Library Tower (the U.S. Bank Tower) could soon be the second tallest building west of the Mississippi

Photo by Veeyawn, used under Creative CommonsSan Francisco is considering erecting a 1,200-foot tall office tower, displacing L.A.’s 1,018-foot tall Library Tower as the tallest building west of the Mississipi.

The San Francisco building would be part of the Transbay Terminal, which would also feature a park and a hub for a number of mass transit lines, included the proposed California High-Speed Rail, which travel to Los Angeles in 2 1/2 hours. [NBC 11]

When called for comment, Library Tower said it had no plans to buy a sports car, and refused to be envious “of a city with buildings that commonly wears socks and sandals.”

…photo by Veeyawn, used under Creative Commons…

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6 Comments so far

  1. frazgo  March 12th, 2008 7:35 am

    Quick, put a super tall antennae with pigeon sculpture on top as we have to keep the "tallest building west of the Mississippi" here in LA.

  2. robertdean March 12th, 2008 8:26 am

    Curbed.SF has already nicked named the new building "The Tranny Shack"

  3. havisham March 12th, 2008 9:29 am

    Isn’t SF built on a marsh?

  4. frazgo  March 12th, 2008 9:37 am

    Only parts of it are built on landfill into the bay Ms H.

  5. marshall March 12th, 2008 12:23 pm

    This could be good for LA. In the future, when the government wants to fearmonger about terrorism involving the tallest building in California, we’ll be left out of the hyperbole.

  6. rodger March 12th, 2008 1:07 pm

    As the San Andreas Fault eyes the 1,200-foot structure with malicious intent …


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