Friday, November 1, 2013

SF Merchandise Mart, San Francisco

SF Merchandise Mart, San Francisco

I took these photos of the SF Merchandise Mart at 1335 Market Street, San Francisco a few years ago so you can still see the SF Mart signage at the far end of the façade but this 1939 Art Deco building has a new tenant.

SF Merchandise Mart, San Francisco

The building has undergone extension restoration under the supervision of Komorous-Towey Architects and last year Twitter moved in.

SF Merchandise Mart, San Francisco

You can see some more recent photos at US Nation Trust for Historic Preservation blog, PreservationNation.

References:
Komorous-Towey Architects website [Slideshow] Twitter Moves HQ to San Francisco’s Art Deco Merchandise Mart, PreservationNation Blog, posted June 22nd 2012 by David Garber

Posted by David Thompson
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4 comments:

  1. teeritzNovember 2, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    Gee, it would be great to go to work every day in a building like that. Mind you, I wear a fedora in winter. Might look a little too affected.

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  2. HelsNovember 2, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    Ahh you are in one of my four favourite North American cities. I must admit that San Francisco is inching ahead (how does one say that in Metric?) since my son has been living there.

    The SF Merchandise Mart is rather a monumental piece of architecture, isn't it, but the decorative panels over the door at the very top of the building are lush.

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    1. David ThompsonNovember 3, 2013 at 9:26 AM

      Was in San Francisco in 2010 and loved it. I could go back there again and again. I can see why it is inching ahead in the favouritism stakes.

      BTW I don't think language has gone metric yet and I hope it doesn't. We have lots of words that come from archaic origins and 'inching' is one the hopefully will survive in those countries that converted to metric measures.

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