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[unixronin]

So, it seems the History Channel held a "City of the Future" contest, challenging eight architectural firms to show their visions of the San Francisco of 2108.  C|Net has a pictorial.

I can't remember the last time I saw such pretentious pie-in-the-sky "and then magic happens" bullshit posing as architectural design.  I think the winning design firm thought they were supposed to be submitting concepts for an SF movie set in the San Francisco of 3108 AD.  It'd sure make me think twice about hiring them to design anything for me.

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[otherbill.livejournal.com]

I saw picture 4 and, before reading the captions, thought "Oh, good, at least one firm is taking global warming into account, and portraying mass flooding." If you look at it wrong, it looks like those skyscrapers are coming right out of the ocean.

And yndy is on the right track. Barring catastrophe, SF in 2108 will likely look an awful lot like it does now.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Likely a few impressive new buildings, likely some patches of urban renewal (especially if there's a really big quake on the San Andreas, or if the Cascadia lets go).