SAN FRANCISCO | 706 Mission St. (Mexican Museum + Condo tower) | 510 FT | 43 Floors - Page 14

viewguysf · #**261** Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 2:39 AM**

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Mexican Museum & Four Seasons Residences by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Pedestrian · #**262** Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 7:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by peanut gallery

It sucks BT was banned. I know he'd be excited about this and I'd love to get his feedback on it.

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

I don't usually follow SF stuff, but have communicated w/ BT in the transport forum. Why was he banned? When?

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Originally Posted by Gordo

^He created a sock-puppet account for some reason.

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Originally Posted by SFView

BT has a lot more time on his hands to do other things now that he was banned. I miss his commentary as well, and was always amazed how prolific he was. He joined this forum about the same time I did, but I can barely claim 1/34 as many posts.

Now that this project is taking shape in reality, I find myself having trouble remembering what it's supposed to look like so I went w-a-a-a-a-y back to find a good rendering and came across all this back and forth. Some of you know this by now but some may not so I'll tell you straight out I am the missing one.

I was not banned for a "sock-puppet sccount" or any such. I'm actually not exactly clear why I was banned myself--different mods have given me different reasons--but I believe the primary one is that I sorely aggravated a certain one of them in the Skybar who did the banning. I won't bore you with the details and it would be too far off-topic besides, but my sentence was commuted some time ago though under this new name.

Anyway, the ravages of time have also made me less of a walker getting around town as I used to be and I'm also spending more time out of town so I can't do a lot of photography on my own. For that reason especially I do appreciate what the rest of you do. And this is one of the projects I'm most interested in because it essentially completes the redevelopment of Yerba Buena, something I've waited since the mid-1980s to see. And a former Director of the Mexican Museum also is a personal acquaintance so there's that too.

Please keep the photographic updates coming.

SFView · #**263** Posted **Feb 1, 2019, 10:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

...I went w-a-a-a-a-y back to find a good rendering and came across all this back and forth. Some of you know this by now but some may not so I'll tell you straight out I am the missing one...

Apparently so, but then again not really missing that is.

timbad · #**264** Posted **Feb 2, 2019, 4:17 AM**

sort of a strange one here... this is the future Third St sidewalk looking north from the corner with Mission, taken through a black mesh draping

and, it only sort of captures in photos, but the Aronson building really almost glows, they've done a nice job with the clean-up of the stone exterior. if someone could get there in the morning hours, that would probably be the best light to get it in. I'm usually a pretty hopeless night owl so doubt I will do it!

Pedestrian · #**265** Posted **Feb 2, 2019, 6:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

sort of a strange one here... this is the future Third St sidewalk looking north from the corner with Mission, taken through a black mesh draping

Why's it strange or do you mean just the photo is strange because it's taken through the draping?

As we know because we walk on those metal doors in the sidewalk all the time (or some of us avoid walking on them), many buildings have basements that extend under the sidewalk.

timbad · #**266** Posted **Feb 3, 2019, 2:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

... do you mean just the photo is strange because it's taken through the draping?...

yes, that's what I was referring to

gillynova · #**267** Posted **Feb 16, 2019, 8:27 PM**

Pedestrian · #**268** Posted **Feb 16, 2019, 9:22 PM**

^^Looking forward to when they get past the top of the Aronson Bldg--I assume it'll move faster then. Looks like they've only added about 1 floor in 3 weeks.

fimiak · #**269** Posted **Feb 16, 2019, 10:01 PM**

gillynova · #**270** Posted **Feb 17, 2019, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by minesweeper

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. It looks like the building height may be reduced by 40 feet:

Before and after:

Here's a close up of the tower base and side of the Aronson Building:

Just to remember how it will look like

And the schedule as previously mentioned

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Excavation: November 2017 to April 2018
Crane goes up: April 2018
Mat pour: June 2018
Rebar above ground: October 2018
Level 48 concrete pour: August 2019
Level 48 curtain wall: October 2019
Crane dismantled: December 2019
Certificate of occupancy: June 2020