![]() ![]() ![]() Currently, the building possesses approximately 140,000 sq ft, which includes approximately 24,000 sq ft of parking space. Originally, the subject building was two separate industrial buildings that were combined in 1984‐1985, and converted into showroom and office use. ![]() ![]() The main entrances are located off of De Haro Street and Rhode Island Street, and provide access to an interior atrium. Rosener and noted industrial builders, MacDonald and Kahn, 444 De Haro Street (also addressed as 1849 17th Street and formerly known as Western Can Co.) is a three‐story, reinforced concrete industrial building with a saw‐tooth roof and industrial steel‐sash windows. "Constructed in 1927 by architect Leland S. The company's factory in San Francisco was built in 1927 at the corner of 17th and Rhode Island St. The company was eventually bought by the Continental Can Company. Although owned by a coffee roaster, the company sold cans to competitors in the industry, and did not stress its connections to the roaster. The Western Can Company was an San Francisco-based can manufacturer known for lithographed cans, and large coffee cans.According to a history of the San Francisco coffee roaster MJB, Western Can was originally called West Coast Metal Works, and was purchased by MJB in 1916 and had its name changed to Western Can at that time. ![]()
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