345 California Center

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Coordinates: 37°47′33″N 122°24′02″W / 37.7925, -122.40056

345 California Center
Information
Location 345 California Street
San Francisco
Status Complete
Constructed 1986[1]
Opening 1986[1]
Use Mixed Use[1]
Height
Antenna/Spire 695 ft (212 m)[1]
Roof 620 ft (189 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count 48[1]
Floor area 570,900 square feet (53,000 m²)[1]
Elevator count 12[1]
Companies
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[1]

345 California Center, known also as 345 California Street and locally known as the Tweezer Towers,[2] is a 48 story, 695 ft. (212 m) office tower located in the heart of San Francisco's financial district.[2] Completed in 1986, it is San Francisco's third-tallest building after the Transamerica Pyramid and 555 California Street, but only the Tweezers of the building poke above the rest of the downtown skyscrapers.[2] 345 California was originally proposed to stand 100 feet (30 m) taller for a total of 794 ft (242 m).[1] Nevertheless, it is the tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1980's.[2] The tower itself is located in the middle of a block with four historic buildings on each of the four corners. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel occupies the top 11 floors of the tower, consisting of twin towers twisted at 45 degree angles (compared to the rest of the building) and the two are connected by skybridges.[2] These glassy skybridges offer dramatic views from the Financial District of the Bay Area.

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 345 California Center. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e 345 California Center. Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
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