San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inexorably Transformed by Tech
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San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inexorably Transformed by Tech
“The mid-1960s and early 1970s in San Francisco simultaneously saw a downtown building boom
and by far the nation’s strongest anti-skyscraper movement,” said Ms. Isenberg, author of “Designing San Francisco: Art, Land and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay.” “They went hand in hand.”
At the center of the conflict was the Transamerica Pyramid, whose plans were unveiled in 1969.
Tech workers are attracted to the great opportunities in the city, and the supply of workers means more tech companies come here.”
The website for Salesforce Tower makes a point of noting the other tech companies nearby — Yelp, Amazon, eBay, Intuit.
Salesforce, a company that did not exist 20 years ago, will take up residence on Jan. 8 in the new
Salesforce Tower, which at 1,070 feet is the tallest office building west of the Mississippi.
Salesforce Tower, which at 1,070 feet is the tallest office building west of the
Mississippi, will be inhabited in January, signaling tech’s triumph in the city.
It would be more than half again as tall — 18 stories —
and would be, they promised, “the finest building ever erected for a newspaper office.” It had a 60-foot terra cotta Baroque dome, four corner cupolas and spectacular flourishes.
Salesforce Tower is breaking a San Francisco height record that stood for nearly half a century.
“The mid-1960s and early 1970s in San Francisco simultaneously saw a downtown building boom
and by far the nation’s strongest anti-skyscraper movement,” said Ms. Isenberg, author of “Designing San Francisco: Art, Land and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay.” “They went hand in hand.”
At the center of the conflict was the Transamerica Pyramid, whose plans were unveiled in 1969.
Tech workers are attracted to the great opportunities in the city, and the supply of workers means more tech companies come here.”
The website for Salesforce Tower makes a point of noting the other tech companies nearby — Yelp, Amazon, eBay, Intuit.
Salesforce, a company that did not exist 20 years ago, will take up residence on Jan. 8 in the new
Salesforce Tower, which at 1,070 feet is the tallest office building west of the Mississippi.
Salesforce Tower, which at 1,070 feet is the tallest office building west of the
Mississippi, will be inhabited in January, signaling tech’s triumph in the city.
It would be more than half again as tall — 18 stories —
and would be, they promised, “the finest building ever erected for a newspaper office.” It had a 60-foot terra cotta Baroque dome, four corner cupolas and spectacular flourishes.
Salesforce Tower is breaking a San Francisco height record that stood for nearly half a century.