They’re getting ready to dedicate the new Golden Gate Bridge visitor center on the San Francisco side this morning (Gov. Jerry Brown is booked as a speaker). And, sorry, but count the Chronicle’s John King among those who find the pre-fab building architecturally wanting:
This building is an imposition. It stops the eye, if only for a few seconds, a closed-in container on one of the city's most expansive perches.
The location can't be helped, because it was dictated largely by the Cultural Landscape Report for a site that sits within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But the windowless walls are determined by the program inside: where bridge-themed merchandise mixes with exhibition panels that amplify the span's history and lore.
Image: Frankie Frost/ Marin IJ
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