Shell Building

Le Shell Building est un gratte-ciel de style néogothique et Art déco de 115 mètres de hauteur construit à San Francisco en 1929. Il abrite des bureaux sur 29 étages. L'immeuble a été construit en 300 jours ce qui est très peu. L'entrée du hall en mezzanine à deux étages comporte des portes en bronze, des murs de marbre, un plafond de 7,6 mètres de hauteur ainsi que des détails ornementaux. Les planchers de bureaux ont été conçus avec des cloisons mobiles. La partie supérieure de la façade du bâtiment est décorée de terre cuite vitrée sépia et comporte des représentations de coquilles en référence au propriétaire initial du bâtiment. La compagnie Shell a quitté l'immeuble dans les années 1960. En 1994 les propriétaires du bâtiment ont été récompensés du Prix du patrimoine architectural de San Francisco pour l'excellence de la restauration extérieure.

1. Articles connexes

Liste des plus hautes constructions de San Francisco

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Ressource relative à l'architecture : Structurae

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Punch Line San Francisco

Punch Line San Francisco is a comedy club located at 444 Battery St in San Francisco's Financial District. It has a sister club in Sacramento, California, and is also associated with Cobb's Comedy Club, now in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. It is San Francisco's oldest running comedy club. The club was originally a restaurant during the day and the backstage hangout for The Old Waldorf nightclub next door at night.

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Maritime Plaza

Maritime Plaza, sometimes known as Maritime Plaza Park, is a 2.1-acre (0.85 ha) elevated park and roof garden in San Francisco, California in the Financial District, in the U.S. state of California. Designed in 1967 by landscape architects Sasaki, Walker and Associates, it surrounds the One Maritime Plaza building. The park can be accessed from the ground level via staircases or via elevated walkways from adjacent Embarcadero Center on the south and apartment buildings on the north. The park is owned and operated by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. Maritime Plaza is bordered by Washington Street on the north, Davis Street on the east, Clay Street on the south, and Battery Street on the west. Several pieces of the San Francisco Civic Art Collection are located in the plaza, including Standing Figure – Knife Edge by Henry Moore, Bronze Horse by Marino Marini, Bronze Icosaspirale by Charles O. Perry, and Limits of Horizon II by Jan Peter Stern. The central Peacock Fountain, sometimes referred to as the dandelion fountain, was designed by architect Robert Woodward.

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One Maritime Plaza

One Maritime Plaza is an office tower located in San Francisco's Financial District near the Embarcadero Center towers on Clay and Front Streets. The building, built as the Alcoa Building for Alcoa Corporation and completed in 1967, stands 121 m (398 feet) and has 25 floors of office space. The surrounding plaza was finished in 1967. This is one of the earliest buildings to use seismic bracing in the form of external trusses and X-braces.

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Hubba Hideout

Hubba Hideout was one of the most famous skateboarding spots. It was located in San Francisco near the Justin Herman Plaza on The Embarcadero. Its central features were two oversized sets of 6 stairs with large concrete ledges on both sides. The spot is part of a pedestrian walkway but was more commonly used by the local skateboarders and vagrants. The city of San Francisco made numerous attempts over the years to ward off skateboarders from the spot, and in January 2011 city workers completely demolished its ledges and stairs.

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Verjus (restaurant)

Verjus is a French restaurant in San Francisco, California, United States. It was included in The New York Times's 2025 list of the nation's fifty best restaurants.

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