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Salesforce Tower, an architectural marvel in San Francisco, stands as the city's tallest skyscraper. Completed in 2018, this 61-story building soars to a height of 1,070 feet, dominating the skyline. Serving as the headquarters for Salesforce, a leading cloud computing company, the tower boasts a sleek and modern design. Its glass exterior, tapering as it ascends, reflects the dynamic surroundings. The crown of the tower is illuminated at night, creating a striking presence. Beyond its impressive stature, Salesforce Tower symbolizes the city's technological prowess and innovation, embodying San Francisco's evolution into a hub for cutting-edge industries.
A visit to Salesforce Tower at 415 Market Street in San Francisco, CA.
Some pictures from street level, some from the 3rd floor and the bulk from the 61st floor.
Salesforce Tower, formerly known as the Transbay Tower, is a 1,070-foot (326 m) supertall office skyscraper under construction in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco. It will be the tallest building in San Francisco, surpassing the Transamerica Pyramid by more than 200 feet (61 m). The tower is expected to become the second-tallest building in the Western United States.
Ironically, it's next to sinking Millennium Tower.
HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE HISTORIC MISSION DISTRICT?
Looking historically at degrees of separation, we find that Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff‘s wish to occupy and name the Salesforce Tower saved the teetering Warrior Stadium deal when he allowed his then surplus future 14 acre Mission Bay campus was able to be sold to the relocating Oakland team at the Mission Bay location over the strenuous objections of UCSF’s biotech neighbors.
The towering Salesforce building on Mission Street was designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, whose retro modernist structures (including nearby 540 Mission) achieve a level of exquisite attractiveness rarely found among the dull rectangular modernist structures erected in the downtown since World War II. This tallest building in the Northwest reminds many of both the past and the future with a beautifully proportioned shape similar to a rocket ship as a symbol to the “space age” or our own new millennium age where history will record if humanity came together or perished. The past is referenced as its function as a lighthouse for not only is its “firmly and safely socketed into earth’s bedrock” unlike the tower’s next-door infamous neighbor at 301 Mission Street but the top nine floors will feature changing illumination.
It was pretty windy on this night, so I kept the exposures short and the ISO higher (I didn't bother trying any shots with the curve in the road leading up and down Twin Peaks in the foreground because of that.). There was a layer of fog toward the north near the Golden Gate and behind the skyline to the northeast, too. I go here every time I visit San Francisco, and this time it was a challenge, for sure. The fog was no surprise, but I couldn't even manual focus on the Golden Gate Bridge at 200 mm distance. Some other time.
Salesforce Tower, at 1070 feet, is by far the tallest building in San Francisco. It was the last building designed by Cesar Pelli that was completed (2018) in his lifetime. At its base, above our new transportation terminal, there is a 5-acre park, an urban rooftop garden with landscaping, games, and an outdoor cafe.