(E) The New York Times has published a very interesting article “San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble” about the risks of building taller and taller, in the San Francisco downtown when the Big One will happen. The race to build new offices and new homes are certainly pushing the limits to new heights.
The Salesforce tower on Mission Street, with 61 stories and 1,070 feet tall, is the tallest San Francisco building. It aims to provide offices to 4,500 Salesforce employees! That number itself is such a huge number of people commuting to San Francisco every day.
In contrast, Chevron, that traces its roots in San Francisco back to 1879, decided in 2001 to move its headquarters from Market Street to a San Ramon business park where 3,500 employees are working.
This week, the Times has published a new article “At Risk in a Big Quake: 39 of San Francisco’s Top High Rises” based on a report from the U.S. Geological Survey:
1. Hartford Building, 650 California
2. Beal Bank Building, 180 Sansome
3. Bechtel Building, 50 Beale
4. 44 Montgomery
5. 425 California Street
6. 555 California Street
7. McKesson Plaza, One Post
8. Pacific Gas & Electric Building, 77 Beale
9. One Embarcadero Center, 355 Clay
10. Transamerica Pyramid, 600 Montgomery
11. 100 Pine Center, 100 Pine
12. 211 Main Street
13. First Market Tower, 525 Market
14. 425 Market Street
15. Two Embarcadero Center
16. 221 Main Street
17. California Automobile Association Building, 100 Van Ness
18. Chevron Tower (Market Center)
19. Spear Tower (One Market Plaza)
20. Steuart Tower (One Market Plaza)
21. Three Embarcadero Center, 155 Clay
22. Shaklee Terraces, 444 Market
23. 333 Market Street
24. 595 Market Street
25. 201 California Street
26. Two Transamerica Center, 505 Sansome
27. 101 California Street
28. Telesis Tower, One Montgomery
29. 1 Ecker Square, 1 Ecker
30. 100 Spear Street
31. 101 Montgomery
32. Citicorp Center, One Sansome
33. 50 Fremont Center
34. 333 Bush Street
35. 345 California Street
36. 301 Howard Street
37. Hilton San Francisco Hotel, 333 O’Farrell
38. San Francisco Marriott, 55 4th
39. Embarcadero West, 275 Battery
Note: The picture above is San Francisco downtown.
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