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Rincon Hill (Spanish Rincón, meaning "corner") is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's many hills , and one of its original " Seven Hills ". The relatively compact neighborhood is bounded by Folsom Street to the north, the Embarcadero to the east, Bryant Street on the south, and Essex Street to the west.
The Rincon Hill complex is the developer's second project in San Francisco, with the first being ONE Embarcadero South, a residential complex near One Rincon Hill and across from Oracle Park. [17] According to the developer the total cost of the Rincon Hill project was US$290 million, rising to over US$310 million in 2009. [2] [18]
The "Hills" chapter of Gladys Hansen's San Francisco Almanac [4] repeated the list given in Hills of San Francisco and added the then-recently-named Cathedral Hill for a total of 43, but the "Places" chapter [5] listed many additional hills. More recent lists include more hills, some lesser-known, some not on the mainland, and some without names.
Roughly 1020–1032 Broadway, 1–49 Florence, 1728–1742 Jones, 1–7 Russian Hill Pl., 1629–1715 Taylor, & 1000–1085 Vallejo: Russian Hill: 150: Sacred Heart Parish Complex: Sacred Heart Parish Complex: September 28, 2017
The neighborhood known as "Eureka Heights" refers to the hill streets above Eureka Valley to the west, bounded by Market Street to the north and west, Douglas Street to the east, and 22nd Street to the south. Kite Hill park falls within the boundary of the Eureka Heights neighborhood and has beautiful views of San Francisco.
San Francisco's first skyscraper was the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building, which was completed in 1890. M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature tower to convey the power of his newspaper. [4]
One Rincon Hill North Tower 541 (165) 49 2014 San Francisco 18 44 One Front Street: 538 (164) 38 1979 San Francisco 19 [69] [70] 45 Ernst & Young Plaza: 534 (163) 41 1985 Los Angeles 26 [71] [72] 46 SunAmerica Center: 533 (162) 39 1990 Los Angeles 27 [73] [74] 47 = Oceanwide Plaza Tower II 530 (160) 40 2020 Los Angeles 28 = Topped off, interior ...
The tunnel was built to decrease the grade through the hill. Before the tunnel was built, the maximum grade along the route of Stockton Street north from its intersection with Sutter was 18% and the maximum grade south from the intersection with Sacramento was 12%. The tunnel was built with a maximum grade of 4.29% between Sacramento and Sutter ...