SFist: SFist Photo: Our Changing Skyline, Old vs. New

junk

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:29:50 -0800

uh- did anyone consider how this bldg would effect the integrity of the view of City Hall from the Fulton Axis? This appears to be a major error in skyline sculpting. Is it too late to take it back?

RinconHillSF

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:21:57 -0800

Stay tuned for the August 6th unveiling (flip on cable channel 26 to watch live, or get over to City Hall at 6pm) to see the proposed designs for the Transbay Tower and new terminal. I'm happy to see Rincon Hill developed ... now if I can just figure out how to increase pedestrian/bicyclist safety in the area.

wallcloud

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:56:43 -0800

Why do we have to choose between the old and the new? I love McAllister and City Hall both, and am only lukewarm to One Rincon Hill; but that doesn't mean I want an entire city of the former. Beaux Arts is a lovely style, but I don't know if it works at a scale closer to that of ORH. I also think it's a tad unfair to compare an altogether unremarkable, if admittedly visible, building to the ultimate icon of San Francisco civic pride. It's really not apples to apples.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:52:00 -0800

the intercontinental makes one Rincon look like a well-crafted and well-detailed architectural triumph. they're not even in the same league. that intercontinental is about the worst thing since the jukebox marriot. the bathroom tile exterior, bulbous and inelegant proportions, and bright, almost neon, blue-green windows looks like it escaped from the ranks of cheapo highrises on of the countless chinese insta-cities screaming "look at my flashy 80's hairdo!"

Hodge

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:02:42 -0800

Sharp move including a link to the Geneva Towers implosion. That makes my day.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:36:40 -0800

Thinner, no. More aerodynamic, yes.

fizzandpop

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:29:20 -0800

That bluish green building is the new Hotel Intercoursetinental (bit Vegasy isn't it?) And that's my old apartment in the immediate foreground ('wonder who lives there now). My neighbor offered to climb down that ladder for me when I was locked out once. I told him not to bother as I didn't want his death on my conscience.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:29:16 -0800

Isn't the other blue building the Intercontinental hotel?