Look, it’s totally wide open:
Just saying, Brocephus
Archive for the ‘buildings’ Category
Uh, Does Fox Plaza Have a Sunroof Now? Sure Looks That Way
Friday, May 17th, 2013The Truth About Elizabeth Stampe and Walk to Work Day: A Front for Real Estate Development – “Paramount Group, Inc?”
Thursday, April 25th, 2013Here’s the bus ad:
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And here’s the punchline:
“Paramount Group is going on the offensive on the waterfront, trying to build early community support for a planned 350-foot-tall condominium tower at 75 Howard St. in San Francisco.”
Wow, a war metaphor plus the word “offensive” in the same sentence as the “350-foot-tall condominium” that’s to be on the waterfront. Let’s call that a two-fer.
Oh, and who’s the spokesmodel for 75 Howard? Well, if Hitler came back from the dead and wanted to make money erecting tall buildings right near The Embarcadero, he’d dump Goebbels and hire … former Willie Brown spokesmodel PJ Johnston:
“On Jan. 10, Paramount held a community meeting to gather comments from neighbors. ‘This is a voluntary step on our part,”’ said project spokesman P.J. Johnston. ‘It’s not required, but it seems like the right thing to do.”*
So it all comes together.
Enjoy your new building, SoMA!
And people, if you have the luxury of walking to work every day, then sure, why not do it?
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* On Jan. 10, 1939, the Third Reich held a community meeting to gather comments from non-German speaking neighbors of the Sudetenland. ’This is a voluntary step on our part,’ said project spokesman Joseph “PJ” Goebbels. ’It’s not required by the Munich Agreement, but it seemed like the right thing to do.’
The See-Through Skyscrapers of South of Market – Now Our PacBell Building Looks EVEN MORE Like It Belongs in Detroit
Thursday, March 14th, 2013First, our PacBell Building in SoMA was all like this.
Then is was all like this.
Now it’s all like this, so you can see through entire floors.
Say hello to the higher floors of a totally gutted building:
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If only San Francisco were the Innovation Capital of the World or something, then we wouldn’t have a bunch of empty buildings sitting around for years and decades.
On It Goes…
Presidio Update: Say Good-Bye to the Sports Basement and Hello to a New Use for the Old Commissary Building
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013Ooh, it’s a beauty contest to see what’s going to replace the Sports Basement near Crissy Field.
I’ll tell you, the proposal from George Lucas stands out, does it not?
Check it:
He’s all, “There is a world of young people who need to be inspired” ‘n stuff.
Consider him a front-runner.
All the deets and info from the 16 contestants:
“CONCEPTS ABOUND FOR RE-USE OF PRESIDIO’S FORMER COMMISSARY BUILDING - WIDE RANGE OF PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED
Presidio of San Francisco (March 5, 2013) – The Presidio Trust announced today that it has received 16 concept proposals for repurposing a stunning site on Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco, a national park site and national historic landmark district just south of the Golden Gate Bridge.
“We are encouraged with the number and quality of responses and look forward to engaging the public and evaluating concepts over the coming months,” said Craig Middleton, the Trust’s executive director. “Finding a new purpose for this incomparable site clearly has stirred the imaginations of teams from around the country.”
The 16 concepts are:
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A Real-Life Carl Fredricksen: This Homeowner on Oak Street Looks Like the Star of Pixar’s Animated Film “Up”
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013Except this guy didn’t fly away using balloons. He stayed put and watched larger buildings go up around him.
Anytown, USA plopped down on busy, busy Oak Street, San Francisco:
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The Financial District’s Ugliest Building – A Clock Tower in the 94105? – It’s the Retro Future!
Thursday, February 28th, 2013What the Hell is this, just south of the slot at Market and Second?
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I cry foul.
When Trannies Attack: This Giant Liebherr Crane High Atop Our Pacific Bell Building Looks Just Like a Transformer
Thursday, February 14th, 2013Look at this monster perched high atop 140 New Montgomery Street, up there with all those Neo-Gothic eagle statues.
Reminds of when Devastator climbed up one of those pyramids in that Transformers II movie…
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Anyway, the abandoned Pac Bell building no longer looks like it belongs in Detroit, so that’s good.
Look for Yelp to move in this year, directly under the enemy’s scrotum.
“The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco’s South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, 132.6 m (435 ft) office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[1] The 26-floorbuilding was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco’s first significant skyscraper development when construction began in 1924.[1] The building was the tallest in San Francisco until the Russ Building matched its height two years later in 1927″
The Church of UC Hastings Law School
Thursday, January 10th, 2013100 McAllister in the Tenderloin / Twitterloin started off life as a church / hotel.
Can you tell?
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This Huge Emblem at the Front of Our Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush Looks a Tribute to Global Warming
Friday, January 4th, 2013See?
Petroleum powers cars and ships – I suppose that’s The Message from the Builders of 225 Bush.
Contrast that with the message from the current owners of 225 Bush found on this Wiki entry, which reads like an advertisement for potential tenants.
Or in other words, “This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.”
Indeed.
Box, Cantilever, Pipe, Brace: Beautiful San Francisco Architecture – Who’s the “Starchitect” Who Came Up With This?
Thursday, November 29th, 2012Near Mervyn’s Heights:
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NB: Never use the term “starchitect” without putting it inside quote marks or otherwise showing the reader what a joke the word is.
