Twelve feet tall they are:
Click to expand
Posts Tagged ‘580 California’
Financial District Nazgul – The Freakiest Thing You’ll Ever See in the 94104 – “Faceless Rooftop Wraiths”
Friday, January 18th, 2013Know Your Financial District Buildings: Pre-Quake, Post-Quake, Post-Modern, Modern – All in a Row
Thursday, September 6th, 2012From California Street, starting in the lower right:
400 Montgomery, the Alvinza Hayward Building, aka the Kohl Building, 130+ feet tall, 1901
500 California, the Omni Hotel, these days anyway, ___ feet tall, 1927
580 California, the No Name Building, apparently, 351 feet tall, 1987
650 California, the Hartford Building, 466 feet tall, 1964
Click to expand
There’s a lot of history in this photo. Do you see the trend – taller and less ornate until, whoops we went too far…
You know who should write about this kind of stuff? John King. Get him a camera like this or something.
These 12-Foot-Tall Statues High Atop the 580 California Building Will FREAK YOU OUT the First Time You See Them
Friday, July 27th, 2012Here’s what you can see across the street from the former Bank of America World Headquarters at 555 California betwixt Kearny and Montgomery in the Financh.
OMG, On My Guard:
Don’t click to expand
That’s right, it’s the art at the top of 580 California:
The postmodern, 107 m (351 ft), 23 story tower is … is topped with twelve statues described as “The Corporate Goddesses” by Muriel Castanis on the twenty-third floor.”
The LA Times calls these twelve statures “faceless rooftop wraiths.”
Yep.
Avert your gaze.
But these workers inside 580 have no choice:
- State Farm Insurance
- Blurb, Inc.
- Charles Schwab
- Clickability
- Consulate General of Canada
- Merrill Lynch
- Northern Trust Corporation
- Swinerton & Walberg
- The Jejune Institute
- FileWave
Pray for them.