Eulogy for the Sony Metreon, a googleplex in downtown San Francisco with all the zest and originality of a Taco Bell Gordita^TM:

And that’s the problem with Metreon. “A celebration of urban life and vitality” is fine when the competition is a stale shopping center or a hollowed-out downtown. But for all of San Francisco’s rough edges, make no mistake: This is still a city that knows how to put on a show. “Authentic urban districts offer creativity and surprise . . . the place is the major attraction, the crowds, the people-watching,” Musbach says. “If you have the real experience at hand, why pay

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