Embarcadero Center
Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of five office towers and two hotels on a 9.8-acre (4.0 ha) site located off the Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco.[1]
Developed by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller and John Portman, construction began with Tower One in 1971, with the last off-complex extension, Embarcadero West, completed in 1989.[2]
The 4.8 million square feet (445,900 m²) complex accommodates offices for 14,000 people along with mixed-use areas accommodating retail, dining, entertainment and cinema functions.[1]
Structures
Name | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
One Embarcadero Center | 173 m (568 ft) | 45 | 1971 | [3] |
Two Embarcadero Center | 126 m (413 ft) | 30 | 1974 | [4] |
Three Embarcadero Center | 126 m (413 ft) | 31 | 1977 | [5] |
Four Embarcadero Center | 174 m (571 ft) | 45 | 1982 | [6] |
Five Embarcadero Center (Hyatt Regency San Francisco) |
77 m (253 ft) | 20 | 1973 | [7] |
Embarcadero West | 123 m (404 ft) | 34 | 1989 | Detached from main complex [8] |
Le Méridien San Francisco | 96.36 m (316.1 ft) | 25 | 1988 | Formerly the Park Hyatt Hotel [9] |
See also
- Embarcadero Station (BART)
- Vaillancourt Fountain
- Peachtree Center, Atlanta
- Renaissance Center, Detroit
- Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ "Embarcadero Center: History". Boston Properties. 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ One Embarcadero Center at Emporis
- ↑ Two Embarcadero Center at Emporis
- ↑ Three Embarcadero Center at Emporis
- ↑ Four Embarcadero Center at Emporis
- ↑ Hyatt Regency San Francisco at Emporis
- ↑ Embarcadero West at Emporis
- ↑ Le Méridien San Francisco at Emporis
Further reading
- Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.
External links
- Official Embarcadero Center website
- 360 degree panoramic photographs of San Francisco's Embarcadero Center, from Don Bain's 360° Panoramas
Coordinates: 37°47′41″N 122°23′52″W / 37.794722°N 122.397778°W