I am also very curious about the museum. I have noticed this has been in the proposal from the beginning and remains now, but have not heard of what kind of museum it is??
I like the idea of a museum there, but it seems to be tucked into one of the towers.
I kind of wish the museum would be the centerpiece of the project and have more distinctinve architecture surrounded by outdoor space with all the taller hotels and condos surrounding it. That would give the central area of the project to the people of SD and not to rich out of towners staying in the hotels.
One thing that wuld be cool in the site, i think, would be an aquarium. We have the scipps aquarium up in La Jolla, but i think now that downtown is a destination in itself and alot of people here for conventions, etc. don't get up to LJ so i think they would frequent an aquarium. Especially being located on the bay with San Diego's image of an ocean city, I think a nice public aquarium would do great, maybe tie it in with an interactive museum that focuses on marine history and biology and has exhibits relating to not only San Diego bays history but the histories of other coastal cities for learning and comparison, as well as environmental exhibits on ocean pollution and the demise of coral reefs. It would be a cool venue to display photos and relics from SDs diverse past with the Italian and Portuguese immigrants who orignially inhabited the Little Italy area and mad etheir living tuna fishing
And, of course, close by have the sleek San Diego mandarin oriental hotel
OK, just my fantasy for the site