Comments on: 1968 Geary – Third – SFO Subway http://burritojustice.com/2010/02/22/1968-geary-third-sfo-subway/ You can pry my burrito out of my cold, dead hand. Wed, 30 May 2012 03:43:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: johnny0 http://burritojustice.com/2010/02/22/1968-geary-third-sfo-subway/#comment-3381 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:46:11 +0000 http://burritojustice.com/?p=4581#comment-3381 Left hand turns would have been a bitch, but other than that it would have been epic.

Would this statue have been a worthy Sutro Tower substitute?

]]> By: Dave Dennison http://burritojustice.com/2010/02/22/1968-geary-third-sfo-subway/#comment-2812 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:59:31 +0000 http://burritojustice.com/?p=4581#comment-2812 As a fellow fan of retro-futurism, I’m fascinated by Daniel Burnham’s 1905 plan for San Francisco:

http://bit.ly/blzDi3

Oh, the amphitheaters, parkways and boulevards. Shall we enjoy a concert in the Athenaeum or stroll down the Mission Parkway from Eureka St to the Potrero Park? What joy to live in a city unfettered by bridges, freeways or mass transit (just lots of diagonal streets).
I guess it was unrealistic for Burnham to offer this; it would take a near total devastation of the city to make this plan even remotely possible. And that didn’t happen until…

I accuse Daniel Burnham of masterminding the 1906 earthquake and fire.

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