345 California Center

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building_name= 345 California Center


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year_built= 1986
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location= 345 California Street
San Francisco
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constructed=1986Cite web|title=345 California Center|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=467|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com|accessdate=2007-08-14]
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opening= 1986
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use= Mixed Use
antenna_spire=Convert|695|ft|m|0|abbr=on
roof=Convert|620|ft|m|0|abbr=on
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floor_count= 48
floor_area= Convert|570900|sqft|m2|-3
elevator_count= 12
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architect= Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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345 California Center, known also as 345 California Street and locally known as the Tweezer Towers, is a 48 story, 695 ft. (212 m) office tower located in the heart of San Francisco's financial district.Cite web|title=345 California Center|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=118794|publisher=Emporis.com|accessdate=2007-08-14] Completed in 1986, it is San Francisco's third-tallest building after the Transamerica Pyramid and 555 California Street, but only the Tweezers of the building poke above the rest of the downtown skyscrapers. 345 California was originally proposed to stand 100 feet (30 m) taller for a total of Convert|794|ft|m|0|abbr=on. Nevertheless, it is the tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1980s. The tower itself is located in the middle of a block with four historic buildings on each of the four corners. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel occupies the top 11 floors of the tower, consisting of twin towers twisted at 45 degree angles (compared to the rest of the building) and the two are connected by skybridges. These glassy skybridges offer dramatic views from the Financial District of the Bay Area.

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ee also

*List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

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