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San Fran's Newest Hotel Sure to Please the Voyeurs Among Us

Where: 690 Fifth St [map], San Francisco, CA, United States
May 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM | by juliana | 3 Comments

Curbed SF has the skinny on the newest hotel coming to San Franciso: the Hotel SoMa (SoMa stands for South of Market.)

Currently, there's only rendering-porn for us hotel geeks to gawk at, but Curbed reports that the 75-room pool will be "chock full of the eco-bullet points" such as bike rentals, LEED certification and energy-efficient LED lights.

But perhaps the most striking design feature of this hotel is a suspended rooftop glass-bottom swimming pool. From the David Baker + Partners Architects:

Clad in exterior glass panels illuminated by efficient LED lighting, the facade will appear to light up like a lantern at night.

It will also allow people pulling up into the hotel's drive to peer up and gaze at the swimmers. Hopefully, no one will be skinny-dipping. Or hopefully they will?

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  1. CBBerg

    HotelChatter Member

    Ghost Town

    Even a pool... in San Francisco!?! On second thought, they better have a pool. There is nothing but tumbleweeds and crack-heads on 5th and Townsend.

    Any word on who is going to manage this economic bastion of hope?

    May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
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  1. GREGGRORY

    HotelChatter Member

    See Thru Pool

    Why wait?  W Fort Lauderdale already has one...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEdrWlvtYs
    May 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    What time of the year can people use this pool?

    I forgot to add that I am not sure when people can use outdoor pools in San Fran since most of the year is just too nippy.

    My in-laws live in San Francisco and there has been approximately one day in the 7 years I have been going there that I was hot enough to stick my toes in a pool in San Fran. That was two weeks ago. Then the next day, it went back to freezing cold and windy.

    May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
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