An 18-story government building in California that President-elect Trump once called “one of the ugliest buildings” in San Francisco will be officially dedicated to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next week.
The San Francisco Federal Building, a 70-meter-tall building in the city's South of Market neighborhood, was renamed the Nancy Pelosi Speaker Federal Building last year, and Democratic leaders are expected to attend the unveiling of the new sign. is. The ceremony was held Monday, Bay City News reported. The building was named after Pelosi in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.
This energy-efficient “green” building opened in 2007 at a cost of $144 million and consists of a V-shaped top of stainless steel panels that fold over a wide concrete frame. Masu. It uses one-third the energy of a typical California office building and is designed to use natural light to illuminate 80% of the building and create a healthier environment for employees.
It is the first U.S. federal building to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. It is a globally recognized rating system that evaluates the sustainability of buildings.
In addition to Pelosi's office, the building also houses the Social Security Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Agriculture, according to the General Services Administration (GSA), which operates the building.
According to GSA's website, “The building's shape and orientation maximizes natural airflow for cooling and ventilation, and utilizes natural light throughout much of the office interior.”
Though praised for its energy efficiency, opinions are divided over its gray, drab exterior, especially since it sits across from the Beaux-Arts masterpiece Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Seventh Avenue.
In 2020, then-President Trump issued an executive order titled “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,'' which promoted beautiful federal buildings, calling the buildings unsatisfactory in design.
GSA selects architect to design San Francisco Federal Building. The architect describes his designs as “art for art's sake” architecture, intended primarily for viewing by the architect. “Although elite architects praised the completed building, many San Franciscans consider it one of the ugliest buildings in their city,” the executive order reads.
This executive order was rescinded by President Biden in February 2021.
Last year, workers expressed safety concerns about entering and exiting the building as more drug traffickers and homeless people gathered outside the building, the San Francisco Standard reported last year.
The publication cites a memo dated Aug. 4, 2023, written by leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services urging workers to consider working from home because security issues have gotten so bad. It states that The block where the building is located recorded 525 drug-related incidents over a 12-month period, the magazine writes, citing city data.
Ms. Pelosi was elected to Congress in 1987 and is one of the most senior Democratic leaders and the only woman to serve as Speaker of the House. She represents California's 12th Congressional District, which includes most of the city of San Francisco. Under his second term as speaker, the House impeached President-elect Trump twice, but the Senate acquitted him both times.
In deep blue San Francisco, Donald Trump has a 7-point lead in the 2024 presidential election.
