SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed - Page 380

SFView · #**7581** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 7:10 PM**

^^^I am only seeing an "x" in the first image, I think I know what you're talking about.

fflint · #**7582** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 2:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by botoxic

The second image below (from the 50 First thread) reminds me of an image I saved to my computer exactly nine years ago, when the very first stages of a southward skyline expansion became visible on the horizon. We've come a long way since then - the ensuing decade in SF has been one for the history books, an unparalleled period of growth which will completely redefine the look of the City.

The transformation has been (and continues to be) breathtaking.

lz131313 · #**7583** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 9:23 AM**

I don't think I'd be foolish to say that San Franciscos 2019 skyline could rank among the top 3 in the world.... The beautiful bay and bay bridge backdrop with the bay lights on and shinning and Salesforce's tower beacon/crown shinning up in the sky. 2019 can't come any sooner !

SFView · #**7584** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 10:28 AM**

Since we're on the subject, here is a quick timeline:

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/yerba.html
1847

From 1986 poster print:
1915, 1958, 1972, 1986

From "botoxic's" post above;
2007

http://sfocii.org/sites/default/file...chmentE-07.pdf
2016

http://sfocii.org/sites/default/file...chmentE-07.pdf

2020

BrandonJXN · #**7585** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 12:32 PM**

Transamerica is looking a little lonely over there.

viewguysf · #**7586** Posted **Jan 27, 2016, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Transamerica is looking a little lonely over there.

It really always did from this perspective, but it more than holds its own as the icon it will always be.

fflint · #**7587** Posted **Jan 27, 2016, 4:36 AM**

Transamerica has always been at the outer edge of the Financial District. Chinatown starts on the block immediately west; North Beach starts a couple blocks northwest; the Jackson Square neighborhood is across the street, due north.

cwilly · #**7588** Posted **Jan 27, 2016, 10:19 PM**

Not sure if this has been posted before, but the steel frame for Market Street Place is complete...

and the back...

kdeff · #**7589** Posted **Jan 27, 2016, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by SFView

2020

I actually like that Transamerica and 1 Rincon sort of "bound" the skyline as seen from TI.

That is, they will unless (until?) skyscrapers spead south of I80.

pseudolus · #**7590** Posted **Jan 28, 2016, 2:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by kdeff

I actually like that Transamerica and 1 Rincon sort of "bound" the skyline as seen from TI.

That is, they will unless (until?) skyscrapers spead south of I80.

I always thought the SF Planning Department's effort to sculpt the skyline to make it aesthetically pleasing when viewed from Treasure Island to be heavy-handed and bizarre.

AndrewK · #**7591** Posted **Jan 28, 2016, 11:27 PM**

Didn't have a chance to take a picture because I was driving, but the site at 600 S. Van Ness (at 16th) is finally being cleared. The empty auto repair shop had been sitting there for quite some time with lumber stacked up randomly across the parking lot. 4 floors of rentals over ground floor retail.

SFTransplant · #**7592** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 1:54 AM**

I'm surprised no one here posts about all the exciting new routes SFO is getting. Today, we landed our longest non-stop route yet and the longest non-stop route by an American provider beating out ATL-JOH.

http://travelskills.com/2016/01/28/u...ght-announced/

fflint · #**7593** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by pseudolus

I always thought the SF Planning Department's effort to sculpt the skyline to make it aesthetically pleasing when viewed from Treasure Island to be heavy-handed and bizarre.

Except it isn't. There are no skyscrapers to the right of Transamerica, when viewing the skyline from TI, because that is the outer edge of the Financial District, and the residential neighborhoods north and east of TA don't want skyscrapers.

AndrewK · #**7594** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 5:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by fflint

Except it isn't. There are no skyscrapers to the right of Transamerica, when viewing the skyline from TI, because that is the outer edge of the Financial District, and the residential neighborhoods north and east of TA don't want skyscrapers.

I think Pseudolus was referring to the height limits put in place for the Transbay and Rincon areas in order to create an undulating effect with a peak in the center of the skyline (SF tower/50 1st) and end posts of Transamerica and One Rincon that neighboring buildings rise up to.

cmak · #**7595** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 8:29 PM**

yeah, there was a very concerted effort by planning, at least w/the Rincon Hill master plan, to ensure the "hills" of skyscrapers were maintained

objectives 3.2 and 3.3:
http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/gener...incon_Hill.htm

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewK

I think Pseudolus was referring to the height limits put in place for the Transbay and Rincon areas in order to create an undulating effect with a peak in the center of the skyline (SF tower/50 1st) and end posts of Transamerica and One Rincon that neighboring buildings rise up to.

pseudolus · #**7596** Posted **Jan 30, 2016, 5:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by cmak

yeah, there was a very concerted effort by planning, at least w/the Rincon Hill master plan, to ensure the "hills" of skyscrapers were maintained

objectives 3.2 and 3.3:
http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/gener...incon_Hill.htm

Yes, this is the sort of thing I had in mind. My recollection though is that there was an updated version for the Transbay Plan, with the three mounds being Rincon, Transbay and the existing FiDi.

I also recall one justification for the height of the Transbay/Salesforce Tower was "wayfinding" to the Transbay Terminal.

AndrewK · #**7597** Posted **Jan 30, 2016, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by pseudolus

Yes, this is the sort of thing I had in mind. My recollection though is that there was an updated version for the Transbay Plan, with the three mounds being Rincon, Transbay and the existing FiDi.

I also recall one justification for the height of the Transbay/Salesforce Tower was "wayfinding" to the Transbay Terminal.

Yes that is what I remember too.

cmak · #**7598** Posted **Jan 30, 2016, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by pseudolus

Yes, this is the sort of thing I had in mind. My recollection though is that there was an updated version for the Transbay Plan, with the three mounds being Rincon, Transbay and the existing FiDi.

the earlier Mission Rock proposal had an updated skyline plan (page 31)
http://www.sf-port.org/ftp/uploadedf...osalDesign.pdf