Phillip Burton Federal Building

Office in Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco

Phillip Burton Federal Building

Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.

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General information
Status| Completed
Type| Office[1]
Location| 450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco
Coordinates| 37°46′54.5″N 122°25′05.1″W﻿ / ﻿37.781806°N 122.418083°W﻿ / 37.781806; -122.418083
Opening| 1964[2]
Height
Roof| 312 ft (95 m)[3]
Technical details
Floor count| 21[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)| John Carl Warnecke and Associates[1]

The Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse is a massive 21 floor, 312 feet (95 m) federal office building located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue near San Francisco's Civic Center and the San Francisco City Hall.[3] The building occupies an entire city block, bounded by Golden Gate Avenue at the south, Turk Street at the north, Polk Street at the west, and Larkin Street at the east.

Designed by the local architectural firm of John Carl Warnecke and Associates in the International Style, construction was completed in 1964.

It serves as one of four courthouses for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The building was finished in 1964,[2] one of the earliest office towers for San Francisco. It is named for former U.S. Representative Phillip Burton.

## Occupants[edit]

Cafe 450 – 2nd Fl.

Federal Bureau of Investigation San Francisco Field Office – 13th Fl.[4]

Federal Public Defender – 19th Fl.

Internal Revenue Service Help Center – 1st Fl.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office – 11th and 9th Fl.

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division – 10th Fl.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Marshals Service – 20th Fl.

San Francisco Passport Agency – 3rd Fl.

U.S. Pretrial Services – 18th Fl.

U.S. Probation – 17th Fl.

## See also[edit]

* List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Phillip Burton Federal Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
2. ^ a b "Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse". gsa.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
3. ^ a b "Phillip Burton Federal Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
4. ^ "San Francisco Division." Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on June 9, 2015. "450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102-9523"

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* 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building
* California Public Utilities Commission
* Civic Center Courthouse (San Francisco County Superior Court)
* Earl Warren Building (Supreme Court of California)
* Main Library
* Phillip Burton Federal Building (N.D. Cal.)
* San Francisco City Hall
* San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

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Cultural|

* Asian Art Museum
* Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
* Herbst Theatre
* Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
* San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
* SHN Orpheum Theatre
* War Memorial Opera House

Education|

* The Art Institute of California – San Francisco
* Minerva Schools at KGI
* San Francisco Conservatory of Music
* University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

Other|

* Brooks Hall
* Fox Plaza
* Stars

Geography|

* Civic Center Plaza
* United Nations Plaza

Public art|

* Double L Excentric Gyratory
* Firefly
* Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness
* Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73
* Pioneer Monument
* San Francisco Veterans Memorial
* Simón Bolívar
* Statue of Abraham Lincoln
* Statue of Ashurbanipal
* Three Heads Six Arms

Transportation|

* Civic Center/UN Plaza station
* Van Ness station

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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

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