Embarcadero Center
{{Short description|Commercial complex in San Francisco}}
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Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of four office towers, two hotels, and a shopping center located in San Francisco, California. An outdoor ice skating rink opens during winter months.
Embarcadero Center sits on a {{convert|9.8|acre|adj=on}} site largely bounded by Clay Street (to the north), Sacramento Street (to the south), Battery Street (to the west), and the Embarcadero (to the east), in the financial district of San Francisco.{{Cite web|title=Embarcadero Center |url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=complex&id=100350 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409035824/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=complex&id=100350 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2013-04-09 |work=Emporis |accessdate=2010-10-15 }}
The {{convert|4.8|e6ft2|m2|adj=on}} complex accommodates offices for 14,000 people along with mixed-use areas accommodating retail, dining, entertainment, and cinema functions.
History
In 1971, construction began with Tower One. The project was developed by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller, and John Portman.
In 1989, the last off-complex extension, Embarcadero West, was completed. The two extension buildings are west of Battery.{{cite web | title=Embarcadero Center: History | url=http://www.embarcaderocenter.com/ec/about/history.html | publisher=Boston Properties | year=2004 | accessdate=2010-10-15 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928153803/http://www.embarcaderocenter.com/ec/about/history.html | archivedate=2010-09-28 }}
In December 2005, Boston Properties sold the Embarcadero West building to Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA-CREF) for more than {{US$|205 million}} (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|205|2005|r=-1}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/san-francisco/2805-big-downtown-office-building-up-for-grabs/ |title=Big Downtown Office Building Up For Grabs |date=2014-09-12 |publisher=Bisnow |access-date=2014-10-03 }}
In February 2022, the cinema's operator closed its doors permanently.
Structures
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File:Embarcadero Center - Flickr - Joe Parks.jpg|Night, with edge lighting effects
File:2 Embarcadero Center Level P.jpg|Plaza Level of Two Embarcadero Center towards the back of the Hyatt Regency and the Ferry Building
File:Embarcadero Center (5028667417) (cropped).jpg|Aerial view of Five (Hyatt Regency), Four, and Three Embarcadero Center (L–R), with brick-paved Embarcadero Plaza in the foreground
File:Four Embarcadero Center Interior Spiral Ramp.jpg|A spiral ramp connects the 3 levels of the Four Embarcadero Center shopping mall
See also
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Architecture}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Woodbridge | first=Sally B. | pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877018971/page/33 33–34] | title=San Francisco Architecture | edition=2nd | location=San Francisco | publisher=Chronicle Books | year=1992 | isbn=0-87701-897-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877018971/page/33 }}
External links
- [http://www.embarcaderocenter.com/ Official Embarcadero Center website]
- [http://360panos.com/local/embarcadero-center-san-francisco.php 360 degree panoramic photographs of San Francisco's Embarcadero Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109143717/http://360panos.com/local/embarcadero-center-san-francisco.php |date=2014-11-09 }}, from [http://360panos.com Don Bain's 360° Panoramas]
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{{Financial District, San Francisco}}
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Category:Skyscrapers in San Francisco
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