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The new American Buddhist Cultural Society rendering for 1750 Van Ness Avenue, design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Renderings Revealed for SOM-Design American Buddhist Cultural Society, San Francisco

New renderings have been revealed for the proposed six-story home of the American Buddhist Cultural Society at 1750 Van Ness Avenue in Nob Hill, San Francisco. The institution first revealed the project in 2016 after a preliminary project assessment filing. A public hearing is to be held Thursday, September 9th, during which the city’s Planning Commission could approve the project for CEQA and push the religious facility closer to construction.

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Spear Tower in One Market Plaza from Treasure Island, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 21: Spear Tower at One Market Plaza, SoMa, San Francisco

The 21st tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is Spear Tower in SoMa, San Francisco. Rising to a 564-foot pinnacle, Spear Tower is the taller of a two-towered complex, One Market Plaza. Rising across the Embarcadero, the development was completed in 1976, connecting the two new towers with the 11-story 1916-built Landmark Building on Market Street. Welton Becket Associates is the building architect.

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530 Sansome Street Rendering

Developer Could Bring Apartments Instead of a Hotel At 530 Sansome Street In Financial District

Applications were submitted seeking the approval of constructing a new hotel at 530 Sansome Street in Financial District, San Francisco. An alternate proposal has been submitted that suggests building housing instead of the hotel. Related California is the project developer. The project is designed by the San Francisco office of architecture firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

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