Well, if no other city had this building, and if SOM never was in the running, I'd say this is an exciting development. The bus/train terminal on this design cleary is where the architect put alot of effort into designing and I really like it. The unfortunate consequence that I cannot get out of my head as the architectual statement for SF is now:
ITS? ITS? ITS? JERSEY CITY! NOOO!!!!!!!!
ITS? ITS? ITS? HONG KONG! NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
ITS? ITS? ITS? SAN FRANCISCO??????