One California

This article is about the San Francisco office building. For the Los Angeles office building, see One California Plaza. For the bank, see OneCalifornia Bank. For the anti-partition California political group, see Six Californias.

For other uses, see 1 California.

One California

Alternative names	Airtouch Building Mutual Benefit Life Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	One California Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′36″N 122°23′50″W / 37.7932°N 122.3972°W / 37.7932; -122.3972Coordinates: 37°47′36″N 122°23′50″W / 37.7932°N 122.3972°W / 37.7932; -122.3972
Completed	1969
Owner	One California Street Partners
Management	CBRE Group
Height
Roof	133.5 m (438 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	32
Floor area	484,512 sq ft (45,012.6 m²)
Lifts/elevators	13
Design and construction
Architect	Welton Becket Associates
Other information
Parking	135
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

One California is a 133.5 m (438 ft), 32-story skyscraper completed in 1969 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. It is the 31st-tallest building in the city. The architect of the building was Welton Becket Associates.

History

The building was constructed on the site of the previously demolished Fife Building, and was one of the earliest modern skyscrapers constructed in the city. It was the fifth tallest building in San Francisco when it was completed, but is no longer in the top 30.^[6] One California was one of three buildings, the other two being 555 California Street and McKesson Plaza, that was featured in a 1970 Newsweek article widely thought to have coined the term "Manhattanization".^[2]

In 1995, Shorenstein became the sole owner of the tower and invested US$5 million in an extensive lobby and plaza renovation.^[7]

Corporate signage

One California is one of very few^{[note 1]} downtown office skyscrapers in San Francisco to feature corporate signage at the top of the tower. When it was constructed, the building's signage read "Mutual Benefit Life" for the insurance company.^[8] Some time after the building went up, the San Francisco Planning Code was changed to prohibit signs above 100 feet (30 m) on new buildings.^[9] Existing buildings were grandfathered in and allowed for replacing signs as long as the new sign is no larger in surface area and projection than the existing sign.^[9]

After Mutual Benefit Life went out of business, the building's sign was changed in April 1995^[7] to the logo for AirTouch, which had its headquarters in the building.^[10] In October 2005, the AirTouch signs were removed and replaced with the current US Bank logo.^[11]

Tenants

Notes

↑ 425 California Street and the Bank of California Tower are other examples.

References

↑ "One California". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
1 2 One California at Emporis
↑ "One California". SkyscraperPage.
↑ One California at Structurae
↑ "One California Street". CBRE. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
↑ List of tallest buildings in San Francisco
1 2 Ginsberg, Steve (March 3, 1995). "Shorenstein's solo run: real estate firm inks refinancing and buyout deals". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved March 11, 2013. Workers have already taken down the building's Mutual Benefit Life sign and will put up AirTouch's logo in April.
↑ philip_wgtn_nz. "Downtown SF Aug 1971". Flickr.
1 2 Lawrence B. Badiner, Zoning Administrator (January 25, 2007). "Letter of Determination - One California Street". Retrieved March 11, 2013.
↑ "Contact Information." AirTouch. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
↑ "Spider Delivers on Rigging Commitments for Sign Replacement Project". SafeWorks, LLC. October 7, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2013. All rigging moves were required to be completed during the day under tight time and safety constraints to enable the contractor to perform the replacement of the existing 'Airtouch' signs with the new 'US Bank' signs under lights at night.
↑ Grosvenor - Contact
↑ Salesforce.com Expands in San Francisco
↑ "LendingHome - Contact".

External links

Official website

Tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyscrapers over 500 feet (150 m)	Transamerica Pyramid 555 California Street 345 California Center Millennium Tower One Rincon Hill South Tower 50 Fremont Center 101 California Street 575 Market Street Four Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center 44 Montgomery One Market Plaza Spear Tower One Sansome Street One Rincon Hill North Tower One Front Street First Market Tower McKesson Plaza 425 Market Street 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 St. Regis Museum Tower 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Street 333 Market Street 650 California Street 555 Mission Street The Infinity II 100 First Plaza 340 Fremont Street 399 Fremont Street One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building 140 New Montgomery Jasper JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center 350 Mission Street 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West 100 Van Ness Avenue LUMINA

Highrises over 300 feet (91 m)	One Maritime Plaza Four Seasons Hotel Westin St. Francis 456 Montgomery Plaza 535 Mission Street Shell Building Park Central Hotel San Francisco 222 Second Street 199 Fremont Street Hilton San Francisco Financial District One Market Plaza Steuart Tower 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 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 505 Montgomery Street Blue Shield of California Building Fairmont San Francisco 180 Montgomery Street KPMG Building Central Plaza Sir Francis Drake Hotel 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 San Francisco City Hall McAllister Tower Apartments Mark Hopkins Hotel Mills Tower Central Tower

Under construction	Salesforce Tower Oceanwide Center I & II 181 Fremont Street Park Tower at Transbay 706 Mission Street 41 Tehama Street

Planned and proposed	Palace Hotel Residential Tower Treasure Island development 524 Howard Street

See also: San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Buildings and structures in San Francisco

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