building private residential apartment building telegraph hill san_francisco designed style built building best examples type san_francisco known simply address montgomery street called ocean liner house buildings known nickname designed father son architects john jack building filming location noir work starring design construction building intended home son men partners father son architectural firm based san_francisco wanted live telegraph hill view determined build apartment provide fine dwellings income rental units held written designed building recently graduated des earned architect license listed architect record instead listed obtained license years building building site steep hill street level entrance upper edge property lowest floor stories apartments start ground floor floors consisting car garage sub basement storage space grade east slope manager apartment added extending steel beams garage floor unit steel cables structural engineer oversaw construction primarily wooden frame structure built atop foundation utility floors reinforced concrete meet state requirements stability known hired design images exterior produced foot high figures raised plaster western facade building north applied colored concrete exterior carved shape flanking main street entrance male figures image right facing left spanish explorer raised eye image left facing right bare worker holding globe san_francisco oakland bay bridge aircraft flying ships moving bay actual bridge seen house completed previous year building construction corner main entrance mural shows woman spirit california standing california represented map building elevator designed added building occupied glass brick shaft edge open air lobby steel line central staircase anchored glass brick column designs featured glass plate windows entrance interiors streamlined possible traditional touches indirect lighting curves abundant rounded topped indirect lighting round dining room floor ceiling windows rounded balcony edges set rounded bay windows included circular dressing rooms ample closet space units glass brick partition material city san_francisco notified violation building code prohibiting floors garage building contained floors apartments garage successfully argued structure stepped progression slope floor directly garage building violation code use building completed fully rented men moved unit apartment building collecting rent tenants building featured film noir work titled film playing escaped prisoner invited apartment unit number floor building apartment hides plastic surgery plots clear nearby scene way building modern day residents known street facing window number owner died age early 1980s building converted rental apartments original plans lost fire architects form new plans taken measurements building page building appeared december article listed owners structural engineer architect early 1980s architectural historian discovered designed building subsequently interviewed career article discovery printed defunct san_francisco magazine time building thought designed
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