[RedStateRocker]

And people wonder why the cost of anyplace to live here is so high; you really can’t build ‘up’ in SF very easily, and you can’t build ‘out’ because the bay is already too filled in and the fill is potential quicksand.

[albie]

It’s coming. The more high rises they build the more likely. It’s San Francisco so I say keep up the good work!

[blueunicorn6]

“I’m tellin ya, there’s so much crap on the sidewalks in San Fran that it’s gonna break off and slide into the sea.”

[blueunicorn6]

You know your city is a shirthole when the city hires people to go out and measure the shirt on the sidewalks.

[MeganC]

Pass the popcorn please.

[jiggyboy]

They’re good decision-makers there in San Francisco. Don’t worry about a thing.

[alternatives?]

The Band Played On - Part II.

[DUMBGRUNT]

How a 730-Ton Ball Kept the Second Tallest Building From Falling During the Chinese Earthquake

the Taipei 101 is only 600 feet from a fault line.

https://gizmodo.com/5019046/how-a-730-ton-ball-kept-the-second-tallest-building-from-falling-during-the-chinese-earthquake

. The ginormous ball, of which the Burj Dubai has nine, was installed on in-place from 41 discrete steel plates because the combined weight of 730 tons would have been too heavy to lift by crane. The people even came up with a nickname for it: the Damper Baby. Don't look at me. The best I could come up with is some combination of “stabilizer” and “testicle”.

The beast awakens! a fun short video in the article. Might have to increase the rent, to cover the costs.

[tomkat]

They represent a bold symbol of a new San Francisco

Famous Last Words

[cgbg]

The name game—Hamburger is a structural engineer. :-)

[ConservaTeen]

Sodom needs to be wrecked...