the san francisco transbay transit center by cesar pelli.

 

yepper its a pelli *shrug* unfortunately, all the pelli's seem to be pelli's.

 

otoh the transit part looks like it will be pretty cool.  :clap:

 

thx curbed blog!

 

hey wait a sec sf -- is this tower wise? :-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SocketSite notes that a slew of new renderings of the forthcoming Transbay Transit Center have surfaced on architect Pelli Clarke Pelli's website. In celebration, we've gathered the newcomers (and a few old favorites) into the photogallery above. Bonus Tranny Shack news, also via SS: there's another community meeting tonight to discuss the plans and putative progress. Sassy, so sassy.

 

· Transbay Transit Center Plans [Pelli Clarke Pelli via SocketSite]

· SF To Hold Meeting On Tallest Skyscraper On West Coast [NBC11 via SocketSite]

 

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2008/03/10/fresh_transbay_transit_center_renderings_revealed.php?o=11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow. It's bought time SF builds something big. Big projects like this have developed at a crawl over the last decade. Viva San Francisco!

 

Edit: What's the total height on this?

It looks kinda like 2IFC in Hong Kong.

yeah, thats what the curbed commentary said too. i took a look at the hk pelli and i agree. its way too easy to spot a pelli -- this one looks very functional and nice, but it's not real creative in the tower design dept.

 

otoh the transit part looks pretty clever. that's much more interesting.

 

It looks kinda like 2IFC in Hong Kong.

 

My first thought exactly. I just didn't want to be the first to say it...

This will make moving to SF all the easier:

 

 

Grand opening earlier today:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/08/san-franciscos-grand-central-station-of-the-west-tackles-20th-century-problems-with-21st-century-solu.html

 

More:

http://transbaycenter.org/

 

And Ohio gets snail rail that dead-ends in Sharonville :'(

Grand opening earlier today:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/08/san-franciscos-grand-central-station-of-the-west-tackles-20th-century-problems-with-21st-century-solu.html

 

If only.  Groundbreaking was yesterday, not grand opening.

Grand opening earlier today:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/08/san-franciscos-grand-central-station-of-the-west-tackles-20th-century-problems-with-21st-century-solu.html

 

If only. Groundbreaking was yesterday, not grand opening.

Haha, my bad!

ugh. this is the crowning glory of the commercial real estate bubble. office vacancy in SF is 18% and rising, and depending on which research you consult, it's worse than Cleveland's office market. I think this boondoggle is going to go the way of the chicago spire.