ABOUT INSIGHTS
Insights are always brief, include a few pictures, and are intended to tell readers things they don’t know about buildings they know quite well.
Living Walls and Freud
When someone mentions psychology, you think of Freud, right? I do, although I admit I may be a bit crazy! The living walls at Jasper, at the corner of 1st Street and Harrison, caught my attention
100 Years of History
There is a big, new 40-story building going up at the corner of Mission and South Van Ness. It is currently referred to as 1500 Mission (Related California is the developer) and, while it hasn’t
Protecting the Kids
Pass any construction site, and I bet you see a big sign that says something about SAFETY. While 181 Fremont might be the safest building in the U.S. (more about that later), what has always
It’s not your Father’s Basketball — It’s Entertainment
Does it make sense to spend $1 billion to build a basketball arena for a measly 41 homes games? Not likely. You’re not going to relocate the Golden State Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco
Masterpieces Take A While
Let’s talk about the Salesforce Transit Center, and allow me to compare it to Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. My ‘deep’ research concludes that the Mona Lisa was commissioned in 1503, and supposedly traveled