[Pedestrian]

Facebook begins building ‘world’s least functional’ bridge
Social media company takes out $303 million permit on Frank Gehry design
By Adam Brinklow Mar 15, 2018, 10:16am PDT

San Francisco-based remodeling site BuildZoom reports that Facebook has applied for a permit to begin construction on the latest phase of the Frank Gehry-designed addition to their campus.

Specifically, the permit request specifies “a new 464,712 square foot, four-story commercial structure to include [...] foundation system for the bridge connecting 1 Facebook Way Building 21 to 1 Facebook Way Building 22 and underground site utilities” . . . .

The staggering, zig-zagging overpass was first conceived as a bike bridge, which Gizmodo called the “world’s least functional span,” noting that “hairpin curves are generally not conducive to a bunch of people traveling on two wheels” and grousing that when it comes to Gehry designs “function doesn’t actually matter.”

By 2017 the San Jose Mercury News was referring to the span as a “pedestrian crossing,” which would make more sense.

https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/15/1712...ermits-cost-hq