The poor architecture of San Francisco. By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine
Reading this article (linked above) in Slate Magazine reminded me of some of the truths Nicholas Wolterstorff points out in "Art in Action," which I summarized in my previous post, "The Art of the City."
A great quote from the Slate article: "Architecturally speaking, San Francisco has been like a beautiful, rich woman who has never developed an interest in cooking and serves TV dinners to her family, then occasionally—somewhat frantically—hires caterers whenever she has company for dinner."
