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Salesforce Tower every day for a year and a half while being constructed

33 points by McKittrick 8y ago

ukulele 8y ago
If you're ever in the Bay Area, go across the bridge to Sausalito and look back at the city at sunset. The Salesforce Tower looks like a chrome cylinder jammed into some mashed potatoes. It's incredible how much newer and shinier it looks; totally out of place. It'll probably dim with age, but right now it really doesn't fit with the rest of the buildings due to sheer newness.
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- paxys 8y ago
  There has been a lot of construction of the same style going on in the last few years. Here are 14 new buildings coming up - https://sf.curbed.com/maps/san-francisco-high-rise-map-2018 https://sf.curbed.com/maps/san-francisco-high-rise-map-2018 - all of them with the new glass look. The skyline is going to change fast.
dchuk 8y ago
I was just in San Francisco over the weekend, and this tower really caught me off guard. Thing is fuckin massive, completely changes the skyline. Crazy to think about in a city as notoriously expensive as SF.
ModernMech 8y ago
On foggy days (most days in SF let's be honest) the tower disappears into the clouds, while all others sit below the line. I wonder if it breaches the fog on the upside? Anyone been up there? That would be quite a sight. I know the golden gate bridge often does, at 746 ft, while salesforce tower is over 1000 ft tall, so it seems possible.
- mc32 8y ago
  SOMA isn't fogged in like other areas of the city (ex. Sutro Tower and other areas), so not sure it will be a thing. There is some fog in SOMA, but usually not the thick blanketing kind.
ericjang 8y ago
Pardon the naive question, but is a high-rise corporate office like this one (and firms in NYC) preferable to a sprawling "groundscraper" campus (Google, FB)? Which layout costs less? How does this affect management and organizational structure?
- feel_the_need 8y ago
  One thing is location. Very hard to get a lot of land and approval to build a sprawling campus in the center of a city like San Francisco.
  - traek 8y ago
    Interestingly, Salesforce was originally planning to build a 14-acre campus in San Francisco (the Mission Bay neighborhood), but had to scrap those plans due to growth[1]. [1] https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salesforce-s-fast-growth-halts-Mission-Bay-campus-3365461.php https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salesforce-s-fast-gr...
    - themark 8y ago
      They seem to have managed the growth just fine. I don’t think they wanted to manage a massive construction project.
manav 8y ago
The tower itself is pretty bland if not downright ugly, but hopefully it will spur development of an even taller building(s) with some true character.
- insickness 8y ago
  Agreed. The Bank of America tower right next to it is far more interesting and aesthetically pleasing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pov_steve/3456068987 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pov_steve/3456068987

33 points by McKittrick 8y ago

If you're ever in the Bay Area, go across the bridge to Sausalito and look back at the city at sunset. The Salesforce Tower looks like a chrome cylinder jammed into some mashed potatoes. It's incredible how much newer and shinier it looks; totally out of place. It'll probably dim with age, but right now it really doesn't fit with the rest of the buildings due to sheer newness.

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paxys 8y ago
There has been a lot of construction of the same style going on in the last few years. Here are 14 new buildings coming up - https://sf.curbed.com/maps/san-francisco-high-rise-map-2018 https://sf.curbed.com/maps/san-francisco-high-rise-map-2018 - all of them with the new glass look. The skyline is going to change fast.

dchuk 8y ago

I was just in San Francisco over the weekend, and this tower really caught me off guard. Thing is fuckin massive, completely changes the skyline. Crazy to think about in a city as notoriously expensive as SF.

ModernMech 8y ago

On foggy days (most days in SF let's be honest) the tower disappears into the clouds, while all others sit below the line. I wonder if it breaches the fog on the upside? Anyone been up there? That would be quite a sight. I know the golden gate bridge often does, at 746 ft, while salesforce tower is over 1000 ft tall, so it seems possible.

mc32 8y ago
SOMA isn't fogged in like other areas of the city (ex. Sutro Tower and other areas), so not sure it will be a thing. There is some fog in SOMA, but usually not the thick blanketing kind.

ericjang 8y ago

Pardon the naive question, but is a high-rise corporate office like this one (and firms in NYC) preferable to a sprawling "groundscraper" campus (Google, FB)? Which layout costs less? How does this affect management and organizational structure?

feel_the_need 8y ago
One thing is location. Very hard to get a lot of land and approval to build a sprawling campus in the center of a city like San Francisco.
- traek 8y ago
  Interestingly, Salesforce was originally planning to build a 14-acre campus in San Francisco (the Mission Bay neighborhood), but had to scrap those plans due to growth[1]. [1] https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salesforce-s-fast-growth-halts-Mission-Bay-campus-3365461.php https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salesforce-s-fast-gr...
  - themark 8y ago
    They seem to have managed the growth just fine. I don’t think they wanted to manage a massive construction project.

manav 8y ago

The tower itself is pretty bland if not downright ugly, but hopefully it will spur development of an even taller building(s) with some true character.

insickness 8y ago
Agreed. The Bank of America tower right next to it is far more interesting and aesthetically pleasing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pov_steve/3456068987 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pov_steve/3456068987