Nice tour of AT&T. I look forward to seeing the rest.
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With pitchers and catchers reporting this weekend, perfect timing for this thread.:cheers:
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Thanks for the great tour! :tup:
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Thanks a lot for this fantastic tour. Looks very liveable.:tup:
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Great thread. Its still a little sterile, but looks like it has great amenities for residents. Should liven up over the upcoming years.
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I already think it already is forgettable. Areas built from scratch (as well as those that are significant redevelopments of waterfronts, train yards, and industrial areas) usually miss the mark with regards to character, block sizes, interestingness, vibrancy, and, from the look of Mission Bay (I visit Mission Creek Park whenever I am in SF), quality of architecture. Same with NoMa in DC, Downtown Miami, Long Island City in NYC, HafenCity in Hamburg, Bjørvika in Oslo, etc. And the European ones actually have good, noteworthy architecture - something you can't say for their American counterparts. Portland, however, did it right with the Pearl District. Hopefully, though, these things will straighten themselves out as the areas come into their own.
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Great tour thanks. Interesting mix of well conceived public realm and quite a bit of pretty brutal stuff.
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Yes, it seems like some of the future projects will have some more interesting design details, and perhaps a greater variety of massing as well.
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I like the fact that they are putting housing and other amenitites into an area that had been overlooked and forgotten, but this area feels like an anomaly compared to the neighborhoods it's sandwiched in between... I feel like it could be anytown USA right now and the only thing worthwhile in the area is AT&T park and the old bridge. It's so out of step with the rest of SF and the streets look barren and lifeless. Like other have mentioned it's too sterile and bland for me.
I do like the fact that the it has become the hotspot for the BioMed industry and it is a vast improvement to what it once was. |
Nice photos. I just stayed in this neighbourhood last week.
I pretty much agree with what others have said. It's sort of interesting but very sterile -- not the sort of neighbourhood I'd choose to live in. It was also pretty cold and windy since it's right on the water. However, there's a decent mix of stuff nearby, okay transit service, and the bridges are interesting. |
The creek makes for a great place to kayak! Nice photos, thanks!
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Nice pictures. I enjoy your San Francisco neighborhood threads. After my trip there last year, I am interested in seeing more of the city, since it seemed like every neighborhood had its own little story to tell (you could make the case for that in every city and its neighborhoods in the country, but that doesn't dilute the fact here). You are supplying a look at each corner of the city, which allows me to see what I missed.
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While some of the architecture may seem a bit bland, some of what I see here is quite distinctive. I do agree about the massing though, it would be nice to see more variation in height and types of structures. As with anything though, I think with time, it will straighten itself out and lend itself more character and activity. Anything when built new is sterile, character comes with time.
Great tour, I was mostly unaware of this area myself:tup: |
xzmatt, I like your idea for importing some threatened historic buildings to integrate in areas like this. Unfortunately they just lost an oppurtunity for this recently, as a small old warehouse on the edge of the development was just demolished!
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Great shots.
AT&T Park is the best MLB stadium I have been to by far. |
guess my impression that this place was pretty sterile looking was not very original. great photos of it, though, and i absolutely love at&t park. it and pnc park in pittsburgh are my 1a and 1b favorites.
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What a bucolic neighborhood! Is it expensive?
It almost seem like an urban design utopia... |
There is not much new to add but here are a few pictures taken this past summer (a year after the original thread photos) that show the backside of one of the housing complexes featured previously; a large abstract mural was painted on what had been a blank wall facing the train tracks (Caltrain commuter rail).
http://imageshack.us/a/img507/4255/missionbay129.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img600/8140/missionbay130.jpg |
Very nice renewed area.
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