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Old 04-02-2012, 08:20 AM   #1
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Couldn't find a pre-existing thread, but just learned that "it's back"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1owYeUhUE
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Old 04-02-2012, 09:29 PM   #2
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Pelli's design for the tower is still a shitty re-tread of his work in HK and NJ.
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Old 04-02-2012, 10:49 PM   #3
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/\ From the looks of it it will fall somewhere in the middle, quality wise. /\
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Old 04-03-2012, 12:22 PM   #4
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I preferred the Richard Rodgers scheme.

If only we could expect something half as good at South Station.
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Old 03-27-2013, 01:56 PM   #5
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It lives!

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Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) and Hines will break ground today on the Transbay Transit Tower, a 60-story office building at Mission and First streets in San Francisco.
More: Boston Properties to break ground on West Coast’s tallest tower
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