450 Sutter Street

450 Sutter
450 Sutter
	In May 2021
	Location within San Francisco 450 Sutter Street (California) 450 Sutter Street (the United States)
Alternative names	450 Sutter Medical Building; Medical-Dental Office Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Art Deco/ Art Moderne
Location	450 Sutter Street; San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W / 37.7895°N 122.4077°W
Completed	October 15, 1929
Height
Roof	105 m (344 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	26
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Miller and Pflueger
	Four Fifty Sutter Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1929
Architectural style	Art deco
NRHP reference No.	09001118
Added to NRHP	December 22, 2009
References

450 Sutter Street, also called the Four Fifty Sutter Building, is a twenty-six-floor, 105-meter (344-foot) skyscraper in San Francisco, California, completed in 1929. The tower is known for its "Neo-Mayan" Art Deco design by architect Timothy L. Pflueger.^[4] The building's vertically faceted exterior later influenced Pietro Belluschi in his similarly faceted exterior of 555 California, the former Bank of America Center completed in 1969.^[5]

The building's tenants are largely dental and medical professional offices.^{[citation needed]}

History

In the 1960s, endocrinologist and sexologist Harry Benjamin, known for his pioneering clinical work with transgender people, opened a summer practice in the building, with many of his patients coming from the nearby Tenderloin neighbourhood.^[6]^[7]

In popular culture

In the director's commentary of influential 3D adventure game Grim Fandango, game designer Tim Schafer credits the building as a major aesthetic influence. Schafer said he became familiar with 450 Sutter because his dentist's office was located on one of the upper floors, and that he had modeled the Department of Death, one of the game's most important locations, on the building.^[8]^[9]

The building is also modeled in the 2003 Maxis video game SimCity 4 as the fictional "Vu Financial" commercial office tower.^[10]

Gallery

References

^ "Emporis building ID 118820". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.
^ "450 Sutter Street". SkyscraperPage.
^ 450 Sutter Street at Structurae
^ Starr, Kevin (1996). Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510080-8. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ "20th Century Architecture: Former Bank of America World Headquarters". Vernacular Language North. 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ Kane, Peter Lawrence (2015-07-22). "The Tenderloin Museum Has Ceiling Lights in the Shape of the Tenderloin". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ Conway, Lynn. "Lynn Conway's Career Retrospective, Part II". ai.eecs.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2001-04-14. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ "Exhuming Grim Fandango's Mexican folklore inspirations". Kill Screen - Previously. January 23, 2015.
^ "450 Sutter". Double Fine Productions.
^ "Vu Financial". SimCity 4 Building Index. Accessed June 13, 2023.

External links

Official website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2226, "Medical-Dental Building", 9 photos, 1 photo caption page

[1] "Emporis building ID 118820". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.

[2] "450 Sutter Street". SkyscraperPage.

[3] 450 Sutter Street at Structurae

[4] Starr, Kevin (1996). Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510080-8. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[5] "20th Century Architecture: Former Bank of America World Headquarters". Vernacular Language North. 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[6] Kane, Peter Lawrence (2015-07-22). "The Tenderloin Museum Has Ceiling Lights in the Shape of the Tenderloin". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[7] Conway, Lynn. "Lynn Conway's Career Retrospective, Part II". ai.eecs.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2001-04-14. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[8] "Exhuming Grim Fandango's Mexican folklore inspirations". Kill Screen - Previously. January 23, 2015.

[9] "450 Sutter". Double Fine Productions.

[10] "Vu Financial". SimCity 4 Building Index. Accessed June 13, 2023.

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450 Sutter
In May 2021
Location within San Francisco Show map of San Francisco 450 Sutter Street (California) Show map of California 450 Sutter Street (the United States) Show map of the United States
Alternative names	450 Sutter Medical Building Medical-Dental Office Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Art Deco/ Art Moderne
Location	450 Sutter Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W / 37.7895°N 122.4077°W / 37.7895; -122.4077
Completed	October 15, 1929
Height
Roof	105 m (344 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	26
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Miller and Pflueger


Four Fifty Sutter Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Built	1929
Architectural style	Art deco
NRHP reference No.	09001118
Added to NRHP	December 22, 2009

References
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