Generally, I’m not anti-development in San Francisco, given the right circumstances. It breaks my heart to see gorgeous old buildings torn down to make room for huge new ones that lack any version of character, but I like the idea of people 100 years from now fawning over the iconic architecture of the early 21st century.
But will they? My biggest beef with the influx of new buildings is how uninspired most of them are. Every time scaffolding comes down on Market Street or a new rendering is released on the Internet, I shake my head and think, “Really? You were given the opportunity to design a building in one of the most beautiful cities in the world and THIS is what you came up with?”
Imagine how cool it would be if new buildings paid homage to the details of San Francisco’s trademark architecture – what it would look like to have ornate bay windows and turrets shooting up 20 stories. We asked Tim Delger to Photoshop Victorian-style skyscrapers in SF.
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