Architecture | September 20, 2007 | 23 comments

SF Transit Authority Approves Design for Current's Future HQ

source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/21/BAO7S9J2H.DTL

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23 comments // SF Transit Authority Approves Design for Current's Future HQ

  • klenga
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    • ...check out this map of proposed SF freeways, ca. 1950. Yeah, it would have been quicker to drive across town, but imagine a freeway running where Valencia St. is... Apparently the beginning of the proposed 'Mission Freeway' was actually built - there's a mile-long stretch of San Jose Ave. that's curiously freeway-like...

    • 4 years ago
  • shirin88
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    • San Francisco Magazine had an AMAZING graphic map of San Francisco year 2020, based on all the zoning that is in the works. Plans for mini-suburbs, high rise condos...CRAZY looking. Unfortunately, the issue came out in February, but its worth trying to find.

    • 4 years ago
  • jsaraco
  • joebrilliant
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    • If the high speed rail initiative maintians its momentum, which Im optimistic about, this will be its CPU, and I'm hopefull it will stay on track... ha. sorry. It's friday. couldn't resist.

    • 4 years ago
  • cwhite
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    • That's why my favorite insight was when the original post was made, the topic "long-planned construction projects that will never be finished in our lifetimes" was created. I believe you are responsible for that. Bravisimo.

    • 4 years ago
  • klenga
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      klenga  

    • yeah, I liked the SOW design the best, too, but I guess practicality wins out in the end... and I didn't read far enough to see the part about the glowing top - that's pretty cool. It's just that the overall shape of the building strikes me as kind of a run-of-the-mill office building with a bit of a taper... And if it took 10 years to build the lowly T-Third, I can't imagine this terminal along with the high speed SF-LA railway anytime before, say, 2050. Would be great to be proven wrong, though.

    • 4 years ago
  • robertogrijalva
  • klenga
  • julian_robinson
  • jsaraco
  • joebrilliant
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      joebrilliant  

    • I liked the SOW design the most (the folks who did the International Terminal at SFO) but this one had the most sensible pricetag, the open air aspect, and the most well planned transit intergration, which is, like, the main purpose of the project. I still think it looks great, futuristic but with classical aesthetics. And the top 16 floor are wind turbines which generate power and glow brighter and change color depending on the wind. Like an iTunes visualizer in the sky. Rad.

    • 4 years ago
  • klenga
  • cwhite
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  • Aaaaaaaah
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      Aaaaaaaah  

    • Skyscrapers and parks, that's all we really need, right? There is no reason to pave paradise, when you have plenty of room to move on up!

    • 4 years ago
  • joebrilliant
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  • sloan
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      sloan  

    • "But it may look dated by 2013." Gunn! By 2013 we will have nanobots that can update our buildings in moments to reflect whatever ephemeral architectural trends we want!

      Seriously tho, I want to hate this b/c it's, you know, a giant huge Richy McRicherson skyscraper, a billion people in the world live on a dollar a day, etc., etc. ... but I can't. It's just too cool.

    • 4 years ago
  • gmoney3000
  • joebrilliant
  • Justin_Gunn
  • Justin_Gunn
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      Justin_Gunn  

    • It actually echoes the shape of the Transamerica bldg. Pretty futuristic today, but may look dated by 2013. At least it's an ambitious plan - I like that.

    • 4 years ago
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