Comments on: Once upon a time, some kooks wanted to build a floating tetrahedral city in the middle of the San Francisco Bay http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Wed, 06 May 2026 12:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bucky http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-99993 Bucky Mon, 19 May 2014 00:46:17 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-99993 Tetra City ≠ Triton City.

]]> By: pedrobot http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-51280 pedrobot Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:02:48 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-51280 Michael:
Let’s not forget she’s the one that gave us the idea for that ocean-top town called “Bluthton.”

George, Sr.:
Oh, big deal, I had that same basic idea years ago.

]]> By: Fact Checker http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-50954 Fact Checker Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:54:28 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-50954 The photo is a little misleading.
The pyramid shown is a square pyramid (5 sides, including the base).
The article refers to a tetrahedron, which has 4 triangular sides.

]]> By: Fyodor http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-50866 Fyodor Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:23:32 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-50866 Because it was supposed to be ours, goddammit.

]]> By: DomPara http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-50826 DomPara Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:36:50 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-50826 That looks obnoxious as hell. Why go to all the trouble of building something that floats freely when you’re going to trap it behind a bunch of bridges? Put it in the ocean.

]]> By: henry http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-50821 henry Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:17:45 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-50821 ROFL

]]> By: David Interesting http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/04/once-upon-a-time-some-kooks-wanted-to-build-a-floating-tetrahedral-city-in-the-middle-of-the-san-francisco-bay/#comment-50803 David Interesting Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=37844#comment-50803 Theres a really good Buckminster Fuller show at the MoMA right now.

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