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

[timbad]

Originally Posted by pseudolus

kinda wish the setback on 2nd St started lower. As it is, it really overwhelms the older buildings.

agree. I've said this before, and still maintain that this one is overall too bulky for its location, but the massing just makes it look awkward no matter where it is. I like the skin, but seems like such a waste given these drawbacks that for me tip this one into the less-than-successful category. probably would have worked in a 350-Mission-type location where the bulk/massing would have been less noticeable/out of place.

[fimiak]

222 Second isn't the problem. The contrast of old and modern adds character. Once the lobby and sidewalk are finished I think the sidewalk/ground level will feel like that of any other large building.

Transbay Terminal




They are now working on expanding it west, I don't have a good picture of the new bus ramp overpass but major pillars are being rebar'd up.


SF Tower

[jbm]

Looked like crane was coming down today at 1415 Mission.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by timbad

crane was being set up at the little development on Bluxome earlier this week:

steel going up pretty quickly on this one:

[timbad]

Originally Posted by jbm

the concourse exhibition center has been fenced off and they have started demolition prep. seen workers in and on the building the last week or so.

going, going....

[chuckrim]

30 Van Ness announced: https://www.bisnow.com/san-francisco/new...4-apr-2015-000000--0500_san-francisco-re

Would be interested to see the book for this one. Lots going on over there!

[a very long weekend]

that's a placeholder render for marketing purposes, but it's really interesting that the city is moving ahead with the sale at this point, since it's timed both to the market at to their plans at the goodwill site.

zoned up to 400 feet (should be higher, but whatever) puts it at the same height as 100 van ness, which isn't too shabby. up to 600 units too. so emerald fund's three sites (101 polk, 150 van ness, 100 van ness) brings in over 1000 units, 1 oak would bring in just over 300, nema has already brought in over 750, the honda and goodwill sites will bring another 800 or so, then all the smaller projects (i count 9, including the trumark carwash site) combined bring in another 600 or so depending on what the union does with their lots next to honda. that's a ballpark of around 4000 units built in the area from 2010-2020. it's not toronto but for sf here it's pretty good.

incidentally, it was in the news too that the conservatory of music bought two important piece of real estate at the border of civic center/mid market:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-music-school-buys-expansion-parcels-on-Van-6184848.php

[minesweeper]

Speaking of Van Ness, J.K. Dineen has a rundown of projects a little further up around the CPMC site:

Betting that the 700,000-square-foot hospital will create huge demand for bedrooms and office space, opportunistic builders and property owners near Van Ness and Geary Boulevard are lining up development projects that will result in 2,000 new housing units, 1 million square feet of office space and possibly hundreds of hotel rooms.

The projects include the redevelopment of the KRON-TV building at 1001 Van Ness, where Oryx Partners is planning to build 165 units. On Geary just east of Van Ness, architect Michael Stanton has filed an application to build 130 apartments on a parcel currently occupied by the Opal Motel. The adjacent Opal Hotel would be retained and renovated as part of the project.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artic...c51bb7b1c400af33be&cmpid=twitter-premium

[a very long weekend]

here's a rendering of 524 howard, being brought forward by crescent heights, currently sitting at environmental review

[peanut gallery]

^Nice find. Looks a little more refined than the last one I saw.

I did a walking tour of Rincon Hill and Transbay projects yesterday and these are some shots that didn't fit in a particular thread, or combined several projects in one.

I know I have an early 2000's shot of Fremont St, but can't find it to do a proper comparison. It would be dramatic because it has changed as much as any street:




Sometimes, this entire area feels like one huge construction project:




Here's one comparison I did find. Rincon Hill from 2006:


Rincon Hill from about the same spot, taken yesterday:

[peanut gallery]

Oh, and two shots of the plaza in front of 535 Mission. Putting these here since I hadn't noticed them on here yet and the 535 thread is closed.





Big improvement over the small street (basically a driveway) that was here before.

[tall/awkward]

All these 400-450 foot buildings proposed/under construction...they must really like the plateau look in this town!

At least salesforce and 181 Fremont will spike things up a little bit in their area...

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by tall/awkward

All these 400-450 foot buildings proposed/under construction...they must really like the plateau look in this town!

It's going to look the same at Market and Van Ness with the six new towers, 100 Van Ness, Fox Plaza, and NEMA--nine buildings all around the same height.

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

here's a rendering of 524 howard, being brought forward by crescent heights, currently sitting at environmental review

The same company that brought us Jasper and the ragged, unfinished looking top of NEMA--I hope the third time for them is indeed the charm.

They're also doing the two towers on the site of the Honda dealership at Market and South Van Ness, and those will be very prominently situated.

[fimiak]

Posting from here right now.


same view at night...iphone6 doesn't take night shots very well

[a very long weekend]

mediocre view.

jk

[viewguysf]

Great--nice to see that your roof is now open! I'm looking forward to seeing the street level completed too since I walk by there regularly.

[toxteth o'grady]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

mediocre view.

Quit trying to read his e-mail!

[peanut gallery]

Can't wait for the party on fimiak's roof. I'll bring the red wine.

Saw this proposal on Hoodline for a new piazza on Vallejo in North Beach. I like the idea.

Angela Alioto has a vision. Imagine, in front of the landmark National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi at 610 Vallejo St., an Umbrian-style piazza closed to traffic.

Imagine that piazza inlaid with white and green granite, with the names of prominent poets and peacemakers in bronze in a circle right in front of the church. "Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi," Alioto said. "People who are famous in the world for bringing peace."

And imagine sitting and sipping an espresso under olive trees without the roar of cars and motorcycles. The legendary Caffe Trieste is on the opposite corner of the plaza, long a "third place" for neighbors and thinkers to gather and discuss the world. On the northwest corner is La Porziuncola Nuova, a re-creation of the little church that Saint Francis rebuilt and where he founded the Franciscan Order of the Friars Minor in 1209. He named his little church the “Porziuncola," meaning “little corner of the world."

----snip----

The city has plans to start digging up the street in July and August to replace the water and sewer lines, she said, so this is a good time to get in cahoots for the bigger picture. She hopes to begin building the plaza in September 2015 and to finish by September 2016 for the peace conference.

I never realized that church was a re-creation of an historic St. Francis church.

[mt_climber13]

Sorry for blurry photo (and dirty windshield), but just wanted to add to the discussion of the flat table top of the Van Ness/ Mid Market skyline. A few more 400 foot towers will just add to the flatness. Hoping that some of the VN and Market towers are upzoned to 550'.