At the risk of sounding "unpatriotic," I really don't like the huge flags they put atop buildings like this one. They make the buildings look even shorter and stubbier than they are.

Agreed. The amount of huge flags in downtown San Diego is dumb.

You have to remind a lot of our "citizens" what country they are in.

:chillpill:

I think it's a nice touch.. SD is a huge military town,
full of vets.

Happy Veterans Day!

Anybody know what's going in on El Cajon/Florida (or Georgia)? The entire block has been cleared. Looks like an infill project of some kind.

Also, in PB, on Grand and Cass, demo has begun. The old Purple Cafe is being torn down.

1919 Pacific Highway Development Package.

AC Hotel Gaslamp Development Package. With car lift!

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but this is a huge pet peeve, when people use patriotism to criticize others opinions. I'm not sure if you meant to do that, but that's how your post reads. It has nothing to do with the military or Veteran's Day, it has to do with huge flags on top of so many buildings looking cheap and tacky, nothing else. Plus, with all these ridiculous height limits are the flags exempt? We don't want the FAA to be accused of being anti-military! We all know what country we're in. As a resident of downtown I'd like to see downtown move towards being more sophisticated and attract tech jobs or even multi-national businesses. We don't need to be the downtown version of a monster truck barreling down the road with giant flags strapped to it that are way out of proportion to the size of the vehicle.

Is that you President Obama?

The irony, of course, is that you're the one who's using patriotism to criticize someone else's opinion. There was nothing critical about Leo's post. He expressed a different opinion than you, but it was expressed entirely in a positive manner. Not once was he critical of anyone else's view.

What a joke of a post.

And with a single post you have articulated yourself as a person perfectly.

Take it to a politics message board ladies.

Flags are pretty.

Just my opinion. I like the look that's all. Derek doesn't like the look and that's fine. :notacrook:

Nvm

I think you were on to something, but then I thought of the tallest building. You would think it would have a flag as well, and if they were exempt it probably would, but it is at the height limit, which is probably why it doesn't. It is called America Plaza after all...

Need to update your Avatar tag, just sayin' :cool:

Not really skyscraper-related, but downtown so anything goes :) Brigantine could very well replace Anthony's on the waterfront.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...s-replacement/

I don't really remember the other options, but this one is definitely unique looking. I kind of like it from the street side, but it looks kind of bland from the bay.

Regarding flags, I agree with SDCAL that they tend to make the buildings they sit on look a lot shorter. There's no real context as to how large those flags are (and the one on One Columbia Place is big!), so design-wise, I see your point. I never really thought whether there were too many of them or not downtown though. New buildings certainly don't have them, so they seem like a relic of pre-1990s downtown. As San Diego grows, I think they're actually adding to the diversity of the skyline.

I do love flags though. I actually like how Mexico puts ridiculously large flags in their cities. I don't think we should go that big here in San Diego, but a nice trio of large, US, California, and San Diego flags would be pretty cool somewhere downtown.

Bonus pic of Tijuana's cool flag with the SD skyline in the distance:

http://c1-preview.prosites.com/temp2...%20Tijuana.jpg
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Well its official, this thread is completely dead. It has progressed from endless conjecture about an airport, which will never move, to moronic political and xenophobic rantings. Time to find a new source for my downtown development updates. Tchau!