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

[fflint]

^Rich people do own this city.

[Jerry of San Fran]

I thought that I would hate the building (the original design was much better to my eye), but today after seeing the glass with the yellow & white panels that will clad the first 5 floors I think it will be a winner. I will have a view of the top 14 stories.


55 Ninth Street by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

[jbm]

it looks like 8 octavia has just started popping out of the ground, at least along market st. the back half, along haight, it looks like they are still clearing, which is not surprising since it is slightly higher ground.

[fflint]

15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

Yeah, I ride a bike and live on 15th!

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by fflint

15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

Yeah, I ride a bike and live on 15th!

Stop the bike and snap some shots!

[viewguysf]

NEMA & 100 Van Ness by viewguysf, on Flickr

Windows have been removed from the upper fourth of the tower.


IMG_1657 by viewguysf, on Flickr


IMG_1660 by viewguysf, on Flickr


IMG_1654 by viewguysf, on Flickr

[simms3_redux]

I'm going to SFMOMA (last day for 2.5-3 years TODAY) and then a massive walk around town with pics to come. Keep posted. Was in Mission Bay and south SF today for a bike ride and skipped out on pics - Mission Bay is just booming with construction activity, but I had too much momentum to stop.

[viewguysf]

The tower crane at 100 Van Ness was bringing up sections so that it could be jumped higher. NEMA is certainly going to be taller than 352'. Low scaffolding has been erected along the 11th Street flank of Square's new headquarters to begin punching in the 47 new windows; 55 Ninth is discretely visible above it.

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IMG_5957 by viewguysf, on Flickr


IMG_5958 by viewguysf, on Flickr

[simms3_redux]

I lied and spent too much time in line to get into the MOMA, and then too much time in there. But I still cracked a few pictures:

Cranes dotting the skyline:



535 Mission Street







144 New Montgomery





55 Ninth - 1 floor to go?





1960 Market





Bonus shot from Hunter's Point

[simms3_redux]

Here's the view that will be destroyed by the Museum Tower:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...and_from_the_penultimate_four_seaso.html





Looks like those poor souls will no longer get to see the W Hotel, St. Regis or Paramount Apts, awww.

[ozone]

^^^ If I had spent that much money on a place and some of view was taken away I'd be upset too. BUT isn't that the nature of living in a dense high-rise city? How will lowering the height affect their view?

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

Here's the view that will be destroyed by the Museum Tower:

Looks like those poor souls will no longer get to see the W Hotel, St. Regis or Paramount Apts, awww.

From what I can tell, the W Hotel and the squat building across the street where Chevy's is located are the only buildings they'll be losing a view of. Both butt-ugly buildings in any case. Too bad the Paramount won't be obscured too, but they'll still be able to see that.

[fflint]

Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by fflint

15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

here's the photo back-up...

15th and S Van Ness (SW corner), looking east down 15th:



15th and Mission

looking east down 15th at the SW corner (too bad nothing could be done about those poles and power lines, blech):



a bit farther east on 15th, showing the middle set-back section:



looking back west into the evening glare at the SE corner (the blue is a sub-layer I think, not the final surface color of that section):



... and the east side along Mission:



overall not bad looking, tho some sections particularly on 15th and along the 'back' little alley-like street look kinda cheap. but should be transformational for the immediate area - big changes around there since it was my 'hood in the mid 90s! (check out Google streetview to see what this replaced)

15th and Dolores

looking east down 15th:



south down Dolores:



and southwest into the glare, where you can see what I think was an original building peeking out from behind the tree:

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by fflint

Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

I was blown away at how awesome it looked from Oak and Fillmore with its construction lights on tonight! It's really making a major impact on the skyline from certain angles and views.

[timbad]

a random development at the foot of Potrero Hill (17th and de Haro), called Onyx... rendering:



as it looked Sunday:

[1977]

New 333 Brannan design. Looks like promising infill.

Kilroy’s goal for its portfolio as a whole is to reduce its energy consumption by 10 percent of 2010 levels by 2015, Neff said. The landlord hopes to start construction at 333 Brannan by the end of the year.

Source and article: http://news.theregistrysf.com/kilroy-wants-san-franciscos-first-net-zero-office-building/

**Another rendering.

[mthd]

Originally Posted by fflint

Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

it may look that way but it isn't. the height limit is still 320' and the most they could get is 352' (320+10%) by using the upper tower extension. in this case they also got an exception for taller than normal architectural screening of rooftop equipment, but none of it has been constructed yet.

the original EIR for the site was for a 320' municipal office building, which they did multiple addendums to as the use and massing changed but the underlying zoning was never changed.

[botoxic]

From nearly all vantage points to the south, NEMA's roof line does appear to be taller than Fox Plaza's mechanical penthouse. Even though they are across the street from each other, perhaps there is enough of an elevation difference (5-10' would do the trick) to create this visual effect. It also may be because concrete forms are still protruding from the roof, or it could be due to NEMA's ever-so-slightly closer proximity (about half a block) to southern views. But regardless, NEMA's core has already been built one story higher than the roof elevation (to allow roof access), making NEMA indisputably the taller of the two buildings.

[easy as pie]

just catching up on some mid-market reading, i noticed that a bit on the un plaza site macfarlane picked up a while back:

Meanwhile MacFarlane is busy entitling another San Francisco development, a 12-story building next to the Strand Theater (soon to be the American Conservatory Theater.) That project, at 1125 Market St., will feature ground floor retail on Market Street and a gym and common space on Stevenson Street. The midrise would have 150 units but just 16 parking space. Fourteen apartments, 12 percent of the total, will be designated as affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents.

also, 973 market street (the seven story building adjacent to the cityplace mall being prepped right now) is currently under scaffolding with internal and external renovations bringing back the 1906 building for 65 loft-style residences, over the existing retail base, of course.

and, the renoir hotel on market near 7th will become a kor hotel, after a 40 million bone reno.