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Old Posted Jan 31, 2007, 1:19 AM
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Originally Posted by tyler82 View Post
Thank God East Bay John King is just a nit picky mumbler with no real power or clout. I really question his taste of aesthetics (after all, this is the same guy who lauded the look of a big box TARGET building in the east bay). This kind of "average" mentality is just what is WRONG with San Francisco. This city, in terms of its urbanity and downtown, has been too average for too long.
I've never understood his infatuation with 560 Mission either.



I mean it's essentially a big, black refrigerator. A classic "international style" mediocrity. But what is even more to be feared is that the guy who designed THIS corporate blandness



is the lead architect on one of the TransBay teams (SOM). Frankly, they may be a local outfit, but I think SOM is responsible for a disproportionate share of mediocre SF buildings already.
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