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Restoring a Great House

Mister SF — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:31:57 +0000

Splendid Structures don’t stay splendid on their own. Time and San Francisco’s weather takes their toll on Victorians great and small.

Workers install a new column on this NOPA area home. The column was created by SF’s own American Wood Turning, one of the few remaining mills in the Bay Area that craft columns suitable for restoring Victorians.

2247 Turk Blvd. as seen in The Great Houses of San Francisco, published in 1972.

Sales Force Tower Opens to Public

Mister SF — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:09:16 +0000

A year after moving into its headquarters at 415 Mission Street, Salesforce has opened San Francisco’s tallest building to all.

Everyone who loves the City should see the Transamerica Pyramid and Bank of America Building (2nd and 3rd tallest) AND the “Top of the Mark” Hopkins Hotel and Fairmont Tower (ex-Crown Room) all in the same view. (Also the Russ Building, tallest from ’27-’64!)

Sales Force Tower has opened The Ohana Floor atop Salesforce Tower in San Francisco to free scheduled public tours one Saturday a month. The program began Feb. 23. The 61-story, 1,050-ft tower opened for business on January 18, 2018.

From the archive: Above San Francisco

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Mister SF — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:19:03 +0000

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