alt Hacker NewsFortunately, that thing didn't get built in the Presidio of San Francisco. That was proposed a few years ago.
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garbawarb • today at 7:28 PM
Why is that fortunate? Seems like a loss for San Francisco whose arts scene used to be thriving.
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WillPostForFood • today at 7:33 PM
Fortunately for Los Angeles, unfortunately for San Francisco!
tomjakubowski • today at 8:13 PM
We're happy to have it. It's a gorgeous building and I can't wait to see the weird museum exhibits.
fullshark • today at 7:20 PM
I think he wanted to have it on Treasure Island at one point also
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I'm openly (very) curious to hear the reasoning behind that statement, not having lived in SF.
From what I've read, George Lucas funded 100% of the project, and the Presidio trust rejected it. Then he tried building the museum in Chicago, but he was sued and blocked for a couple years and eventually gave up. Finally he found a spot in LA. IIRC the project took 12 years. The same source mentioned SF hasn't started any major museum projects since 2016.
America is falling behind on public works. We used to have the largest aquarium in the world, and now we're sitting at #5 or #6.
So I am genuinely curious why you and others are opponents of public works projects? I honestly do not understand.