This improvement on Bancroft Way, inches from the university, started demolition this week. Do you love to see it? Fun fact: in the days before SB 330, the LPC was going to landmark this to stop the project, but that was Feb. 2020 and as far as I can tell they just forgot to do it, because COVID.
Looks like the my preserved that facades, which I guess makes somebody happy (as opposed to a nice looking cohesive building)
They engaged a historical consultant who identified elements worth retaining, while describing the existing structures as below the lowest tier of merit. It's nice that they were able to retain a few details.
Yeah, I just wonder if it wouldn’t have been better to pick one of those facade styles and continue it for the entire building, rather than keeping both. I’m not a designer by any means, so I’m sure others have different opinions.
Paradoxically, that is not allowed.
COVID doing the Lord's work (on accident)
There was a slapdash landmark designation proposal from Finacom, then a bunch of meetings were cancelled, and the address was never mentioned again.