Radical San Francisco Building Shocks Planners

A new avant-garde architecture federal building shocks San Francisco sensibilities. Critics say the design belongs in L.A. or Houston.

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July 7, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Feiner has spent a decade crusading to show that the federal government can create something besides the grim bureaucratic boxes that cluttered cities after World War II. Architecture magazine dubbed him a "tastemaker extraordinaire." The Wall Street Journal's comment on his work: "Amazingly, government buildings with aesthetic appeal." But in San Francisco there has been such a hostile reaction to the proposed federal tower at Seventh and Mission streets that one might think the building would be topped with a statue of Jesse Helms."

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FULL STORY: Radical look rattles S.F.'s city planners

Friday, July 6, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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