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Fascinating

All the construction happened while I was living in San Francisco. On a trip home in 1994 my mom couldn’t wait to show me, and all but demanded we take a drive downtown. At the time I wasn’t impressed; after all, it seemed like the tunnel through Yerba Buena island for I80/Bay Bridge was longer. Knowing now what went into the construction definitely impresses me for its sheer engineering prowess.

I’ve also had the pleasure of visiting the control center to replace some PCs while I was working for ADOT. I had no idea how complicated the entire system was, so I definitely came away with a newfound appreciation for what went into it.

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Hair Füror… “…unveiled a new rendering of a special commemorative US passport bearing his likeness Friday, debuting a limited-edition passport to mark America’s 250th anniversary this year.” —CNN

Just sayin’.

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Hmmm…

 

This reminds me very much of something I saw in one of my dad’s architectural magazines in the early 70s. It was an ad for plywood manufacturers of America or something, and while that house (elevations only, no floor plans) more resembled a group of tubes capped with geodesic domes, this one definitely reminds me of it on so many—pardon the pun—levels.

This is my take on the concept:

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