SAN FRANCISCO | Salesforce Tower | 1,070 FT (326 M) | 61 floors

[botoxic]

It now appears that the little bridge/platform on the Fremont side will serve as the base for a construction service elevator on the outside of the building.

sf_salesforce_tower_progress_report by ugend, on Flickr

I'm still curious as to why the foundation was significantly overexcavated, particularly on the Fremont side. I don't believe the subterranean floors are any larger than those above ground. Also, I've never seen work start on the ground floors without first completing those below ground, as they've done here.

[rocketman_95046]

Originally Posted by botoxic

It now appears that the little bridge/platform on the Fremont side will serve as the base for a construction service elevator on the outside of the building.

sf_salesforce_tower_progress_report by ugend, on Flickr

I'm still curious as to why the foundation was significantly overexcavated, particularly on the Fremont side. I don't believe the subterranean floors are any larger than those above ground. Also, I've never seen work start on the ground floors without first completing those below ground, as they've done here.

All of the drawings i have seen shows the basement dug out all the way to fremont st., I also remember them putting soldier piles along fremont st before excavation started. I think they just need that area as staging for now, but the parking garage will be extended to the entire property.

[rocketman_95046]

This is what I was talking about... P1 goes all the way to fremont st. according to the stacking plan at

http://www.salesforcetower.com/files...n_02.18.16.pdf

[SFSkyline]

Originally Posted by rocketman_95046

This is what I was talking about... P1 goes all the way to fremont st. according to the stacking plan at

http://www.salesforcetower.com/files...n_02.18.16.pdf

According to the diagram, the building has 61 floors, not 60 as stated in the link to the thread.

[boyinthecity]

Thanks for the Pdf link.
Nice to see one elevator makes a stop at the mechanical penthouse.

Down the road, one can only hope that some enterprising individual or concessionaire will utilize that area as a fantastic observation deck the likes of Rockefeller Center or the John Hancock Tower....

"Made even more awesome by the artistic, skeletal crown of the building when viewed from the interior."

The biggie here or crux (of my argument) is augmented by time and psychology.

Aside from the ever-present contingent of nimy's, when the public sees Salesforce Dominate the skyline with the night-lit crown, I believe the observation deck would be a winner.

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by boyinthecity

Nice to see one elevator makes a stop at the mechanical penthouse. Down the road, one can only hope that some enterprising individual or concessionaire will utilize that area as a fantastic observation deck the likes of Rockefeller Center or the John Hancock Tower..."Made even more awesome by the artistic, skeletal crown of the building when viewed from the interior."...I believe the observation deck would be a winner.

I do too! We've lost public access to the tops of at least five restaurants and/or bars with cool views at the tops of towers over the years and I really miss them. Unfortunately though, that elevator is almost certainly a freight elevator since it serves all of the floors.

[rocketman_95046]

Originally Posted by viewguysf

I do too! We've lost public access to the tops of at least five restaurants and/or bars with cool views at the tops of towers over the years and I really miss them. Unfortunately though, that elevator is almost certainly a freight elevator since it serves all of the floors.

I wouldn't be so sure. Each of those elevator columns probably represent several elevators. From my count on the leasing floorplans there are at least 22 elevators in total (including freight elevators)

[AndrewK]

Originally Posted by rocketman_95046

55th floor

looks like 8 elevators, in addition to freight elevators, up to the top.

[botoxic]

Steel continuing to wrap around the lower floors


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[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by AndrewK

looks like 8 elevators, in addition to freight elevators, up to the top.

The group of eight passenger elevators are the highrise stack express cars for floors 47 to 61. It still seems that only the two freight elevators will go to the mechanical penthouse at roof level.

[hruski]

Man, this tower is going to feel crammed inside.

[jaypkatl]

I am in 45 fremont (much small footprint) and each side of our floor has 16 rows of desk which accommodate 6 people each = 96 People and we still have conference rooms and break room - tight but not cramped. And we have LOW ceilings. Given the shape of the floor plates which have more open views I dont think it will feel cramped at all

[botoxic]

From this morning - in the time since this was taken, two more levels of steel are going up on the Fremont side


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[SFSkyline]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Boston Properties announced today that it will soon submit applications to the San Francisco Planning Department to raise the height of Salesforce Tower "at least 50 feet" in an effort to make it the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. The tower, under construction in the city's South of Market district, is currently planned to top out at 1,070 feet. Though the building will overtake the iconic Transamerica Pyramid as the city's tallest, it will be 30 feet shorter than the Wilshire Grand tower which is nearing completion in Los Angeles. While neither Boston Properties nor architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli has revealed the proposed final height, representatives from both firms announced in a joint press release that, "Anyone who believes any of this needs to check the calendar."

[s.p.hansen]

I got April fooled*

[fflint]

Well played, SFSkyline.

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04/01/16

[Zapatan]

It begins...

[pseudolus]

It looks like the vertical beams on the 3rd and 4th floors are bulging outward. Or am I seeing things?