• more about #virtuallight
    KaneFeldman: I suggest cutting the idea down to size, recycle the cantilever section and build a park on the causeway. I'm a horticulturalist, I would sign up i... more »
    MarieChthonius: The bridge is being replaced is because it's seismically unstable. It's already slated to be torn down. It will not be retrofitted. It will not be any... more »
    BadUncle: They could get around earthquake dangers by simply moving the bridge / community to Lake Havasu. more »
    OrenRhadamanthys: Has anyone noticed that the renderings are remarkably similar to Moshe Safdie's Habitat '67, built in Montreal? Seriously, image search it... more »
    Boas_MC: Having walked along the High Line in NYC not too long ago, I have to say that turning portions of the bridge into a park is pretty appealing. That be... more »
    SaramaFazoole: Earthquakes are problem, but my firth thought is, if they're going to turn the top into a park, then where are they going to put the access roads to g... more »
    PearlPeleus: Bridge cities are not a new thing. They were abundant in Paris, France dating more than 1,500 years ago, for example. But i like the idea of a new su... more »
    RosaliaDardanus: The new bridge is quite ugly. talk about technological development vs. aesthetic. more »
    phoghat: Not having read" Virtual Light", that same idea was in "Idoru", which is where I became familiar with it. more »
    TrueCrime: Cyberspace. YouTube. And now bridge cities. What else from his books will come true? (YouTube is realy an interpretation on my part, what with the "f... more »
    susitucker: That's all pretty and stuff, but the old Oakland span of the Bay Bridge is NOT strong enough to withstand a major earthquake (hence the construction o... more »
    Rasselas: The Ponte Vecchio is awfully small. William Gibson could set barely a short story there. more »
    yrag: "The only problem I see is the whole reason the Bay Bridge is being rebuilt. The old bridge isn't earthquake safe." Being on the East Coast, I didn't... more »
    Hamslicer: Plumbing would be easy. Just a hole. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Why don't they call it "On the Dock Of the Bay"? more »
    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Wow dear, this dangling house is everything we dreamed of. Its got 3 bedrooms an on suite, the views..look at the views!! Hang on..how big is that shi... more »
    inakizombie: The only problem I see is the whole reason the Bay Bridge is being rebuilt. The old bridge isn't earthquake safe. more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Awesome, really awesome. But have they planned for the inevitable mega-shark attack? They'd be dangling it right in its face. more »
    mightymik: it would just get developed into overpriced 'live-work' lofts. I dare you to fire up a table saw in one. more »
  • #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 »
  • #triviagasm

    A Peepshow of the Best Futuristic Vision Systems