More on One Rincon
I skipped the free-booze-fest preview sales party last night at One Rincon, but the FriscoKid from CurbedSF was there…
And the Chronicle today has a nice, big spread on the front page of the Bay Area section,
The first tower will change the city’s skyline. It is on top of Rincon Hill, one of the more obscure of San Francisco’s fabled hills, mostly known for the place where the Bay Bridge lands in San Francisco. Rincon Hill has a colorful past, but it is best known now for the Fremont Street off-ramp leading into the city and the First Street on-ramp leading onto the bridge.The towers will change all that. “It will be the most dramatic thing people will see coming from the East Bay and coming into the city,” Mayor Gavin Newsom said when ground was broken for the project in the fall.
The towers will be tall and slender — “simple and strong,” said Michael Kriozere, the San Diego developer who is building them, and “meant to be seen at a distance.”
It is more than just location — and height — that makes the project important. One Rincon will help create a whole new San Francisco neighborhood in what is now a wind-swept area where the sidewalks are deserted at night.
One Rincon also intensifies two trends — the gradual movement of the city’s center south of Market Street into what was traditionally an industrial district, and a social shift in San Francisco. [more...]
Rincon Hill towers get permits after OK for seismic safety [SFHomeBlog]
Rincon Hill [CurbedSF]
One Rincon Hill Condominium Residences [sales site]
