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I kinda like the race between Salesforce and Fremont. Two stunning towers right next to each other, and we are honored in witnessing the era of their rise.

Honored may not have been a good word choice, but we are lucky to be able to watch it, especially here in San Francisco.

There's nothing unseemly about appreciating the rare opportunity to watch the San Francisco skyline transition into its newest, biggest, tallest iteration ever. This is the most consequential period of skyline building in San Francisco in decades.

Bah, it's only fair and well deserved after all. They've been very, very good at innovative business, making more money of Facebook alone than anyone can count over here.
Lol

It's about time the downtown area gets some rewards visible to the world.

I think some of you are overthinking what I said. Okay, how about we are lucky to be in a time to see our cities grow so tall, and bear witness to the addition of a already great skyline. SF, NYC, Seattle, Miami, and so on. Its the modern day roaring 20's for now. I just hope the development magic continues strongly for the next cycle. :fingerscrossed:

Nobody said anything about worship. Just know that without the 1%, these skyscrapers wouldn't exist. Your 99% can't afford the soft and hard costs to build these in the first place.

Nobody said anything about worship. Just know that without the 1%, these skyscrapers wouldn't exist. Your 99% can't afford the soft and hard costs to build these in the first place.[/QUOTE]

I said "worship" because to me it seems that some on these pages have something like a religious connection to building tall, and its a fix that needs to be renewed every so often.

I disagree with your statement that w/o the 1% these buildings wouldn't get built. If the pie was split 70/30 instead of 99/1 (I realize its never a simple numbers game) why would that change the need for office space, downtown apartments and condos? I think it might actually increase the need, seeing that the 1% are thought to 'waste' a lot of money on meaningless toys.

If there is going to be a bar in Sales Force when its complete maybe we can get together and talk about all this, over our $25 bourbons.

Good thing we are not in pre-9/11 time or Salesforce would be on the target list.

now the Robin Williams Tunnel :)

Knock off your continuing 9/11 comments--photos of the Transamerica Pyramid were actually found in Afghanistan.

Yes very eerie knowing that SF was one of the original targets on 9/11 (the plane that crashed into the Pennsylvania field was initially headed to SFO) especially since Osama Bin Laden used to live in San Francisco/ Nob Hill.

I've never heard that the Pyramid was an intended 9/11 target. You think the terrorists thought they'd be able to fly all the way across the country after the planes hit the WTC? No way. However, there was a plot back in the 90s to hijack a lot of planes simultaneously, blow some up, and crash others. I believe the Pyramid was a possible target of that.

You have some really strange issues...

this morning - 10/10/2016
 

No, I believe that plane was intended for the White House. But initially there were about 10 targets for 9/11- Sears Tower and the pyramid were included in that (I read this in TIME magazine or Newsweek or one of those after the attacks). Still very creepy being in SF on 9/11 knowing the plane was headed for SFO and they couldn't find it for a while.

Yeah, the reason they chose an SF-bound plane was because it was full of fuel for a 3,000 mile trip, and more fuel = more destruction when you crash it into something. They were never planning on crashing that specific plane into an SF target.

Let's get back on topic.

Lol. Okay. Just checking. Only one way to find out. Now I know. :haha:

Fantastic image post! And on topic. :tup: