John King’s list of seven San Francisco architecture myths and misconceptions:
1. This is a liberal city where anything goes
2. Everything new looks old
3. San Franciscans hate everything new
4. Big-name outsiders have all the fun
5. Affordable housing = dull design
6. By law, all new towers must be clad in glass
7. San Franciscans hate the Transamerica Pyramid
And of course, his reality.
∙ S.F. architecture myths debunked [SFGate]
tru dat!
[Editor’s Note: Rincon Hill Billy’s comment was in reposonse to our original post which simply highlighted myth number one (“this is a liberal city where anything goes”) and provided John King’s reality:
Cheers.]
How about
8. Anything built in SF only goes up in value?
these are myths? seems pretty true to me. i hate the transamerica pyramid. we need a real iconic building. too bad the SOM proposal for the transbay terminal wasn’t selected.
The Transamerica is not iconic ? You’ve got to be kidding. I see it showing up almost as frequently as the GG bridge in whimsical drawings of SF. You know, the kind that always plunk the Eiffel tower in Paris, the Taj Mahal in India (even though it isn’t in a big city), and Seattles’ space needle.
The Transamerica is probably one of the USA’s most recognizable buildings.
“The moral of the story: One generation’s eyesore may be the next generation’s icon.”
I think it’s safe to say One Rincon will not be the next generations icon….