Cottage on a slab, coming up!
What happened to the “Sod Poodles”? Did they not like the vote?
long stiff thing sinking into mud:
That’s a pretty good symbol of San Francisco.
long stiff thing sinking into mud:
That’s a pretty good symbol of San Francisco.
spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said there was no safety risk for pedestrians.
Sure...right...no doubt. Hogwash. Most of these buereaucrats couldn’t find their own ass with both hands, at high noon, with preprinted instructions. They won’t know if there’s a “problem” until the building collapses.
Perhaps the bums can crap around the down-slope side to help hold it up.
“a spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said there was no safety risk for pedestrians.”
That means theres a safety risk for pedestrians.
“just give me a cottage on a slab. “
A cottage on a slab in San Francisco would probably run 10-12 million.
I pity the people who own that building. I wouldn’t be surprised that if it isn’t torn down, that it falls down in the next quake.
It’s not sinking, it’s penetrating the earth.
The tower’s highest level, 58 floors above the ground,[4][9][10] is listed as the 60th, because floors 13 and 44 are missing for superstitious reasons.[7]
Cottage on a slab, coming up!
Considering San Fran’s public toilet problem, perhaps the building should be renamed to the Leaning Tower of Pissing.
Joe Montana lives there.
In an earthquake prone city no less...
I’d be out of there in a heart beat.
Inquiring minds want to know...
Who gave them a permit to build on a landfill. Liquefaction of that landfill is the number one risk in the next big earthquake. The city is 100% at fault. Someone got bribed, or is an idiot. That building will either come down in the “big one”, or it will be condemned immediately afterwords.
“Would never live in a building that tall - just give me a cottage on a slab”
My Sister’s in-laws live in this “sinking” building. Nice enough couple, and conservative. Not many of them in SF.
When I was a kid, our town refused to give permission for building a synagogue. They finally approved a marshy swamp. After it was built, for years, it creaked and sank into the ground. The townies hated Jews. Now, the town is largely Jewish. Times changed.
I seem to remember a guy who understood this in principle 2,000 years ago.