Russ Building

Russ Building
Russ Building, 235 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Alternative names	The Skyscraper
Record height
Preceded by	Pacific Telephone Building
Surpassed by	Hartford Building
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Location	235 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′28″N 122°24′10″W / 37.7912°N 122.4028°W / 37.7912; -122.4028Coordinates: 37°47′28″N 122°24′10″W / 37.7912°N 122.4028°W / 37.7912; -122.4028
Completed	1927
Owner	The Swig Company
Management	Shorenstein Company
Height
Antenna spire	132.6 m (435 ft)
Roof	127.4 m (418 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	32^[1]
Floor area	500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²)
Lifts/elevators	15
Design and construction
Architect	George W. Kelham^[1]
Structural engineer	H.J. Brunnier Associates
Main contractor	Dinwiddie Construction
References
^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 133-metre (436 ft) building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage. It was the tallest building in San Francisco from 1927 to 1964 and one of the most prominent, along with its 133-metre (436 ft) "twin", the PacBell Building to the south.^[2]

Upon completion, the building was iconic enough that Architect and Engineer wrote, “In nearly every large city there is one building that because of its size, beauty of architectural design and character of its use and occupancy, has come to typify the city itself ... Today the Russ Building takes this place in San Francisco. By its size and location and by the character of its tenants the building becomes indeed—'The Center of Western Progress'.”^[5]

However, Manhattanization from 1960 to 1990 has shrouded the tower in a shell of skyscrapers, removing the tower's prominence.

The San Francisco Chronicle's architecture critic John King described the Russ Building as "the embodiment of Jazz Age romance, a full block of ornate Gothic-flavored masonry that ascends in jagged stages from Montgomery Street with a leap and then a scramble to a central crown".^[1] The tower is a California Historical Landmark.^[2]

Until the emergence of Sand Hill Road in the 1980s, many of the largest venture capital firms held offices in the Russ Building.

References

1 2 3 King, John (2015). Cityscapes 2: Reading the Architecture of San Francisco. Heyday. ISBN 9781597143141.
1 2 3 Russ Building at Emporis
↑ "Russ Building". SkyscraperPage.
↑ Russ Building at Structurae
↑ Corbett, Michael R (1979). Splendid survivors: San Francisco's downtown architectural heritage. San Francisco: California Living Books. ISBN 978-0-89395-031-6.

External links

The Russ Building at Shorenstein Properties
The Russ Building's Tenant Handbook
The Russ Building at The Swig Company

Timeline of the tallest buildings in California

Montgomery Block (15 m) (1853)
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral (27 m) (1854)
California State Capitol (64 m) (1874)
Chronicle Building (66 m) (1890)
Call Building (96 m) (1898)
Standard Oil Building (100 m) (1922)
Pacific Telephone Building (133 m) (1925)
Russ Building (133 m) (1927)
Los Angeles City Hall (138 m) (1928)
Hartford Building (142 m) (1965)
44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967)
Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969)
Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)
Aon Center (262 m) (1973)
U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

Timeline of the tallest buildings in San Francisco

Montgomery Block (15 m) (1853)
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral (27 m) (1854)
Palace Hotel (37 m) (1875)
Chronicle Building (66 m) (1890)
Call Building (96 m) (1898)
Standard Oil Building (100 m) (1922)
Pacific Telephone Building (133 m) (1925)
Russ Building (133 m) (1927)
Hartford Building (142 m) (1965)
44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967)
Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969)
Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)

Tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyscrapers over 500 feet (150 m)	Transamerica Pyramid 555 California Street 345 California Center Millennium Tower One Rincon Hill South Tower 50 Fremont Center 101 California Street 575 Market Street Four Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center 44 Montgomery One Market Plaza Spear Tower One Sansome Street One Rincon Hill North Tower One Front Street First Market Tower McKesson Plaza 425 Market Street Montgomery Tower

Highrises over 400 feet (120 m)	333 Bush Street Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower I Pacific Gas & Electric Building 50 California Street St. Regis Museum Tower 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Street 333 Market Street 650 California Street 555 Mission Street The Infinity II 100 First Plaza 340 Fremont Street 399 Fremont Street One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building 140 New Montgomery Jasper JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center 350 Mission Street 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West 100 Van Ness Avenue LUMINA

Highrises over 300 feet (91 m)	One Maritime Plaza Four Seasons Hotel Westin St. Francis 456 Montgomery Plaza 535 Mission Street Shell Building Park Central Hotel San Francisco 222 Second Street 199 Fremont Street Hilton San Francisco Financial District One Market Plaza Steuart Tower 425 California Street 100 Montgomery Street Grand Hyatt San Francisco Fox Plaza 101 Second Street NEMA 580 California Street 601 California Street The Infinity I Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II 450 Sutter Street InterContinental San Francisco Stevenson Place 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 505 Montgomery Street Blue Shield of California Building Fairmont San Francisco 180 Montgomery Street KPMG Building Central Plaza Sir Francis Drake Hotel The Summit W San Francisco 353 Sacramento Street 555 Market Street Bank of California Building Phillip Burton Federal Building Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences San Francisco Marriott Union Square 88 Kearny Street 388 Market Street Commercial Union Assurance Building Hunter-Dulin Building One Bush Plaza San Francisco City Hall McAllister Tower Apartments Mark Hopkins Hotel Mills Tower Central Tower

Under construction	Salesforce Tower Oceanwide Center I & II 181 Fremont Street Park Tower at Transbay 706 Mission Street 41 Tehama Street

Planned and proposed	Palace Hotel Residential Tower Treasure Island development 524 Howard Street

See also: San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Buildings and structures in San Francisco

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Russ Building

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