| 140 New Montgomery | |
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 From Salesforce Park in April 2021 | |
  Location within San Francisco | |
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| Record height | |
| Preceded by | 225 Bush Street |
| Surpassed by | Russ Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37°47′13″N 122°24′00″W / 37.7868194444444°N 122.399905555556°W |
| Construction started | January 1, 1924 |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Opened | May 30, 1925 |
| Renovated | 1980s (façade) |
| Cost | US$4 million (equivalent to $69.5 million in 2023) |
| Owner | Pembroke Real Estate Inc. |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 435 feet (132.7 meters) |
| Tip | 460 ft (140.2 m) |
| Antenna spire | 460 ft (140.2 m) |
| Roof | 435 ft (132.6 m) |
| Top floor | 413 ft (125.9 m) |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | 147.00 ft (44.81 m) length x 160.00 ft (48.77 m) width |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | steel |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Floor area | 295,000 sq ft (27,400 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
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| Architecture firm | Miller and Pflueger |
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| Website | |
| 140NM.com | |
| References | |
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140 New Montgomery Street is a 26-floor Art Deco mixed-use office tower located in San Francisco's South of Market district, close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[2] Constructed in 1925 as a modern headquarters for The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., it was originally known as The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building or simply the Telephone Building,[2][1] and, after 1984, as The Pacific Bell Building or The PacBell Building.[citation needed]
When it opened on May 30, 1925, The Pacific Telephone Building was San Francisco's first significant skyscraper development, and was the tallest building in San Francisco, until the Russ Building matched its height in 1927 at the time of its completion.[2][11][12] The building was the first high-rise south of Market Street, and along with the Russ Building, remained the city's tallest until it was overtaken by 650 California Street in 1964. It was the first high rise located on the west coast to be occupied solely by a single tenant.[12]
AT&T sold the building in 2007. As of 2013, Internet company Yelp was the main tenant.[14][15] Yelp moved out in 2021 following a rise in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ a b Poletti, Therese (2009-01-03). "On Hold in San Francisco. How the Economic Crisis Has Stalled the Renovation of the City's Telephone Building". Preservation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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- ^ "PacBell Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. at Structurae
- ^ "140 New Montgomery Street — The Skyscraper Center". SkyscraperCenter.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "140 New Montgomery — San Francisco — North America". Pembroke.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Inventory of the A.A. and A.M. Cantin Collection, 1933-1977". OAC.CdLib.org. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
Alexander (Aimwell) Cantin was born March 4, 1876, and died in 1964. He is possibly best known for designing a series of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph buildings in San Francisco and collaborated with the firm of Miller and Pflueger on the 26-story, Coast Division Building of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at 140 New Montgomery Street.
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- ^ "Cantin, Alexander & Mackenzie — Environmental Design Archives, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley". Archives.CED.Berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b Poletti, Therese; Pavia, Tom (3 September 2008). Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger (1st ed.). New York: Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 59–79. ISBN 978-1-56898-756-9. OCLC 191732382. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2870, "Pacific Telephone Building, 140 New Montgomery Street", 25 photos, 4 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- ^ Mahjoub, Nina A.; Stringer, Megan; Tremayne, Bill (2015). "Retrofit / Seismic: Sustaining a Historic High-Rise Structure" (PDF). CTUBH Journal (1). Chicago, IL: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: 34–39. ISSN 1946-1186. JSTOR ctbuhj. OCLC 183595840. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Simonson, Sharon (19 August 2013). "Yelp Occupies 140 New Montgomery". TheRegistrySF.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Russ Building, San Francisco. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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