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"I firmly believe, from what I have seen, that this is the chosen spot of all this Earth as far as Nature is concerned." - Luther Burbank on Sonoma County.
I should have grabbed pictures - the sidewalk along Beale St offers the best view, you can see everything.
There are caissons going in - I recognize the drills/equipment on-site and the site is littered with those cylindrical steel setups with the piping for cement running down them. It appears they are using the same construction method as at Salesforce Tower and 181 Fremont where they drill and fill the caissons first, and then excavate out the subterranean structure.
In my opinion this is officially UC by SSP standards and I will try to grab pictures for evidence.
I spoke with a worker - his estimate, likely as someone with little visibility and little reason to care too much, is that there is +6 months of this work, which looks like no work on the surface (literally), and then 6-8+ to dig, the it will take another long period to come out of the ground. Basically, no different from the other towers we became so naturally impatient with.
Concrete was being poured along the perimeter where the retaining walls will be, yesterday. I think we are getting close to excavation. Also, I think I noticed a new rendering on the fence. Can't wait for this tower to rise.