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Originally Posted by tech12
Because 8 Washington is in the NIMBY stronghold part of the city. It slightly affects the views of some of the "telegraph hill dwellers", who are a bunch of extra NIMBY-ish wealthy people that hate change. The Transbay tower is too far away and hidden from their domain to be of much concern to them. Despite cases like 8 Washington, I think the lack of NIMBY opposition towards all the new Transbay/Rincon hill towers proves that NIMBYism is not quite as strong in SF as it used to be.
I remember reading a few years ago that the NIMBY queen Sue Hestor was against the Transbay tower and wanted to stop it (of course), but I haven't heard any NIMBY stuff since, from her or anyone else. Maybe they were paid off.  |
Ironically, Sue Hestor's office, located in the Flood Building, shades the nearby public plaza (cable car turnaround). You can't make this stuff up.