99% invisible offers a great, brief look at how the san francisco architecture community's fierce opinions on the transamerica pyramid (photo) took a 180 over time. the more i consider this, the more fascinating this idea becomes. if buildings and zoning regulations are stagnant, is it that taste can change so quickly as to flip conventional ideas in a matter of decades? which buildings today are considered heinous or objectionable, but may become beloved city icons a few years down the road? or, as the podcast suggests, is it a matter of literal perspective? can standing on a different street turn a city's eyesore into a beauty?
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