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Originally Posted by ozone
So for those of you in San Francisco how aware would say most residents are of this proposal and how supportive do you think most people are of it?
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Pretty aware and maybe 50/50 support (at best). They are aware because One Rincon Hill has been so "in your face" that it has sensitized everyone to highrises. ORH just creates a new skyline all by itself, sitting as it does several blocks from any other high rises and you can see it from all over town. People either love it or they hate it but they see it and have opinions about whether they want more tall really tall buildings or not.
Fortunately for those of us who want to see a supertall built, the economic imperative to build it may be unstoppable because every significant politician in town seems to favor the new terminal and allowing a supertall may be necessary to get the funds for the terminal. At least that's what everybody has been thinking. Now if somebody comes in and shows that the terminal numbers pencil out with a shorter tower, all bets are off because that would just take the heat off everyone and they'd probably cave to the vocal height-haters.