesforce Tower? Admittedly I've only been around SF since 2012, before the Wilshire Grand was even a concept but long after the Salesforce Tower was just about shovel ready after years of politics, architect selection, and design/approvals. Amazing how slow we are up here.

I don't think SF has any gripes with spires. 181 Fremont has a spire. So does the Transamerica Pyramid and 345 California. I don't think a spire would look good on this tower though.

Very fascinating article. Definitely agree about the LAT > SFC. I have not seen anything similar on the SF Tower, but would be great to read something like that about it!

Deconstruction of the old hotel started that year. The original Wilshire Grand project was announced in 2009.

If Salesforce puts up a spire, Wilshire Grand might just put up a taller spire. Just kidding. A tie at 1100' for Salesforce & Wilshire Grand seems the sensible "game theory" choice., but who really cares who has the taller spire? Both Wilshire Grand and Salesforce are magnificent. I like them both. I like both SF & LA.

Spires are cool.

@SoCal Alan

http://i.imgur.com/87v8aay.jpg

Do you think the top of the tower will surpass the height of the cranes right now?

this evening - 10/13/2016
 

Source: http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/30/13126...yramid-tallest
The coming week was last week. What floor is the core at 823 feet? If 823 feet is at 58 floors, how do we get to 912 feet with 61 floors? I don't think those 3 floors will be 29'-8" high Even at 4 more floors (57 floors at 823 feet), they might be 22'-3" high. It seems like there would rather be room for 5 or 6 more floors to reach 912 feet to the roof.

Standard floor-to-floor height is 14'-8". I don't recall the source. Some floors may be taller.

I believe the building section we have been looking at is outdated more than we think.
https://www.imgur.com/9OrAKqZ.jpg

I can't tell, because I don't know when the picture was taken, and also, I can't measure a sample of the floors to compare. Sorry.

I always went by 912 feet / 61 floors = 15 feet / floor.

As of today, one could make the argument that we're definitely at 855 feet with concrete, and the top of the forms for the next floor is at 870 feet. Until they pump concrete for this placement of forms, we can say that we're at least, at 855 feet.

It was taken from the webcam right before I posted.

How does 823 feet fit into this scheme?

912/61*55=822.3

Which webcam? Can you post a link?

Hines has issued a press release stating that as of 10/14, Salesforce Tower has reached a height of 867 feet and is the tallest building in San Francisco:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...-San-Francisco

The 867' figure represents the placement of core concrete for the 58th floor. The outer forms are one story (15') taller, and the inner forms currently reach up into the 60th floor.

The total height of the exposed core (to the very top of the forms) is just under 130 feet. The top of the tower will be about 180 feet from the top of the forms, very close to the height of the cranes in the photo, but ever-so-slightly taller.

^^^Okay, now that makes more sense.

Congratulations - San Francisco's New Tallest in 44 Years!

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