On foggy days (most days in SF let's be honest) the tower disappears into the clouds, while all others sit below the line. I wonder if it breaches the fog on the upside? Anyone been up there? That would be quite a sight. I know the golden gate bridge often does, at 746 ft, while salesforce tower is over 1000 ft tall, so it seems possible.
SOMA isn't fogged in like other areas of the city (ex. Sutro Tower and other areas), so not sure it will be a thing. There is some fog in SOMA, but usually not the thick blanketing kind.
If you're ever in the Bay Area, go across the bridge to Sausalito and look back at the city at sunset. The Salesforce Tower looks like a chrome cylinder jammed into some mashed potatoes. It's incredible how much newer and shinier it looks; totally out of place.
It'll probably dim with age, but right now it really doesn't fit with the rest of the buildings due to sheer newness.
There has been a lot of construction of the same style going on in the last few years. Here are 14 new buildings coming up - https://sf.curbed.com/maps/san-francisco-high-rise-map-2018 - all of them with the new glass look. The skyline is going to change fast.
Pardon the naive question, but is a high-rise corporate office like this one (and firms in NYC) preferable to a sprawling "groundscraper" campus (Google, FB)? Which layout costs less? How does this affect management and organizational structure?
Interestingly, Salesforce was originally planning to build a 14-acre campus in San Francisco (the Mission Bay neighborhood), but had to scrap those plans due to growth[1].
