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Leaning San Francisco skyscraper is tilting
3 inches per year as engineers rush to
implement fix

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Posted By: NorthernDog, 1/7/2022 9:51:59 PM

The engineer trying to stabilize the Millennium Tower, a luxury residential skyscraper in San Francisco that is sinking into the ground and now leaning over two feet off of center, said the building is now tilting three inches per year. Structural engineer Ronald O. Hamburger made the comments Thursday at a city hearing in which he pitched an updated fix for the building's foundation, NBC Bay Area reported. The 58-story, 645-foot tall tower — opened to residents in 2009 — is now tilting 26 inches north and west at Fremont and Mission Streets in the heart of San Francisco’s financial

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Soon to be a pile of rubble. Hopefully everyone will get out in time.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Catherine 1/7/2022 9:58:53 PM (No. 1031694)
With they earthquakes they have there, let it fall - safely as possible. No one should be in that building, ever.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: AnotherYank 1/7/2022 10:24:33 PM (No. 1031702)
I bet it leans to the left.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: TurtleDove 1/7/2022 10:25:09 PM (No. 1031703)
So is SF sinking, is this why pelosi is buying property in FL?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: WI Cynic 1/7/2022 10:55:14 PM (No. 1031713)
You can have marble races in the hallways. Just don't put your eye out!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Californian 1/7/2022 10:55:49 PM (No. 1031714)
A large chunk of the city nearest the water is built on fill. Everyone here -knows- that when a major quake hits most of that area of the city will be destroyed. As far as the Millennial Tower goes... I feel bad for the folks who bought in before it started tilting. No way they could have known. But, who I really feel for are the folks in other nearby buildings who are at risk for death, injury and property loss when this thing finally collapses. IIRC they didn't drive the pylons down deep enough to hit bedrock. The builders or their insurance company need to take the hit for this plus whoever approved the short pylons. My guess is a bunch of people got bribed but just speculation.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Dr. Constant 1/7/2022 11:14:23 PM (No. 1031718)
At that rate, they should tear it down.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Birddog 1/8/2022 12:17:22 AM (No. 1031733)
It took two YEARS for me to get SF approvals to change a balcony railing design on a historic restoration on upper terrace, here they just "delete" 4/5th of the pilings they previously, just months ago, said were "Required" to save a 650Tower leaning over, endangering $Billions of other buildings, countless lives? After signing off on the original design...not even touching bedrock anywhere?? In most of SF you cannot even paint your OWN house without going through months of approval meetings, rejections, changes. Cannot cut a tree...or plant one. Cannot add a sprinkler without an EPA water tracking study to see how watering you garden and lawn is going to effect the Bay.It has taken them 22 years and $10's of Millions to add 1 mile of bus lane to Van Ness blvd
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Reply 8 - Posted by: PostAway 1/8/2022 12:28:14 AM (No. 1031737)
Ronald Hamburger? What’s his middle name? McDonald?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 1/8/2022 12:47:35 AM (No. 1031750)
Stay away from the side it leans towards. This structural engineer is glad to have nothing to do with this.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: NotaBene 1/8/2022 12:56:48 AM (No. 1031759)
The vagrants should be encouraged to defecate on the higher side of the sidewalk. Poops have consequences.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 1/8/2022 1:15:50 AM (No. 1031770)
Map the impact zone and splash zones....and get and stay clear.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: doctorfixit 1/8/2022 1:42:35 AM (No. 1031777)
Everyone in San Fran SIcko has a left leg shorter than the right so they all lean to the left. In this building the rooms have arrows all pointing in the direction that their let leg should be Otherwise they keep tipping over.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: singermom9 1/8/2022 4:28:26 AM (No. 1031794)
I bet they will blame DJT for THAT too.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: 5 handicap 1/8/2022 6:17:05 AM (No. 1031840)
C'mon San Andreas rid us of this pestilence!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: F15 Gork 1/8/2022 7:46:35 AM (No. 1031900)
A quick peak at the diversity of the engineering team might be instructive....
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Reply 16 - Posted by: tootall 1/8/2022 8:35:52 AM (No. 1031958)
I sure hope this isn't where Al Gore has his luxury apartment! I'd bet Nancy and her husband don't have space there either
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Reply 17 - Posted by: JHHolliday 1/8/2022 9:19:25 AM (No. 1032000)
Geez. I was in SF some years ago on a freebie trip sponsored by one of my insurance companies. They took us to a high rise tower with a restaurant on the 90th floor. I will say the view was spectacular but I was glad to leave. I don’t like tall buildings and no way would I ever live in one. For that matter, I would never live in SF or anywhere else in CA.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Califedup 1/8/2022 11:12:02 AM (No. 1032149)
Has this building been fully vaccinated? Has it had it's booster shot?
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