One Bush Plaza

One Bush Plaza
One Bush Plaza
	In 2021
	Location within San Francisco County One Bush Plaza (California) One Bush Plaza (the United States)
Alternative names	Crown Zellerbach Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1 Bush Street; San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′28″N 122°24′00″W / 37.791°N 122.4°W
Completed	1959, 65 years ago
Owner	Tishman Speyer
Height
Roof	308 ft (94 m)
Technical details
Floor count	20
Floor area	439,000 sq ft (40,800 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Hertzka & Knowles
Structural engineer	H.J. Brunnier Associates
San Francisco Designated Landmark
Designated	1987
Reference no.	183
References

One Bush Plaza, also known as the Crown Zellerbach Building, is an office building in the western United States in San Francisco, California. Located on Bush Street and Battery Street at Market Street in the Financial District, the 20-story, 308-foot (94 m) building was completed in 1959.

History

The building was originally the headquarters of Crown Zellerbach, a Fortune 500 forest products conglomerate acquired by Sir James Goldsmith in a 1985 hostile takeover.^[5]^[6] The majority of the pulp and paper assets were sold to James River in 1986,^[7]^[8]^[9] which in turn became a part of Georgia-Pacific in 2000. (The brown paper container division became Gaylord Container).^[10] James River's headquarters were in Richmond, Virginia, and Gaylord's moved to suburban Chicago. The building was later the headquarters of the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist.

Constructed in the late 1950s, it was the first significant structure erected in downtown San Francisco in the thirty years following the start of the Great Depression. It was the first International Style building in San Francisco and one of the first such buildings in the U.S., being completed shortly after the Lever House and the Seagram Building, both in New York City. It was not, however, the first building in San Francisco to feature a glass curtain wall, that designation belonging to the Hallidie Building,^[11] two blocks to the west.

One Bush Plaza was controversial due to the decision for it to face Bush Street instead of Market Street, the latter being in decline at the time of the building's construction. The building is notable for taking up an entire city block and being freestanding. It directly faces an Art Deco skyscraper, the Shell Building.

The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed One Bush Plaza.

Tower base

Awards

1959 Administrative Management Magazine – Office of the Year Award: Award of Merit
1960 American Institute of Steel Construction – Award of Excellence
1961 American Institute of Architects – Award of Merit
1997 American Institute of Architects - California Council 25 Year Award^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
^ "Emporis building ID 118712". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "One Bush Plaza". SkyscraperPage.
^ One Bush Plaza at Structurae
^ "Financier obtains control of Crown Zellerbach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 26, 1985. p. 1B.
^ "Goldsmith wins in C-Z takeover". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. July 26, 1985. p. A13.
^ "James River plans to take over mill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 17, 1985. p. 6B.
^ "Crown Z makes stock swap". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. December 17, 1985. p. 13.
^ "James River to buy most of Zellerbach". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). December 17, 1985. p. B5.
^ "Hayford, Pomerantz to buy 2d paper products company". Chicago Tribune. September 20, 1986. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
^ "Hallidie Building". Great Buildings Collection. Architecture Week. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

External links

[SFLandmark-1] "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

[2] "Emporis building ID 118712". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "One Bush Plaza". SkyscraperPage.

[4] One Bush Plaza at Structurae

[fococz-5] "Financier obtains control of Crown Zellerbach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 26, 1985. p. 1B.

[gswicztov-6] "Goldsmith wins in C-Z takeover". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. July 26, 1985. p. A13.

[ergjrap-7] "James River plans to take over mill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 17, 1985. p. 6B.

[czmsw-8] "Crown Z makes stock swap". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. December 17, 1985. p. 13.

[jmrvtbmz-9] "James River to buy most of Zellerbach". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). December 17, 1985. p. B5.

[10] "Hayford, Pomerantz to buy 2d paper products company". Chicago Tribune. September 20, 1986. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

[greatbuildings-11] "Hallidie Building". Great Buildings Collection. Architecture Week. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

[1]

v t e Financial District, San Francisco
Buildings and business	44 Montgomery 45 Fremont Street 50 Beale Street 50 California Street 88 Kearny Street 100 First Plaza 100 Montgomery Street 100 Pine Center 101 California Street 101 Montgomery 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 301 Howard Street 333 Bush Street 333 Market Street 345 California Center 388 Market Street 425 California Street 425 Market Street 456 Montgomery Plaza 505 Montgomery Street 555 California Street 580 California Street 595 Market Street 601 California Street 650 California Street Bank of California Building Bank of Italy Building Central Plaza Central Tower Commercial Union Assurance Building Embarcadero Center Embarcadero West First Market Tower Flatiron Building Four Embarcadero Center Hallidie Building Hobart Building Humboldt Bank Building Hunter-Dulin Building The Infinity JPMorgan Chase Building KPMG Building Market Center McKesson Plaza Mills Building and Tower Mutual Savings Bank Building One Bush Plaza One California One Embarcadero Center One Front Street One Maritime Plaza One Market Plaza One Montgomery Tower One Sansome Street Pacific Gas & Electric Building Phelan Building Russ Building San Francisco Ferry Building Shell Building Stevenson Place Three Embarcadero Center Transamerica Pyramid Two Embarcadero Center
Businesses	Hilton InterContinental Le Méridien Park Central Hotel Punch Line Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences Tadich Grill
Diplomatic missions	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco
Education	Academy of Art University Golden Gate University
Geography	Belden Place Embarcadero Plaza Kearny Street Montgomery Street New Montgomery Street
Public art	Admission Day Monument Lotta's Fountain Mechanics Monument Vaillancourt Fountain
Transportation	Embarcadero station F Market & Wharves Montgomery Street station
Category Commons

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

History

Awards

See also

References

External links