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[Sectorseven]

How is sinking 16" not a problem? Like, wouldn't the parking garage be noticeably harder to get into?

 

[Ambient80]

Now that's just not true.

Sept 2016:


http://sf.curbed.com/2016/10/12/13258144/millennium-tower-condo-sold-sells

Dec 2016:

http://sf.curbed.com/2016/12/16/13987094/millennium-tower-penthouse-record-sale

Wow, that really is quite nice. Not $13 million inside a tilting and potentially dangerous building nice, but nice nonetheless.

 

[FStop7]

at how this could possibly happen in SF where there are extremely strict building codes and everyone there is aware of the history of buildings built on fill and earthquakes.

 

[- J - D -]

A leading symbol of SF high-end lifestyle sinking fast? Poetic.

 

[Eusis]

If you're rich, why would you live in an apartment

that city life mayne

And you'd get a very, very nice apartment.

 

[The Albatross]

Give me a good deal and I'd absolutely buy your slightly off balance unit. The kitchen in my mid-century ranch across the country is at a worse angle.

 

[johnny956]

I'm far from rich, but I have zero interest in owning a single family home. My partner and I do not have children, we don't need a large place for family gatherings. I'd rather invest money into a condo than a house.

I live in a single family home in a city but if I had the money I would buy an penthouse like that over a mansion anyday. I couldn't imagine living in the burbs

 

[jb1234]

Wow, that really is quite nice. Not $13 million inside a tilting and potentially dangerous building nice, but nice nonetheless.

Yeah, under different circumstances (and a hell of a lot of money), I wouldn't say no just for that view.

 

[Just_myles]

Man not the place to buy a high rise condo. Not wise at all.

I live in a single family home in a city but if I had the money I would buy an penthouse like that over a mansion anyday. I couldn't imagine living in the burbs

Same, but not in the San Francisco.

 

[Peltz]

If you're rich, why would you live in an apartment

If you're rich, why would you live in a house? I'd much rather be a baller in a penthouse overlooking a gorgeous city than live in some crappy mansion away from everything.

 

[cdyhybrid]

I assume, like all sinking things in the Bay, the building is owned by Jed York.

 

[dallow_bg]

If you're rich, why would you live in an apartment

"apartment"

lol

 

[Lovely Salsa]

If you're rich, why would you live in a house? I'd much rather be a baller in a penthouse overlooking a gorgeous city than live in some crappy mansion away from everything.

There's actually a house for sale that's basically in the city and has great views over the city of San Francisco. iirc the price is 12 million

Here it is

https://m.trulia.com/property/3167809742-1032-Broadway-San-Francisco-CA-94133

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If you're rich, why would you live in a house? I'd much rather be a baller in a penthouse overlooking a gorgeous city than live in some crappy mansion away from everything.

Rich people don't live in houses. That's why they invented words like "mansion" or "chalet" or "manor." Shit, if you're rich enough, you can give your house a name like it was a pet, and people will actually call it that. "The Breakers", "Biltmore", "Mar-a-Lago"; it's fucking mental to name a house, but rich people do it and we're like "oh, lovely, yes I will refer to your giant house by it's Christian name." That's the biggest downside with a penthouse; you can't name it. Sure, you can't get 360 degree views of a city on your country estate, but a penthouse will always be "the penthouse" and never "Graceland."

 

[Nafai1123]

I assume, like all sinking things in the Bay, the building is owned by Jed York.

No lies detected.

 

[dskillzhtown]

If you're rich, why would you live in an apartment

If you are really rich, it won't be your only place. Have an apartment when you want to be in the city, a big mansion in the suburbs. If I had the cash, that is how I would do it.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Did the sinking affect the entrance/doors going into the building? They aren't level with the ground anymore? Or did the entire surrounding area also sink?

No way will the door to the pavements have 16 inch difference at this moment, otherwise there would be pics. So it has to be the latter.

 

[Pagusas]

If you're rich, why would you live in a house? I'd much rather be a baller in a penthouse overlooking a gorgeous city than live in some crappy mansion away from everything.

A lot of people do not find cities gorgeous. They like their green, their wide open spaces, their cars and boats and out door basketball courts.

 

[therealist]

If you are really rich, it won't be your only place. Have an apartment when you want to be in the city, a big mansion in the suburbs. If I had the cash, that is how I would do it.

If I were rich I'd own multiple apartments in various cities around the world and travel from place to place.

 

[Aquavelvaman]

Glad I already sold my condo in that building last fall!

 

[Extra Sauce]

If you're rich, why would you live in an apartment

Living in (or rather on top of) the heart of a bustling metropolis is a magical thing. Fancy mansions can't really offer that.

 

[legend166]

There's a Biblical parable about this.

 

[yogloo]

Tabris is sinking.

 

[kitchenmotors]

I hate to feel happy about this but I have to kinda smirk, especially considering the way San Francisco has changed and driven out people who can't afford to live in the bay area.

 

[XAL]

The people behind the building are fucking idiots for trying to save a dime by using friction piles instead of going down to the fucking bed rock.

They deserve to get sued into oblivion by the buyers.

 

[DBT85]

Only needs to sink another 120 feet and it's on bedrock.

 

[always crazy bacon]

Living in (or rather on top of) the heart of a bustling metropolis is a magical thing. Fancy mansions can't really offer that.

Yes, can confirm it's true. But you still get the noise and long interrupted elevator rides.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Only needs to sink another 120 feet and it's on bedrock.

I'm sure the condos on the lower floors will be an amazing bargain then. You too can afford to live in San Francisco!

 

[TheRagnCajun]

There's a Biblical parable about this.

lol I was going to say, even the bible talks about how the wise man builds his house upon the rock while the fool builds on sand. I guess someone missed Sunday school.

 

[TAJ]

The people behind the building are fucking idiots for trying to save a dime by using friction piles instead of going down to the fucking bed rock.

They deserve to get sued into oblivion by the buyers.

I framed a house where they had to go 120 feet down to hit rock and they drilled 40 holes all the way down, each one three feet across.
For one house.

 

[old manatee]

Sounds like more responsible development.

 

[gcubed]

Living in the area with new construction there is nothing worse than having to deal with the machines that drive supports down to bedrock as it's just a gigantic crane sized hammer that goes ALL DAY, but at least those buildings won't sink!

 

[Kayhan]

The Leaning Landmark of San Francisco.

Sounds like a business opportunity to me.

 

[Kayhan]

Tabris is sinking.

ayyyy lmao

 

[Cheerilee]

So what's the angle measure at for people in the building?

Would a pencil roll off an unadjusted desk?

The OP says that the building is tilted two inches to the northwest.

Wikipedia says that the building is 645 feet high, or 7740 inches.

An online triangle calculator tells me that means the building's tilted by 0.015 degrees.


My computer desk is 36 inches wide, so assuming my math is right, I could match the tilt by putting a stack of two pennies under my desk's legs. Not a crazy tilt, but probably enough to roll a pencil.

 

[Sunster]

 

[Truant]

Don't see the big problem here. It's the mere average GAF-sized penis.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Man what a disaster. This is on the City and it's engineers as well as the developers, they let this thing go through. Wouldn't surprise me if quite a bit of money exchanged hands under the table

 

[Dalek]

Living in the area with new construction there is nothing worse than having to deal with the machines that drive supports down to bedrock as it's just a gigantic crane sized hammer that goes ALL DAY, but at least those buildings won't sink!

My office is literally across the street from this thing and I remember it being built. They WERE doing this all day long and it was annoying. I have no clue what happened.