SAN FRANCISCO | 1601-1637 Market St | 100 FT | 10 FL
 

I walked by on August 5, 2020 and took this photo - The old buildings on the site have been gutted with only the walls on Market Street to be retained with a new structure behind.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...730b8791_b.jpg8/5/2020 - 1629 Market St. San Francisco

I took this photo on July 7, 2020 of the rig that is being used to prepare the foundation. The building in construction in the background is 30 Otis Street. The brick building on the left will be remodeled.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b31d7149_b.jpg1629 Market St. & 30 Otis St.

12/22/2020 - Excavation for the foundation

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...11f8febe_b.jpg1601-1637 Market Street - view 2

View from Colton & Colusa Streets of the foundation work.

The high rise on the left is the former California automobile office tower which was stripped of it's concrete skin & remodeled into an apartment building. The white building on the right was built by Bank of America, since sold. There was to be a twin tower next to it but the B of A did not like the taxes the city put on it's business & moved it's operations to the east bay. There was a heliport atop the building but neighbors complained about the noise when the tests were done. The bank was going to have daily flights to bring document and such to the site.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...20f74389_h.jpg1601-1637 Market Development

01/01/2021 - My first construction picture of 2021 shows steel beams now visible on Market Street.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b07f6af4_h.jpgSteel Beams 1/1/2021

Thanks for your work keeping us up with this project, Jerry.

Keeping up
 

Thanks Pedestrian - I usually walk by on the way to Safeway. I really enjoy exploring the city & look forward to maybe getting about more when it is safe. If reincarnated (and I see no proof of it) I would be happy to be an architect! Then the guys & gals in this forum can heap their criticisms on me. :------>))

01/10/2021 - Some hefty steel beams! Great progress since my last post 10 days ago. A reminder that the Civic Center Hotel will be updated when a new building is complete in the complex. This will be the new Plumbers Union Hall & offices.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8c016f66_h.jpg1601-1637 Market Street, San Francisco

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Last week, permits were filed to bring cranes onsite for the construction of the five-building development. As well, updated renderings compared with previous posts are included.

flurry of updates here today!

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I am almost sad that we won’t be able to see the poorly redone “C” in Civic when this is complete.

ha! hadn't noticed that :P

View from the 24th Floor of the Fox Plaza

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cd878da8_c.jpg1601-1637 Market Street, San Francisco

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showing relation to 30 Otis

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^^In the renderings it looks like this building, for which the steel is now going up, incorporates the Plumbers' Union Hall but in the photos I can't see evidence of that yet. Could you tell if anything's happening with the Union Hall?

The Plumbers Union will move into this new building that is currently being constructed, so considering that it has been stated that the project will be constructed in two phases, I think the current hall will be demolished once the new one is completed.

To my eye it looks like all one building. But they could build it in 2 sections I guess.

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Or now that I stare at it awhile, I think I get it. The Union Hall is actually vacating the ground under their current building and shifting a bit eastward making space for the "B" Building.

Union Hall - Looking at the new steel frame the building is separated into 4 sections which matches the artist rendering of the new union hall. The new union hall is being built in what was for many years a parking lot. I will be glad to see that horribly ugly gray marble clad building demolished.

sorry, I didn't notice this comment earlier, but I don't really have any helpful insight or observations, and it looks like the question got answered