Real Estate/Development
Apr. 2, 2000
A chop off the old block
Though it riled strict preservationists, before its demise Crocker Bank found a unique way to "save" its historic headquarters building in San Francisco in order to put up a modern office tower next door. Under planning rules then in effect, the bank needed to provide an open-air plaza to get permission to build the new high-rise. The most appropriate location was the site of the original building, a 13-story brick and masonry structure completed in 1927.
Though it riled strict preservationists, before its demise Crocker Bank found a unique way to "save" its historic headquarters building in San Francisco in order to put up a modern office tower next door. Under planning rules then in effect, the bank needed to provide an open-air plaza to get permission to build the new high-rise. The most appropriate location was the site of the original building, a 13-story brick and masonry structure completed in 1927.
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