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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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill
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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Agreed, I always think that these mass-produced turn-of-the-millennium neighborhoods are too new and too homogeneous. If I had a say in something like this, I would import unwanted/derelict/for sale older strucutres and transport them to the new neighborhood to give some different flair and a sense of history to the place. Farmhouses that are threatened with demolition as they stand in the way of subdivisions would be a nice thing to ass as single-family housing, or converted to a bar or restaurant.