February 29, 2008
Well, They're Moving On Up: One Rincon Hill Opens for Business
Every night from our janky turn-of-the-century Victorian apartment, inside our janky bedroom, from within the sheets of our janky bed we look out our window at the thin, glassy penis that is One Rincon Hill and wonder, "Who will be the first one to move in?" Today, we wonder no more. Our new best friends Frank Mg, Snapfish systems engineer, and his girlfriend, Catherine Chan, will be living in sin together at the swank and steely new apartment building with their pooch, Lucky. SF Business Times has the word on their first night as the only residents inside the tower:
The first night in any empty new home can be spooky; knowing that they were alone in a razor-thin 60-story tower visible from miles away was bizarre, Ng said. They dined on pizza and walked Lucky around the silent hallways of the slender skyscraper, stepping over nails and power tools in areas not quite complete.
Seriously, alone in that building at night? A bit creepy. But still, we're insanely jealous of Ng. And we look forward to not being invited to the many swank, coke-fueled parties the tallest apartment building west of the Mississippi River is sure to host. Hrumph.
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You mean people are actually going to live in that building? I thought they built it specifically for flipping.
I think that's "residents."
i hope for the owners sake they do better than their namesake and iconic image, the ionic breeze
If they're allowing pets that's going to be one noisy and stanky building to live in.
PeeUewww.
In this market do you think any SF building would ban pets? Pets are more important than anything here.
The joke's on the Chron. Chris Daly has been squatting in that building for months already!
So, did the builder dig up all the rotted, buried ships from the 1800's to secure that big boy to the earth's crust or just B.S. a bunch of super wealthy yet geologically unsavvy peeps into buying super cool pricey digs? (you would have to be "lucky" to have made any money off Snapfish - wtf?) I hate to sound mean but I cannot wait to see the YouTube video of "Lucky" flying off that swingin' tower patio during the next 7.0
p.s.
I'll also put money on it that "Lucky" is a Pug or a Bichon.
Folks started moving in the week of Valentine's Day.
Robin dear, you have to go northeast to hit the abandoned ships from the goldminers in the 1800s.. The Infinity. One Rincon Hill sits on what was one of San Francisco's original hills before the Second Street Cut and then the Bay Bridge took that hill down by 100 feet .... moving the dirt to create Mission Bay and the FiDi. Kinda like Adam's rib to create Eden, I guess ..... Anyway, no ships in the bedrock. THe Infinity may have a different story ... but its so cool, who cares if its sitting on top of abandoned boats along with much of the other FiDi buildings near the ferry building.
I am quite familiar with San Francisco geography and geology self serving mouthpiece for RinconHillSF. Dear.
I would think that somebody spending millions of dollars and living in the tower that will swing ferociously during the next decent earthquake will care where it is built and what it is built on. But that's just little responsible me.
Care to explain how those nouveau riche will protect themselves against the criminals that will circle ONE RINCON HILL nightly and prey upon spoiled careless rich folks? Nah, didn't think so.
Penis tower number 2 is under construction.
Maybe it will block some views from number 1 when it's done. Tee hee hee.
BTW it will be another ugly rectangular box. The designers showed great creativity this time, because it's black, not white!
Can anyone tell me why the f**k they left that one little slot at the top unfinished?? It really kinda pisses me off.
Self-serving? I live in a shoebox under the Bay bridge. A lot of the folks who will be moving into these towers are retired baby boomers - rich? maybe just folks who saved their pennies instead of pissing them away on meaningless stuff.
Anyway ... the streets feel pretty safe to me in Rincon Hill ... the homeless that congregate around here are pretty docile, probably because we don't have liquor stores to supply them with trouble.
The slot is part of the design.