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Re:Airbnb Commits To SF By Signing A 10-Year, 169,000 Square... by ajross on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @02:30PM (#3920459)
Presumably they'll be renovating and this is planning artwork from their architect. This is the equivalent of my sending my family concept sketches of my kitchen renovation. I can't imagine what they'd be "hiding".

Edit: this seems to be pretty close to the angle in the picture: http://g.co/maps/xj758

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Re:Airbnb Commits To SF By Signing A 10-Year, 169,000 Square... by Arelius on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:18PM (#3921965)
Speaking from having met someone on the renovation project, That is indeed artwork from the architect, The building itself quite nice, but it's gone a bit to shit recently, the renovation is supposed to be rather impressive.
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Re:Airbnb Commits To SF By Signing A 10-Year, 169,000 Square... by samstave on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @05:20PM (#3921252)
Exactly - there is a LOT of TI money to renovate for projects such as these.
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Re:Airbnb Commits To SF By Signing A 10-Year, 169,000 Square... by larrys on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @11:42PM (#3922286)
"and this is planning artwork from their architect"

Good point but this appears to be the architect and the drawings on the website look nothing like the rendering that made the curbed story:

http://www.menaarchitects.com/portfolio/002_mixed_office_com...

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