Mutant Ninja Building at 869 Pacific Street
This one’s a real head-scratcher: Scaffolding’s down at 869 Pacific, revealing an, ahem, interesting facade indeed. Two different types of brick on the top floor and an orange hue on bottom. We’ve been seeing a lot of colorful touches on buildings recently—think they liven up the neighborhood or look too out of place? Development Watch:…
This one’s a real head-scratcher: Scaffolding’s down at 869 Pacific, revealing an, ahem, interesting facade indeed. Two different types of brick on the top floor and an orange hue on bottom. We’ve been seeing a lot of colorful touches on buildings recently—think they liven up the neighborhood or look too out of place?
Development Watch: 869 Pacific Street GMAP
oh yeah baby…
oh dear…
Where’s Ratner and the EDC when you need them?
This is down right ugly.
Now if they put the bottom on the top, and the top on the bottom…
Horrible – BUT I bet if you bricked the bottom and (re)bricked the top front section with red brick – it would be kinda interesting.
i got very excited when i read ‘mutant ninja building’
Seriously, now — is the LPC the only entity that regulates these types of modifications? There must be SOME rules outside of landmark districts, apart from rules related to FAR and the like, aren’t there? I just can’t understand how anyone could possibly think this was a good idea. What a monstrosity.
It looks like Beirut.