350 Mission Street
27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted Around the neighborhood
in27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted Around the neighborhood
in27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted Excavation
inWhat the heck are these pink thingees ?
For sure.
Piping from the old terminal getting recycled.
A few more old wooden piles exposed by the Fremont Street traffic bridge.
I noticed something today during my tour of the excavation. At both the First Street and Fremont Street corners on the Natoma Street side, it appears that special efforts were required when first drilling the shoring wall shafts and installing the soldier piles. While it is a bit difficult to see here, the piles closest to the corner are set lower than the others, and a concrete vault-looking structure sits on top of it.
27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted 140 New Montgomery
inSome peeks inside. I know, terrible quality, but you know how I am…
I love my old bricks. I gotta get one of these for my collection.
Hey, my old beautiful bricks do not appreciate being thrown in with that grungy concrete !
These big steel plates are used in the super-column system for earthquake stiffening of the building.
Scaffolding has been installed on the west side of the upper facade now.
More cladding repair work going on along that corner line separating the original brickwork and the repairs we did back in the mid-1980s. I hope that the Giampolini guys eventually “blend” this separation line — it never looked very good after our original repairs.
27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted 140 New Montgomery
inThe Giampolini guys have now started working on the terra cotta stones that are at MY level !
One of the Fire Department water connections has been removed.
The holes left from the hideously ugly and monsterously regrettable SBC signs have now been repaired. Good riddance.
I had not noticed this pipe hole before. It is on the Minna Street side close to New Montgomery, down in the base granite blocks. I hope they are planning on filling it in.
Speaking of pipes — I also JUST noticed that those ugly venting pipes have been removed, which were also on the Minna Street side close to New Montgomery. NOW, if we can just get that little elbow pipe piece cut off that is up under the third floor window at the Minna Street corner, I will stop fretting.
Since I was fixating on pipes, I noticed these old holes at the back of the building on Minna Street next to the garage. I hope these get filled in also, at the end of the project.
Okay, so let’s go ahead and survey all of the other exterior protrusions and sidewalk hardware. This cover is on the Minna Street side. I would love to know what it is for !
This connection is also on the Minna Street side.
Another of the old fire department water connections. It will be removed soon.
Hmmmm, was an old cover removed here ? What was its original purpose ?
Another one of those things, this is on New Montgomery
Another of those fascinating covers, this one is on New Montgomery Street.
This fire department connection is on the Natoma Street side. I hope what we see here reflects the Plant guys starting the removal of this, and not the work of some metal thieves !
27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted 666 Folsom
in27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted 666 Folsom
in27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted Around the neighborhood
in25 Thursday Oct 2012
Posted Around the neighborhood
inI have been keeping my eye on 350 Mission Street, and recently published a photo of the now-empty building as it awaits demolition. I believe that the Noah’s Bagels shop was the last tenant to move out — Heald College left long ago. Today, Socketsite has an update:
350 Mission Street: Permits Issued For 350-Foot Tower To Rise
Approved for a 27-story office tower reaching 350 feet last year, the fully entitled site at 350 Mission Street has been sold to Kilroy Realty with the transfer in the works.
The permits to demolish the existing four story Heald College building on the site have been approved, and the construction permits for the Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed tower to rise on the coner of Mission and Fremont were issued last month.
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted Planning
inFrom today’s San Francisco Business Times:
Boston Properties partners with Hines on Transbay Tower
San Francisco Business Times by J.K. Dineen, Reporter
Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 2:22pm PDT
J.K. Dineen
Reporter- San Francisco Business Times
Boston Properties is joining Hines as the partner in the development of the Transbay Tower, a 1.4 million-square-foot, 61-story tower to be built next to the Transbay Transit Center.
In a statement Hines said it had finalized the formation of a joint venture with Boston Properties to acquire the project land from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. The approximately $190 million acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013. Hines and Boston Properties each have a 50 percent interest in the venture.
In addition, on Oct. 18, the San Francisco Planning Commission granted final planning approval for the tower to proceed. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the building is slated to be the tallest on the West Coast, with its crown soaring to a height of 1,070 feet.
“We are very gratified to have both a stellar partner and the city’s nod of approval. We think the tower will be a beautiful addition to San Francisco’s beloved skyline as well as an extremely desirable and sustainable workplace next to one of the state’s busiest transit hubs,” said Hines Chairman Gerald D. Hines.
Boston Properties owns the 4 million-square-foot Embarcadero Center and recently bought 680 Folsom St., which is being renovated as the future home of Macys.com and Riverbed Technologies. Hines owns 101 California St. and recently sold 100 Montgomery St.
“Both organizations share the same values of building the highest-quality buildings in the best locations,” said Boston Properties Chairman Mortimer B. Zuckerman. “ The combination of our two organizations will provide superior management at all levels of this extraordinary project, which we are committed to make a landmark for generations to come.” Boston Properties.
The $4 billion Transbay Transit Center project, dubbed the “Grand Central Terminal of the West Coast,” will replace the former Transbay Terminal at First and Mission streets in San Francisco with a modern regional transit hub connecting eight Bay Area counties and the State of California through 11 transit systems.
The new Transit Center will feature a 5.4-acre rooftop park. It will be built adjacent to the Transit Center and the land sale proceeds will provide additional financing for the Transit Center project.
22 Monday Oct 2012
Posted 666 Folsom
inFrom Socketsite:
October 22, 2012
Speaking Of Adding Floors And Altered Views: 680 Folsom Topped Out
Speaking of adding floors and unprotected views, a reader wonders how much higher the soon to be re-skinned building at 680 Folsom Street will rise. Our answer: with two floors having been added atop the original twelve-story building, it goes no higher as the renovation has topped out at fourteen floors, although there will be mechanical above.
The renovated building which should be ready for occupancy by November 2013 will yield 505,000 square feet of office space and a public plaza on the corner of Folsom and Third Streets on which a new 15,000-square-foot retail or cultural building will also rise.
And of course, as the buildings at 680 and 690 Folsom Street previously appeared:
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Sounds like that reader who “wonders how much higher the soon to be re-skinned building at 680 Folsom Street will rise” needs to either join Site Club©, or else just ask us about it, since our first rule IS to talk about it !