I had to throw this one in the hat for consideration. What a phenomenal job the developer did in renovating this building...the fact that they built five stories of parking underneath this thing and then built a 44-story tower out of it...AND brought it back to it's original exterior beauty??? The effort involved with this definitely deserves some praise.

 This is an exerpt from something I found online about the building:

  Anoriginal and traditional building used for boiler and turbine housing for theSan Diego Electrical Railway Company back in 1911, the new and modern ElectraSan Diego condominium tower residences will take the place of one of the oldestand most significant turn of the century building lands in the waterfront stripof SD, California. By 1928, the Gas and electric Company purchase this propertyat the Electra San Diego condo residences and expanded it as the city began togrow exponentially both from migration from the east as well as frominternational business people. In 1939 to 1941, the Electra land in San Diegowas further expanded by a team of architects that included Johnson in order tokeep up with the expansion of this most liveable urban city in California. Thisled to 1998 when the new Electra condo tower residence homes and apartments wasdesignated a historical landmark in San Diego’s waterfront district because ofits history and art deco architecture that is graceful and striking. With dramaticlifestyle choices in a great real estate investment opportunity, the San DiegoElectra condominium homes and residence real estate properties in Californiaare a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a luxury property along thewaterfront community of the Embarcadero district in San Diego CA that is closeto Petco Park, art galleries, live theater, entertainment night life,restaurants, museums, schools, universities and major thoroughfares. For aphoto gallery of the amazing views from your home at the Electra San Diegocondo homes, please visit the following web site addresselectrasandiego.com/view.asp. In addition, you can view more photos of theinterior and exterior building of the San Diego Electra Bosa development aswell as a webcam online at http://www.electrasandiego.com/view.asp.

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