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The plans have been tweaked (no more mini third tower, no more hotel and entertainment space), and resubmitted to planning:

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I'm kind of glad the old building at the corner of Mission and first will be kept, rather than replacing it with a short 184' tower. That tiny old 3 story building won't be all alone anymore. The juxtaposition of old low/midrises right next to modern skyscrapers is gonna be really cool if these towers get built, so the more old buildings that get kept on that block, the better, IMO.


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This is my favorite proposal for SF, tied with 181 Fremont.

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I'm having a hard time picturing what these towers would like like on the skyline. But supper stoked by the possibility. Is this the same site of Piano's defunct "bamboo shoots" proposal?

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Is this the same site of Piano's defunct "bamboo shoots" proposal?
Yep, it's the same site. The 900' tower is at least, I don't think the site of the 600' tower was included in the Piano proposal though.
     
     
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This is the site of the proposed 1200 ft. tall twin Piano towers from 2006 (now dead, obviously).
I can not wait for actual renders on this one. Planning is looking for something landmark, so I think they are gonna be really really good, to say the least. These towers, Transbay, 181 Fremont, and Millennium Tower are going to make this high rise skyline world class, finally. All of these massive refrigerator boxes will still be impressive in density but will fade to back. The SF skyline is painful to look at from most angles because of the tabletop and gapped tooth effect. In 5 years the downtown skyline is going to be very Honk Kong esque.

Regarding the "historic" building on Mission and 1st, I don't find that building worthy of preserving at all, there is nothing charming about it, especially on the inside (I've been inside when I did casting work with Beau Bonneau), it has been so chopped up and plastered over. Maybe if they really renovate it, give it some new ornaments, new awnings, it will look good. But for now I'd rather it be torn down.
     
     
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These towers, Transbay, 181 Fremont, and Millennium Tower are going to make this high rise skyline world class, finally.
Don't forget the site on Howard street on the other side of the transbay terminal, that's zoned for 750'. I wonder when we'll finally see a proposal for that. That highrise cluster around the Transbay terminal is going to be pretty impressive. There's already impressive highrise density on the north side of it, but that part of the skyline is gonna get significantly bigger, taller, and prettier.
     
     
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This is the site of the proposed 1200 ft. tall twin Piano towers from 2006 (now dead, obviously).
I can not wait for actual renders on this one. Planning is looking for something landmark, so I think they are gonna be really really good, to say the least. These towers, Transbay, 181 Fremont, and Millennium Tower are going to make this high rise skyline world class, finally. All of these massive refrigerator boxes will still be impressive in density but will fade to back. The SF skyline is painful to look at from most angles because of the tabletop and gapped tooth effect. In 5 years the downtown skyline is going to be very Honk Kong esque.

Regarding the "historic" building on Mission and 1st, I don't find that building worthy of preserving at all, there is nothing charming about it, especially on the inside (I've been inside when I did casting work with Beau Bonneau), it has been so chopped up and plastered over. Maybe if they really renovate it, give it some new ornaments, new awnings, it will look good. But for now I'd rather it be torn down.
If this is zoned for 1200FT then why is Planning recommending the max height not be above 850? Doesn't make sense.
     
     
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I'm kind of glad the old building at the corner of Mission and first will be kept, rather than replacing it with a short 184' tower. That tiny old 3 story building won't be all alone anymore. The juxtaposition of old low/midrises right next to modern skyscrapers is gonna be really cool if these towers get built, so the more old buildings that get kept on that block, the better, IMO.
Count me as one who's glad to see the old buildings staying too. They're still moderately dense and having that great architecture of old next to the newer glass curtain walls will make for quite an interesting streetscape.
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If this is zoned for 1200FT then why is Planning recommending the max height not be above 850? Doesn't make sense.
It's not zoned for 1200'.
     
     
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All of these massive refrigerator boxes will still be impressive in density but will fade to back. The SF skyline is painful to look at from most angles because of the tabletop and gapped tooth effect. In 5 years the downtown skyline is going to be very Honk Kong esque.
I beg to differ. With the new projects going up over the next few years, your have high rises in the 400-500 range creating a flat tabletop effect with the existing buildings and with the TB Tower and 50 First street, it will look like two candle sticks on top of the table.

As for "Hong Kong" esque, not even close. I travel to HK often and will actually be there next week. The only connection to HK is pelli's TB Tower is almost an exact copy of his IFC Tower in HK.
     
     
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Old Posted May 25, 2013, 6:14 PM
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I beg to differ. With the new projects going up over the next few years, your have high rises in the 400-500 range creating a flat tabletop effect with the existing buildings and with the TB Tower and 50 First street, it will look like two candle sticks on top of the table.
If all of these taller towers get built, then it won't really look like that though. If just Transbay gets built, then I agree that it would look awkward with the much taller tower sticking out of a bunch of shorter ones. But with a 900', 800' and 750' tower to go along with it, plus the existing Transamerica and bank of america towers on the other side of downtown, not to mention one Rincon hill, which appears to be 750' because of the hill it's on...well, I think it it'll look pretty balanced from most angles. I think the skyline could use some taller towers along market street though, around Yerba Buena gardens and civic center, but the city seems determined to keep the height limit in those areas around 400-500 feet.

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The only connection to HK is pelli's TB Tower is almost an exact copy of his IFC Tower in HK.
Not really. The only similarities are the overall shape and color of the towers. Aside from that they look different. Different cladding, different crowns, different heights, and the IFC tower has setbacks unlike the Transbay tower.
     
     
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I beg to differ. With the new projects going up over the next few years, your have high rises in the 400-500 range creating a flat tabletop effect with the existing buildings and with the TB Tower and 50 First street, it will look like two candle sticks on top of the table.

As for "Hong Kong" esque, not even close. I travel to HK often and will actually be there next week. The only connection to HK is pelli's TB Tower is almost an exact copy of his IFC Tower in HK.
I find similarities in Honk Kong with the Transbay tower and 181 Fremont, which look like the IFC and Bank of China towers.

And tech12 is correct, all the towers planned to be built within the next 5 years are clustered close and taller than the 600' height limit tabletop SF imposed (Transbay, 50 1st, 181 Fremont, Millennium, Howard and 1st). We have not seen any renders of the skyline with all of these towers proposed. I think you will change your mind that it will look like candlesticks. And One Rincon, a few blocks away, is quite tall as well, especially because of the hill compared to Soma and financial district, which sit at sea level.
     
     
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I find similarities in Honk Kong with the Transbay tower and 181 Fremont, which look like the IFC and Bank of China towers.
yeah, i was going to mention 181 fremont's flagrant boc tower emulation when someone dared to defend heller/manus in another thread.
     
     
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yeah, i was going to mention 181 fremont's flagrant boc tower emulation when someone dared to defend heller/manus in another thread.


Would you be speaking of me by any chance? Heller Manus has obviously designed tons of shitty buildings. But regardless of whether 181 Fremont is similar to the bank of China tower or not, it's a nice design. That's something most people seem to agree on, from responses I've read to the renderings. Meaning, maybe they don't suck quite as much as they used to, and maybe we should reserve judgement of their next design until we actually see a rendering of it. I wasn't defending all their shitty work they've done previously, but was simply giving them the benefit of the doubt based on their most recent design, which is MUCH nicer than anything else I've ever seen from them. Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

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I find similarities in Honk Kong with the Transbay tower and 181 Fremont, which look like the IFC and Bank of China towers.

And tech12 is correct, all the towers planned to be built within the next 5 years are clustered close and taller than the 600' height limit tabletop SF imposed (Transbay, 50 1st, 181 Fremont, Millennium, Howard and 1st). We have not seen any renders of the skyline with all of these towers proposed. I think you will change your mind that it will look like candlesticks. And One Rincon, a few blocks away, is quite tall as well, especially because of the hill compared to Soma and financial district, which sit at sea level.

In that sense, I agree. The Buildings you mention will replicate, to some extent, HK. I was thinking the density and dramatic makeup HK has to offer. Both do have a striking Bay/harbor.

Ricon Hill still looks all lone out there but will have a few neighbors soon. I was always surprised they got approval for Ricon as they are somewhat outside the Soma core.
     
     
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I don't know if any of you were aware but there has been a diagram of this building up for some time now in SF's diagram page: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=114

(second to left, next to Transbay)




This image also shows how these new proposals will break out of the tabletop.
Thinking about how much 555 Cal sticks out like a thumb, imagine having 5 high rises of it's size or taller on the skyline and how much that will improve the overall bulk and height.

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I still don't understand why SSP's diagram pretends 1 EC is taller than One Rincon.
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Would you be speaking of me by any chance? Heller Manus has obviously designed tons of shitty buildings. But regardless of whether 181 Fremont is similar to the bank of China tower or not, it's a nice design. That's something most people seem to agree on, from responses I've read to the renderings. Meaning, maybe they don't suck quite as much as they used to, and maybe we should reserve judgement of their next design until we actually see a rendering of it. I wasn't defending all their shitty work they've done previously, but was simply giving them the benefit of the doubt based on their most recent design, which is MUCH nicer than anything else I've ever seen from them. Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Unfortunately, if you want to reserve judgement, you'd better wait for the finished product, not the rendering. Renderings can be very deceiving. That's why I'm skeptical of 181 Fremont knowing H/M's track record. One of the reasons developers hire H/M is because they're cheap and can rush things through planning with their connections. If the developer sticks with them through execution, you'll likely see something far inferior to the rendering - unless they're smart enough like Tishman with the Infinity towers and their new neighbors, to hire another firm to tweak the final design.
     
     
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That's why I'm skeptical of 181 Fremont knowing H/M's track record. One of the reasons developers hire H/M is because they're cheap and can rush things through planning with their connections. If the developer sticks with them through execution, you'll likely see something far inferior to the rendering - unless they're smart enough like Tishman with the Infinity towers and their new neighbors, to hire another firm to tweak the final design.
Crescent City did the same thing with Heller Manus' design for their NEMA project, as did the previous developer of 535 Mission. HM also designed The Hayes, a condo project at Hayes and Gough from the previous construction round, which I've never liked. With that having been said, I really like the renders for 181 Fremont and only hope the tower turns out as good or better, and the sooner the better too! It will definitely puncture the existing skyline, especially from the Bay Bridge view.
     
     
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I still don't understand why SSP's diagram pretends 1 EC is taller than One Rincon.
They're counting the flagpole on top of One Embarcadero, which is ridiculous and not abiding by established standards. EC One is supposedly one foot shorter than EC Four--both are definitely shorter than One Rincon Hill.

I noticed that they did the same thing for 545 California, counting the flagpoles atop the spires for a height of 720'.
     
     
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Thinking about how much 555 Cal sticks out like a thumb, imagine having 5 high rises of it's size or taller on the skyline and how much that will improve the overall bulk and height.
To me, the main reasons 555 California is so prominent are because of its massive bulk/width, and it's dark Carnelian Granite color. In addition, it's at an approximate 44' elevation on the base of Nob Hill, causing it to appear on the skyline at about 823'.
     
     
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