Today's 30-plus-mile-an-hour winds shattered a window on the 41st floor of the tilting SoMa building; the Big Bad Wolf could never.
Nearby Citizen App users were quick to report broken glass strung at the intersection of Mission and Fremont Streets. Police have been called on the scene, closing down the stretch of concrete while clean up crews sort things out; the intersection is currently closed to both vehicles and pedestrians. Though the glass was first thought to have broken and fallen from the 44th floor, the Chronicle noted the shattering, actually, occurred on the 41st level.
Window Blown Out From Millennium Tower @CitizenApp
Mission St & Fremont St 11:14:48 AM PST
No injuries have been reported, and on-site firefighters are working to secure the window to the building. And, not surprisingly, a building inspector is being requested to survey the damage.
Window Blown Out From Millennium Tower @CitizenApp
Mission St & Fremont St 11:14:48 AM PST
Millennium Tower is infamous for its structural and foundational problems— "the city's Leaning Tower of Pisa"— which has sunk and tilted some 18 inches toward the north-west since it was opened to residents in 2009. According to the Chronicle, the City of San Francisco green-lit a $100M budget to fix the leaning structure, which will include the installation of 52 new piles that extend into the bedrock beneath the soils, connecting to the existing foundation for increased stability and strength.
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