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

[pseudolus]

Is that the original Palace Hotel to the right?

[BTinSF]

Originally Posted by Manarii

I love how now with the fountain in front that has been there since the late 1800s and this building restored, it could almost be the late 1800s again (minus the cars and muni busses)

Yeah, but back then your horse could probably drink out of the fountain and the intersection was a whole lot easier to cross.

[SFView]

I'd still be watching where I step though - all those horses...

[sfgiants]

Originally Posted by BTinSF

^^^"Was?"

ya he was the foreman but all the rebar is put in now so the ironworkers are done with that job.

[botoxic]

829 Folsom


Foundry Square


Ritz-Carlton Residences




sfgiants, your "insider" (literally) photos of the RCR were cool - thanks for posting.

[sfgiants]

i got more pics of Ritz-Carlton Residences. do u want me to post them?

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by sfgiants

i got more pics of Ritz-Carlton Residences. do u want me to post them?

Sure! Show the north side of the building which makes the western facade look like more that just a postage stamp.

[Manarii]

yes, please. i'd love to see more.

BTW, has the lower part of the building been uncovered yet? the large arched doorway..

What I'm noticing from these pics is that the upper new half looks offset from the older original building giving it an impression of being two buildings.

[sfgiants]

this is how they got rebar in the basement.




this guy is a ironworker he is workin in the mate of rebar. this is in the basement


this is when when the were working (6/10's) whitch means they were working 6 days a week and 10 hour days.


i dont really got any pics of when they were doing the 20th floor and up. i got to go to work with him on saturday a while back when they were working on the roof. its was really kool

I got some more pics on my computer but they were taken at 3am and i got some pics of the day they worked a 16 hour day if u guys want to see them?

[Reminiscence]

Please do, by all means. Those pictures are incredible, almost like a behind the scenes tour.

[kenratboy]

Asking us if we want to see more pics is like asking if we want free money!

[sfgiants]

ironworker on the truck helping unloading a truck at 3am in the morning



their un-hooking the iron and about to rool the rebar in the ground floor


ironworker on truck at 3am


some ironworkers standing around at break on the 23 floor.


ironworkers stockin the ground floor with the rebar at 3am

[Reminiscence]

Wow, ironworkers working at 3 am, now those guys are hard workers. I myself cannot imagine how hard that must be, but that makes me appreciate them even more.

Thanks for sharing those shots!

[sfgiants]

most of the time they only work from 6:00am to 2:30pm but sence you know how their is alot of traffic on market st they wouldnt be able to unload the trucks cause they would have to block the street off. because last year in may i was at work with my dad and they were using the tower crane to pick up a dumpster off the street and the got it like 2 feet of the ground and a muni bus came by and hit the dumpster so most of the iron would come early in the morning or late at night. i remember my dad worked a 16 hour day their from (6am to 10pm) and had to go to work the next day at 6 am.

[Flea]

I live in SF since 90 after leaving NYC.I love the growth and watching all the towers going up is cool since I work downtown on market street I been taking pics of them going up.

[botoxic]

I posted this picture in the Millennium thread earlier in the week, but I also thought it belonged here, because it emphasizes how several projects will help solidify Mission Street as one of the premiere streets for skyscraper viewing in SF:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/470966747_72b9502722_b.jpg

Besides those buildings under construction (Millennium above ground, 555's hole in the ground), we may see developments on 535 (current parking lot) and 350 (shorty across from Millennium) by next year. Then, of course, TransBay and Piano would be the major players. This photo also shows just how small the footprints of Piano's buildings would need to be in order to fit five around the white building that would remain on the lot...

What is the story with the shorty just to the left of 50 Fremont (the last holdout at the corner of 1st and Mission) - could we see possibly see new development here sometime soon?

[tyler82]

I forgot the name of this one on Polk/ Market but I snapped this while driving by:

[colemonkee]

I spent the majority of this work week in your fair city and was impressed by the amount of construction activity. My hotel room had a great view of the Residences at the Ritz construction (alas! I forgot my camera so no pics). I must say, it looks a lot better in person than in pictures. The addition at the top is a bit bland, but the colors go very well together.

And Millenium Tower and One Rincon should be quite impressive when they're done.

[CardinalStudent]

Taken Thursday 4/26

766 Harrison

So I've noticed this one for a while but I assumed it would be 2 to 3 stories tall like its surroundings... Now there's a crane on the site. Anyone know the minimum height of a building this size that would require a crane?



829 Folsom



Arterra



One Rincon Hill







The Infinity





Millennium Tower





Foundry Square I





555 Mission



Ritz-Carlton Residence



631 Folsom



InterContinental Hotel





10th & Market





Argenta



Symphony Towers



800 Block Van Ness



Polk & Geary



77 Van Ness



Turk & Gough



The Hayes SF

[fflint]

Excellent job, Cardinal Student!