50 California Street (also known as the Union Bank Building) is a , 37-
story
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office
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tower completed in 1972 at the foot of
California Street in the
Financial District
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of
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
,
California
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. There is a plaza located at the base of the building. The building is owned and managed by affiliates of
Shorenstein Properties
Shorenstein is a real estate investment company based in San Francisco that owns interests in of office space throughout the United States. The company has sponsored twelve closed-end real estate funds, with total equity commitments of $8.8 bill ...
.
Gallery
File:50 California.jpg
Popular culture
The building is briefly featured in the 2014 science fiction monster film "
Godzilla
is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film ''Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produc ...
" where during the climax of the film, Godzilla and the male MUTO fought in San Francisco, only for Godzilla to kill the MUTO by slamming him into the side of the building, then the building collapses on top of Godzilla
See also
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List of tallest buildings in San Francisco
San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 482 high-rises, 58 of which are at least tall. The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, which rises and is the 17th-tallest building in the United States. The city's second- ...
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{{Buildings in San Francisco, state=collapsed
Skyscraper office buildings in San Francisco
Office buildings completed in 1972
Financial District, San Francisco
Welton Becket buildings
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certified buildings