The Paramount (apartment tower)
- The Paramount (apartment tower)
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name= The Paramount
caption=
antenna_spire=
location=680 Mission Street at Third Street
San Francisco
status =Completed
use=Residential[Cite web|title=The Paramount|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4288|accessdate=2007-09-30|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] ]
roof=420 feet (128 m)
floor_count=40
groundbreaking=2000
opening=2002
floor_area=convert|660000|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on[Cite web|title=The Paramount|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetparamount-sanfrancisco-ca-usa|accessdate=2007-09-30|publisher=Emporis.com] ]
developer=
architect=Kwan Henmi Architecture/Planning, Inc.
engineer=
contractor=Charles Pankow Builders
The Paramount, or 680 Mission Street at Third is a 40-story rental-apartment tower that is located in South of Market just outside of the Financial District on Mission Street in San Francisco.
Construction of the 420-foot (128-m) tower was completed in 2002. At its time of completion in 2002, the building was the tallest concrete-framed located in Seismic Zone 4.
The Paramount is one out of several new highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street since 2000. Other examples include 555 Mission Street, the St. Regis Museum Tower, and 301 Mission Street, 101 Second Street, and the JP MorganChase Building.
uicide
UC Santa Cruz chancellor Denice Denton leapt to her death from the roof on 24 June 2006.[cite web]
title=UC Santa Cruz chancellor jumps to her death in S.F.
date=2006-06-24
accessdate=2007-09-30
publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/24/MNGM1JK1MI15.DTL] She shared an apartment with her partner, Gretchen Kalonji, a former professor of materials science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her mother, Carolyn Mabee, was in the building when Denton died, and reportedly said her daughter was "very depressed" about her professional and personal life. [cite news
url=http://www.scsextra.com/story.php?sid=43140
title=Autopsy report details Denton's last days
work=Santa Cruz Sentinel
date=2006-11-04
accessdate=2008-04-01
last=Sideman
first=Rodger] ee also
*List of tallest buildings in San Francisco
References
External links
* [http://www.theparamountsf.com/ Official website]
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