74 Langton - Future Hipstamatic HQ
Techcrunch reported Synthetic Corp which makes Hypstamtic, SwankoLab, and IncrediBooth has moved from Chicago to San Francisco & they've bought a two-story building at 74 Langton they'll move into in February 2011.
It will be "both a worldwide headquarters and a retail/gallery space where events will be held for their community."
The co-founders moved to SF in July and have been working from NextSpace, a coworking space at 28 2nd Street.
techcrunch.com/2010/12/20/hipstamatic-san-francisco/
syntheticcorp.com
From the official press release:
"We are incredibly excited to be setting up shop in San Francisco..." said Lucas Allen Buick, CEO, Co-Founder, Synthetic Corp. "Now, having this building will give us a chance to interact with our community in person and give users a place to display work, hold photoshoots, and be creative."
www.prweb.com/releases/prweboffice-space/san-francisco/pr...
Architect Douglas Burnham, of Envelope A+D will be renovating the building.
www.envelopead.com/info_teambio.html
He also renovated Pier 24, the largest photo exhibition space in the US
www.envelopead.com/proj_pier24.html
www.pier24.org
I had stopped by Electric Works which was nearby, so I took some photos of 74 with Hipstamatic, 360, and my D7000.
Also a few things nearby. It is around the corner from Brainwash & near Sightglass coffee.
It was listed along with 80 Langton the building next door. People were working on renovating 80 and one said they'd been working for about a month and a half and it had been bought by artists (it used to be owned by artists - see the info on New Langton below).
He'd heard 74 might have sold, but didn't know who bought it.
Listings say 74 is 3600 square feet and was on the market for just under a million dollars.
www.loopnet.com/Listing/16686317/74-80-Langton-Street-San...
And this PDF has the floor plans on the second page.
www.starboardnet.com/listing_flyers/74 langton_sale.pdf
A planning department PDF says it is a historic building built in 1908 and used by a casket manufacturer according to a 1950 map.
sf-planning.org/ftp/files/gis/SouthSoMa/Docs/3730 104.pdf
There's an interior tour video of 74 & 80 Langton
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN0tObJQn0U
And another video with really cheesy music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8FyJIFJFU
www.loopnet.com/Listing/16686317/74-80-Langton-Street-San...
www.prepress.com used to be at 74 (it is now on 11th st). They did prepress for make magazine - 74 Langton is listed on this page
makezine.com/advertise/print_specs.csp
New Langton Arts which sadly closed in 2009 was originally called 80 Langton Street and was located there from 1975 - 1983.
From an oral history of Susan Miller
"1975 actually, in a warehouse space on Langton Street. It was, in fact, an old casket factory in a light-industrial building of the kind common to San Francisco's South of Market district. The building and facility were owned by a founder, artist Jock Reynolds. The gallery and theater shared one space in a loft rented from Jock by artist and founding member Jim Pomeroy."
www.as-ap.org/oralhistories/interviews/interview-susan-mi...
www.usamuseum.org/new-langton-arts/
blog.sfmoma.org/2009/10/tz-on-pomeroy/
And this is an interesting piece by Miller on New Langton (which often showed photography) (pdf)
sites.cca.edu/currents/pdf/smiller.pdf
Langton Labs, a live/work warehouse space is not far away at 9 Langton (and another space across the street which used to be a photography studio)
blog.langtonlabs.org
www.flickr.com/photos/oddwick/5246535163/
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572404575634904...
www.flickr.com/photos/glasser/sets/72157608097124770/
www.flickr.com/photos/glasser/collections/72157611567859974/
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