San Francisco's Skinniest Buildings Revealed (PHOTOS)

This article comes to us courtesy of California Home + Design.

By Frances Malcolm

San Francisco is home to quite a few slim structures that do pass code as livable spaces. Perhaps you've seen some of these gems while tramping through the city, but we wouldn't blame you if you blinked and missed them.

Take a look at the first three buildings below, then click over to California Home + Design for the full article and slideshow:

• The Heineman Building, 130 Bush Street, Financial District

  The Heineman Building was originally built in 1910 as a belt, tie and suspender factory. Though it no longer serves a manufacturing function, it still retains its original Gothic revival charm, impressed copper paneling and exuberant detailing at the crown. At 10-stories tall and less than 20-feet wide, the Heineman building is nothing short of dramatic. Such drama is further heightened by the striking line it cuts between the Art Deco Shell building to the east and a brick behemoth to the west.

• Roullier Building, 49 Kearny Street, Union Square

  Because a nondescript nail salon occupies its first floor, this beauty would have eluded anyone without a penchant for strolling with her head craned up and to the side. But that doesn?t mean it?s not special. Built in 1907 by Albert Pissis, architect of the famed Flood Building, the dormered and column-clad Roullier Building is perhaps the leanest Beaux Arts building ever conceived.

• Chamberlain Building, 442-444 Post Street, Union Square

  The Chamberlain Building on the 400 block of Post Street is a slightly wider, slightly less interesting version of the Roullier Building. Aside from its fa?ade-dominating, wrought iron fire escape, one of the building?s most intriguing features is not inherent to the structure itself but rather contingent upon its relationship with its neighbors. Seen from the east, the Chamberlain Building is part of a series of four progressively taller buildings that create something of an urban architectural staircase.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/san-franciscos-skinniest-buildings_n_2335129.html

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