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Originally Posted by BTinSF
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The Hilton is the most offensive building I have ever seen, inside and out, worse than the John Burton Federal building. I never really understood just how monstrous and how much it really destroyed the entire neighborhood until I visited a friend who was staying there. The "legs" of the building jut out onto the sidewalk, forcing you to walk around them instead of through them. I wish the NIMBYs would focus their attention to start a campaign to tear down the Hilton (which is, really, the Holiday Inn), that way, I could actually get behind and fight with them!
Let's see, we have a public institution of higher learning proposed and a transit center both in limbo because some people don't like tall buildings. This is a democracy, everybody doesn't need to be happy, just the majority with the best arguments.