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Originally Posted by bmfarley
I suppose my only question is... is this topic the right place for this thread? I thought there was some sort of 'fantasy' forum or something. I reviewed the float.com web site... and because it is so shallow I cannot take it too seriously at all. I am afraid the idea of an ocean airport, although supported my an apparent legitimate company (???), will never float.
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It is not fantasy, it's unlikely to happen in my opinion, but people are putting design ideas together with the idea it could be possible, it's not like people are desinging 1000 ft towers to show how they would look in SDs skyline knowing they can't happen. The idea of a floating airport is not new, and I heard legitimate architects talking about it on NPR back before the Miraramar vote when people were discussing options.
I admit this board has been spending quite some time on the issue, but:
(1) theres not a whole heck of a lot else going on development-wise here; if people have interesting stuff post it and our minds will wander from the floating airport
(2) the situation our city is in with regards to the airport is leading people to explore alternatives, which I think is healthy. Even if the floating airport doesn't happen maybe some of the concepts and ideas could evolve into a more practical solution
Since we will never have a skyscraper that can compete with the likes of a Sears Tower, Potronas Towers, Empire State Building, etc, and since the Coronado Bridge is nowhere near as asthetically pleaseing as the golden gate, maybe a floating airport is just what SD needs to put us on the map and be our architectural icon. If we are the first in the world to do it, it would definately make out city look great worldwide if it's a success.
Many of the worlds greatest structural achievements that are admired and looked at as icons today were thought of as being loony far-fetched wastes of time and money being proposed by a bunch of crazies by NIMBYs of days past. I guarantee a floating airport WILL exist somehwere in the world in the next 50 years (a true floating airport as opposed to the current man-made island airports in Japan), so SD can either forge forward and take the challenge or wait and have Dubai or Sydney or Osaka or some other seaside city take the plunge.