Peeling away the years

by Ian Kennedy on July 1, 2005

in Architecture

renewal.jpgOn Market Street in downtown San Francisco they’re pulling away the awful faux marble facade from a building and revealing the preserved brownstone that’s been hidden from view all these years. The style reminds me of the wonderful Mauresque arches on the Stanford campus so maybe this building comes from the same era. It’ll be fun to watch this project evolve and once it’s done, I’m sure it’ll will but the other buildings on Market to shame.

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