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more about #bayarea more comments → P3nnst8r: That would be a long ass walk to work every day. more » Gary_7vn: I don't see any provision here here for sewage or water, which also increase the "load", so to speak. more » Gary_7vn: Just build a freaking floating city. We're all going to be in water world, so now is a good time to get some practice. Bangladesh, it was nice to kn... more » Noobs-R-Us: They should turn it into a park like in NYC. more » loslosbaby: These architects must not be licensed or something...wow, stoooopid: 1) the loading per-square-foot with these usages would be HIGHER than being used... more » skierpage: It's nice the article mentions "Virtual Light". In William Gibson's novel, after German engineers use nanobots to build a replacement tunnel under th... more » The Lab: That pool seems to be about 5X the height of one of the figures or about 30 ft. deep. These architects are either sloppy or they like really, really ... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Uhm, didn't a really large chunk of this fall down in the last big quake, which is WHY they're replacing it. "Sure, let's build apartments where the ... more » infmom: I would just love to see where the contents of that swimming pool end up after the next earthquake. more » screemname: The funny thing is, this replacemnt bridge originally was going to be a skyway, but the moron's in the bay area didn't like the "asthetics" of such a ... more » Skeptic: Well, aside from the "so dangerous we had to replace it" part and the lack of drive on access for apartment dwellers or emergency services, there is t... more » whormongr: while they were doing a ramp switchover on labor day weekend they realized that one of the connectors to a strut on the brige had recently just cracke... more » PlayerX: I don't get it... how does any of this stop the bridge from falling down? more » weatherman: Puttting aside the issues of it being prone to falling down during an earthquake, you can count me among those who would love to have an apartment on ... more » Lizard_King: Is it me or does the 4th pic just seem poorly designed? The pool channel is way too deep, and what's with the ~3ft. crawlspace under it? Who the hell ... more » -
#architecture
Bay Area Architects Seek to Re-purpose Bay Bridge as Park, Apartments
The Bay Bridge is falling down, falling down, so that a bigger, better bridge—one less prone to falling down during an earthquake—can be erected in its place. If two architects get their way however, it might become this: More » -
#3g
SF and Bay Area 3G Data Test: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon
SF intern Andi Wang set out to test over three afternoons, covering a wider range than most testers by hitting not just SF but Marin and a good bit of Silicon Valley. More »
