SAN FRANCISCO | Transbay blocks 6/7 | 300 FT / 91 M
A project consisting of a 300' tower, three 50'-85' midrises and some 40' townhomes has been selected for blocks 6/7 of the Transbay redevelopment area in downtown SF.
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http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...emont_and.html Quote:
http://www.socketsite.com/Block%206-...0Schematic.gif The "sky gardens": http://www.socketsite.com/Block%206%...%20Gardens.jpg It'll even have fancy smart-phone controlled window blinds: http://www.socketsite.com/Block%206%...0App-thumb.gif The site as it looks currently: http://www.socketsite.com/Block%206-7%20Site.jpg I think this thing is pretty good looking. Definitely one of the more attractive glass boxes I've seen. |
Very cool.
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socketsite blurbed about this today
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Townhomes? I thought townhomes were for the suburbs? Unless "townhomes" have a different definition along the west coast.
At least it is great to see development on an asphalt surface lot. |
Is this the site of the temporary transbay terminal?
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Looks like this may happen sooner rather than later
John King says construction may begin October 1:
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Good to hear. This will be the first block of the new and improved Folsom St. experience with broader sidewalks, trees, etc. This stretch of Folsom will be utterly unrecognizable from its current state in a few years.
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Good news. Folsom and that entire part of SOMA really will be an entirely different world in several years. And It's already changed considerably since the 90s.
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Today, Curbed posted a bunch of new renderings I've never seen before:
http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...ansbay_day.jpg This gives an indication of how much more pedestrian-friendly this stretch of Folsom will be: http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...bay-folsom.jpg http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...ay_evening.jpg http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...bay_aerial.jpg |
Curbed posted the wrong renderings for Blocks 6/7. Those are from the BAR/Grosvenor Proposal. The winning bid was Golub/Mercy with architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz. The rendering at the top of the thread is correct.
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I was wondering why a scoop like that was presented so low-key and under the radar. Thanks for the correction. I'll go ahead and leave them up for historical purposes, knowing they are not current.
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It's October now, but it doesn't seem like they've started yet. The Permit database shows that Cahill is still waiting for the excavation and shoring permit.
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From the architect's website
http://imageshack.us/a/img30/8819/3f2d.jpg |
The BAR/Grosvenor proposal is so much more imaginative than the Solomon Cordwell Buenz one. Not that the Solomon Cordwell Buenz one is necessarily bad, it's just not as imaginative.
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I'm not so sure it is. The Bar rendering below looks like it could be awesome, but it also gives me the impression that it has a lot of room to be value-engineered with cheap materials, both on the tower and on the middle/low-rise portion. The newest renderings look almost a little like the St. Regis, which I think is an attractive building. The windows have those same sort of inserts and I can tell that those floor to ceiling corner windows in the rendering will look so much better in reality than in the rendering. I still have hope.
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Transbay Block 6/7
I think this equipment including derrick crane is on that block? Or at least next door. http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7e5c3273.jpg |
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...-transbay.html
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