editor Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I was wandering around San Francisco last week and found what I call "FrankenBuilding." This is what happens when you have a perfectly nice historic 11-story building and plop a 12-story RItz-Carlton Residences on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Fail. They should have attempted something more akin to the NYC Hearst Tower, if they wanted to have contrast like that. As it is now, it looks like a collision between a 1900s building, and a 1980's PoMo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Yeah. And the sun visors echoing the old building's roof lines are silly. Sun visors? In San Francisco? And they're not even contiguous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 The visors are odd looking. Am I see this correctly..that they used a different window casing color on the addition? How hard would that have been to match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 The visors are odd looking. Am I see this correctly..that they used a different window casing color on the addition? How hard would that have been to match?I bet they're different materials. My guess is that the old windows are wooden, and the new ones are something more energy efficient. But you'd think that a little paint on one or the other would make them look the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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