345 California Center

345 California Center

General information
Location	345 California Street San Francisco^[1]
Opening	1986^[1]
Height
Antenna spire	Template:M to ft^[1]
Roof	Template:M to ft^[1]
Technical details
Floor count	48^[1]
Floor area	53,037 m²^[1]
Lifts/elevators	12^[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill^[1]

345 California Street, 345 California Center, or to locals Tweezer Towers is a 48 story, 695 ft. (212 m) located in the heart of San Francisco's financial district^[2]. Completed in 1986, it is San Francisco's third-tallest building after the Bank of America building and the Transamerica Pyramid, but only the Tweezers of the building poke above the rest the downtown skyscrapers^[2]. However, it is the tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1980's^[2]. The tower itself is located in the middle of a block with four historical buildings on each of the four corners^[2]. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel occupies the top 11 floors of the tower, in which consists of twin towers twisted at 45 degree angles (compared to the rest of the building) and the two are connected by skybridges^[2]. These glassy skybridges offer dramatic views from the Financial District of the Bay Area.

References

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v t e Tallest buildings in San Francisco
Skyscrapers over 500 feet (150 m)	Salesforce Tower Transamerica Pyramid 181 Fremont 555 California Street 345 California Center Millennium Tower One Rincon Hill The Avery Park Tower at Transbay Salesforce West 101 California Street 575 Market Street Four Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center 44 Montgomery One Market Plaza Spear Tower One Sansome Street The Harrison One Front Street First Market Tower McKesson Plaza 425 Market Street 706 Mission Street One 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 555 Mission Street St. Regis Museum Tower 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Street 333 Market Street 650 California Street 100 First Plaza 340 Fremont Street 399 Fremont Street 500 Folsom One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building 140 New Montgomery Jasper MIRA The Infinity II JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center Salesforce East 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West 100 Van Ness Avenue LUMINA Fifteen Fifty
Highrises over 300 feet (91 m)	One Maritime Plaza Four Seasons Hotel 415 Natoma Street Westin St. Francis 33 Tehama Street 456 Montgomery Plaza 535 Mission Street Shell Building Park Central Hotel San Francisco 222 Second Street 199 Fremont Street One Market Plaza Steuart Tower Hilton San Francisco Financial District 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 BridgeView 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 505 Montgomery Street Blue Shield of California Building Fairmont San Francisco 180 Montgomery Street KPMG Building Central Plaza 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 McAllister Tower Apartments 301 Howard Street Mark Hopkins Hotel Mills Tower Central Tower Solaire
Under construction	Oceanwide Center I & II
Planned and proposed	Palace Hotel Residential Tower Treasure Island development 5M Project 524 Howard Street
See also: San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Buildings and structures in San Francisco

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