An Exception to the Rule:
Today, the cost overruns are a major issue, no question. But the new San Jose City Hall will be a noteworthy and proud addition to a downtown that has few noteworthy and proud buildings. (See skyline, boring: Jose, San).
(Via San Jose Inside.)
Let's see where we can go with this:
(See skyline, boring: 'San Jose', 'who cares?')
(See skyline, boring, still: 'San Jose', 'who cares?')
(See skyline, rotunda: 'San Jose', 'from where?')
(See skyline, invasive: 'San Jose', 'neighborhoods and schools')
I will admit that the design is pretty, but it is backwards.
We now have a 19 story wall separating the downtown neighborhoods from downtown. Nineteen stories that shade the newly rebuild Horace Mann School most of the year. Nothing inviting there.
We have a design with a public plaza that is shaded in the winter and unshaded in the summer. Now that is inviting.
A mirror image would have worked better, but the world-class designers didn't think enough of the neighborhoods.
The result is a over-priced, high-tech design protruding into 100 year old neighborhoods. (See morons, leaders, city: 'San Jose')
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