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more about #sanfrancisco more comments → phoenix: My incredibly jaded fellow privileged commenters aside, I will concur that the photo looks really really awesome. more » kolacek: Yeah sure...it looks nice from the air. You want to impress people San Francisco? How about you wipe down the inside of a BART car (or a MUNI bus) m... more » Mathmos: Looks like a luminescent insect with 2 body segments, six limbs and antennae. fwiw I'll be vacationing in SF Oct 3-11. more » Log1c: Looks like Atlantis, from SG:A. more » burlybax: At first glance i thought this was a screen grab of a space station from a tv show or movie. more » jbrecken: Battlestar Francisco sounds like it could be the title of an Alien Nation crossover fanfic more » phoghat: In a spooky voice, with a flashlight under my chin: "In The Year 2000" more » Chip Overclock: I live near Golden and work (currently) around 120th and I-25. You and I and Mrs. Overclock (etc.) should get together for dinner sometime! more » Boas_MC: I think the more interesting shots from Minority Report and I, Robot would have been those that show that much of those cities' current architecture i... more » hamshank: excuse me: we seem to be lacking the ones where it's the cockroaches riding around on horses, crunching our bones under-hoof ... more » Ryozenzuzex: What about New Chicago? more » Chip Overclock: The big pink building shown in Woody Allen's SLEEPER ("The Institute") is the Mesa Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) i... more » Meldrick: Aw, has it really been that long since Buck Rogers boogied around in New Chicago that you'd forget that, but use TWO images from a freakin' toy cartoo... more » Elpon: I can never picture Paris without a fiery meteor hurtling toward it. more » slaine17: Another London more » -
#earthporn
Battlestation San Francisco
The San Francisco Airport shines like a space station in this aerial shot. All it needs now is its own "emotionally stirring" soundtrack and you've got Battlestar Francisco, the series. [via Suite P] -
#futuremetro
What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
What will the New Yorks, Londons, and Tokyos of tomorrow look like? Will they be technological Edens, grim dystopias, or entirely obliterated? We look at science fiction's take on the future of today's cities to gauge our urban future. More » -
#futuremetro
Seven Futuristic Urban Tools You'll Find in Today's Cities
The best part about living in a futuristic, metropolitan wonderland are the technologies that make urban living so much smoother. Here are some of our favorite little gadgets and what-nots that modern cities have to offer.
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#urbanfuturism
William Gibson's Bridge City in "Virtual Light" Could Become Real
San Francisco's Bay Bridge is getting a makeover that will leave a large portion of the old bridge unused, but still standing strong. Now two architects are proposing that the city build a neighborhood on it. More » -
#timecrimes
Take A Journey Into The Space/Crime Continuum Tonight
Just a reminder: Spanish time-travel thriller Timecrimes is showing tonight (for free) at the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco, at 7:30. RSVP to timecrimessf@gmail.com. -
#timecrimes
Your Chance To Unravel Temporal Whodunnit
Curious to see Timecrimes, the Spanish time-travel thriller that's already sparked a U.S. remake (that may involve David Cronenberg?) If you're in San Francisco, your chance could come on Tuesday. -
#architecture
California Academy of Sciences Reopens in an Orgy of Ecotechture
Over the weekend, the newly-revamped ecotechtural marvel known as the California Academy of Sciences opened its doors to the general public in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Packed with new, high-tech exhibits and massive tanks showing off slices of the coastal ecosystem, the museum is a monument to eco-consciousness on every level. From its living roof (pictured above), to its "flooded rainforest" walk-in tank, it's a must for visiting. Or just gawking at. We've got some photos of the most breathtaking parts. More » -
#architecture
A Museum Whose Shape Defies Geometry
This weekend marks the opening of San Francisco's new Contemporary Jewish Museum, but locals have been gawking at the building's mesmerizing shape for months. Todd Lappin of awesome blog Telstar Logistics snapped some images of this shiny, weird cube that is actually a room in the museum, even though it looks like precisely the wrong shape for everything. Maybe it's completely ordinary-looking inside? Nope. Check out the interior, below. More » -
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#worldwithoutcars
The Public Transit Projects that Should Have Been
Urban history is littered with the dead bodies of scrapped public transit projects. When eager commuters and car companies turned the automobile into the most popular form of transit in the world in the twentieth century, many cities set aside plans for expanding their public transit systems, such as the electric tram system planned for regions feeding into Melbourne, Australia. In some cases, city planners actually ripped out existing transit systems like Los Angeles' once-enormous cable car network. What would these cities and others look like if their public transit systems had continued to thrive and we lived in a world without cars? We've got five alternate urban histories of public transport for you below. More » -
#conceptart
The Alien Warships That Took San Francisco
These paintings from the PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man 2 make mayhem and alien invasions look downright gorgeous. We aren't sure if that's meant to be the Golden Gate Bridge in the image above, since the structure of the supports looks somewhat different, but if it is... San Francisco looks like it might take a pounding in this sequel. We've got a whole gallery of this beautiful art below. More » -
#architecture
Scallion-Shaped High Rises Dominate SF Skyline by 2108
If you think San Francisco is pretty now, wait till you see it in the future. Local architecture firm Iwamoto Scott proposes this curvy, colorful cityscape for the city by the bay, to accommodate a population that's slated to double by 2108. Some more details and pics after the jump. More »
