SFist: SF and Marin were Supposed to Look Like this by Now

Xenu

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:32 -0800

Thank god "the future" never turned out like this. Here's to hoping it never will. *clink*

pancakebreakfast

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:20:04 -0800

"Daly happened" I understand that finding any excuse to bash him is something of an online pastime, but I guarantee you the vast majority of San Franciscans would hail Chris Daly as the greatest politician in the city's history if he had single-handedly prevented this enormous Sunset-penis from being (erm) erected. What a horrible, horrible idea this would be.

aj

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:29:55 -0800

Still no Marincello!

sagitta100

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:09:50 -0800

That would ruin the surf at Ocean Beach. But I would forgive all if the plans included a subway to Hawaii.

zippy_monster

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:26:50 -0800

If it's brutalism, where's the concrete?

brokenlogin

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:44:56 -0800

It's not Modernism, it's Brutalism. The parks on the ends are the size of the Presidio, think how enormous the Phalluses of Capitalist Power would be.

zstone

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:18:46 -0800

TAYM - Your point is taken, but I generally associate auto-centric design with highways, culs-de-sac and large plots of land, not a grid; I'll admit it appears challenging to get to the northern part of that claw without a vehicle (ferries, perhaps).

travin

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:52:23 -0800

not a weapon, immigrant detectors.

withak

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:46:20 -0800

And those towers at the end of the each of the man-made peninsulas have to be part of some kind of weapon.

withak

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:43:31 -0800

Interesting how the Cal campus has grown 2/3 of the way west to the Bay.

fizzandpop

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:43:06 -0800

Daly happened

jefftiki

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:26:35 -0800

In the future, planes fly ridiculously close to each other! How daring.

EllyMental

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:08:37 -0800

You just know this would triple the net total of sushi joints in San Francisco.

The Angry Young Man

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:37:26 -0800

@zstone THAT is autocentric planning. look at the size of those man made islands along with the many linear conveyances (boulevards, bridges, etc.) Early to Mid-20th Century Americans considered rail travel to be quaint and outdated. The automobile, fueled by an endless supply of dirt cheap petroleum, would render the rails obsolete. It's one of the reasons we embraced the hideous modernist design mentality of morons like Le Corbusier that produced inhuman abortions like Cabrini Green in Chicago and the almost freeway right down the Panhandle. As usual, Europeans rejected the autocentric, but prolly because they kept blowing all their infrastructure up with silly wars, their cities were all so close together, and rail was (and is) a cheaper and more efficient means of transportation than roads. This means something when you're constantly rebuilding your country.

jacksevanroo

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:17:06 -0800

Are those military, or civilian jets?

zstone

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:12:16 -0800

I'd say the automobile happened, paired with auto-centric planning, San Jose, Oakland.

jameth

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:39:36 -0800

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pantsgolem

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:33:10 -0800

I love how the two square parks are so close to each other, yet there's no bridge between them, making them effectively miles apart.

unfletch

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:05:39 -0800

It's titled "San Francisco in 2050," so nothing happened. We're just not there yet. Be patient.

The Angry Young Man

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:05:22 -0800

Modernism failed. Thankfully.

Christopher Rogers

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:54:38 -0800

@mcgordonliddy > "Those in the know, go below." Uhrm, that's what she said?

wsanders

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:53:33 -0800

What happened? Mussolini was defeated. That set monumental architecture back 100 years, I tells ya.

Generic

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:52:06 -0800

Boy, if you thought the avenues went on forever before ...

Christopher Rogers

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:47 -0800

I love the horrific irony that the road to the northern huge-ass pincer landfill suburb-thing goes through notoriously outsider-friendly Bolinas. Yeah, that'd go over well.

travin

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:10 -0800

What happened is that there are two marine sanctuaries situated on those sites. Besides, it looks like an Alan Smithy rendering, deplorable.

KatyG

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:30:35 -0800

Coasties don't care what you all do to the Bay. Just stay away from the beaches...

bottombracket

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:22:39 -0800

Sprawl sucks.

johnny0

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:09:52 -0800

Hovercrafts are big in SFs future as well And here we have someone building a giant pyramid over Alcatraz. I guess the New York of the future is comfortable with nuclear power. (Someone should show this to McCain.)

Brock Keeling

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:02:47 -0800

i don't care if this plan displaces the entire east bay. i want it! so modern! and extra bridges? why can we have more bridges stemming from SF?

mcgordonliddy

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:58:38 -0800

Doesn't the Golden Gate Tunnel make this all irrelevant anyway? "Those in the know, go below."

jimH

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:49:38 -0800

If you were to live around 85th Avenue and Ulloa, the San Andreas Fault would go right under your house. FYI Landfill + Faultline = :(

timmay

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:45:39 -0800

in the future, they call pages "paginas"

RobInSF

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:39:28 -0800

Usage of LSD dropped off. That is what happened.

johnny0

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:33:53 -0800

I don't like this future! The Mission is too damn foggy. I do want that second bridge across the bay to Oakland airport though. Then again I think we are all supposed to have flying cars so I guess we don't need airports.

fizzandpop

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:14:04 -0800

We're they trying to build the world's windiest, foggiest suburbs? Plus, I see no amusement parks. Where are the rides?

hoboking

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:56:42 -0800

Well I know one thing that happened: The McAteer-Petris act, the "primary purpose of [which] is to promote responsible planning and regulation of San Francisco Bay. The Act emphasizes the elimination of the unnecessary placement of fill in the Bay, the use of the Bay for water-oriented uses." Thank you en-vi-ro-MENTAL-ists for eliminating my Jetson's super jet future with your concerns about wetlands, sustainability and 'flood control'. I coulda had an atom powered lawn mower!

sf_bikebike

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:54:33 -0800

weed happend.

Jas

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:46:08 -0800

Dubai at least gets artificial islands that look like palm trees ... why did we get a robot claw?

kapshure

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:44:13 -0800

@angrybat would it be total conjecture to think by that time MUNI would have pulled its head out of its ass and actually have better service, e.g. like fast express service to & fro' downtown? ok, nah, i'm dreaming.

jameth

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:41:24 -0800

A bridge to Marin via Alcatraz and Angel Islands. Yesssssss.

Angrybat

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:37:22 -0800

Check out the SuperSized Sunset! Can you imagine how long the L Taraval ride would be from the tip of that thing to downtown?