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Proposed Building Breeds Controversy

July 10th, 2007 | Category: Notes and Observations

Our San Diego neighbors to the south have quite an architectural brouhaha on their hands. Seems that a daring new design for a 40-story residential tower in their downtown district is a little too “organic” for critics. You’ll have to follow the link for the story and photo, but let’s just say the edifice in question gives a whole new meaning to the cliche “thrusting skyward.”

And you thought L.A. was wacky…

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  1. Doug July 12th, 2007 6:43 pm

    Hi Mike!

    Some people are mighty sensitive. If I hadn’t been prompted, that structure wouldn’t have looked particularly phallic to me. And I have phallic-on-the-brain. This reminded me of more wackiness . . . check out these people who think church steeples = lingams.

  2. Administrator July 12th, 2007 7:55 pm

    Doug — Good to hear from you. The San Diego high-rise looked more like a reject design for a Star Trek warp core to me, but go figure. As for your link, I have to admit that’s one of the most bizarre websites I’ve seen lately. How do you find this stuff?

  3. Militant Angeleno July 14th, 2007 11:49 pm

    Naaah. Maybe a robot peener, because of those vertical bars, but nothing belonging to any human or mammal.

  4. Administrator July 15th, 2007 11:33 am

    Militant: I think I just lost this site’s G-Rating. Anyway, maybe the verticals represent a 40-story Gates of Hell.

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