Comments on: Sanhattan http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-112169 Mike Linksvayer Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:47:59 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-112169 Re Anton's comment above, Gum Shan means "Gold Mountain", which SF (and according to Wikipeda, western North America generally; I did not know this) was known as in China. I looked at this post again because I idly daydreamed of Song Frankong, which doesn't mean anything, but may be hard to miss the presence of both SF and HK (well, not the initials) in. Re Anton’s comment above, Gum Shan means “Gold Mountain”, which SF (and according to Wikipeda, western North America generally; I did not know this) was known as in China.

I looked at this post again because I idly daydreamed of Song Frankong, which doesn’t mean anything, but may be hard to miss the presence of both SF and HK (well, not the initials) in.

]]> By: How many people can Sanhattan hold? – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-112006 How many people can Sanhattan hold? – Mike Linksvayer Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:58:10 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-112006 [...] I mostly use this as an excuse to harp on an old point, closer to home. How many people can San Francisco hold? Oakland? Currently these places are [...] [...] I mostly use this as an excuse to harp on an old point, closer to home. How many people can San Francisco hold? Oakland? Currently these places are [...]

]]> By: Anton Sherwood http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-98799 Anton Sherwood Mon, 05 May 2008 00:18:43 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-98799 Gum Kong? Hong Shan? Gum Kong? Hong Shan?

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-66424 Jon Phillips Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:39:53 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-66424 I want huge buildings too...bring em on and clear out the ole weak ones. I want huge buildings too…bring em on and clear out the ole weak ones.

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer » Sanhattan threatens former Bitzi offices http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-66391 Mike Linksvayer » Sanhattan threatens former Bitzi offices Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:32:25 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-66391 [...] Two 1,200 foot towers are planned for the northwest corner of 1st and Mission Streets in San Francisco, site of a few run down buildings, one of which Bitzi had offices in for most of 2001 (spruced up some since then). Will San Francisco planners allow rapacious developers to destroy history? I hope so. Onward to Sanhattan! [...] [...] Two 1,200 foot towers are planned for the northwest corner of 1st and Mission Streets in San Francisco, site of a few run down buildings, one of which Bitzi had offices in for most of 2001 (spruced up some since then). Will San Francisco planners allow rapacious developers to destroy history? I hope so. Onward to Sanhattan! [...]

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11100 Mike Linksvayer Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:06:27 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11100 By the way earthquakes <a href="http://www.nycem.org/techdocs.asp" rel="nofollow">are of concern in NYC</a>. By the way earthquakes are of concern in NYC.

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11054 Mike Linksvayer Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:11:31 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11054 Arturo, earthquake risk at least as great as SF's hasn't stopped Tokyo skyscraper builders. Taipei, currently home to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101" rel="tag" rel="nofollow">tallest building in the world</a>, is also in a very hot zone. My understanding is that midrises have greater earthquake risk than tall buildings more or less because the latter have more ability to sway. Arturo, earthquake risk at least as great as SF’s hasn’t stopped Tokyo skyscraper builders. Taipei, currently home to the , is also in a very hot zone. My understanding is that midrises have greater earthquake risk than tall buildings more or less because the latter have more ability to sway.

]]> By: Arturo Veve http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11050 Arturo Veve Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:40:24 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/05/26/sanhattan/#comment-11050 Even if you wanted to populate San Francisco with a lot of tall buildings, it would probably not happen because of seismic concerns, something not of concern to Manhattan Even if you wanted to populate San Francisco with a lot of tall buildings, it would probably not happen because of seismic concerns, something not of concern to Manhattan

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