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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Glass Bottom: In San Fran, plans are in...

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, June 7, 2012, by Rob Bear

Hotel%2520SoMa%2520Design%2520-%2520Townsend%2520Elevation.jpegIn San Fran, plans are in the works to replace an aging commercial building with the hip Hotel SoMa. That's all well and good but some commenters are concerned about the glass-bottomed swimming pool, set some seven stories up overlooking the street, in the earthquake-prone Bay Area. One had a vision of "an old 1970s disaster movie with an earthquake and a pin-up swimmer: close-up to her horrified eyes looking at the crack in the glass becoming longer and longer. Focus on the ground 50 feet lowers. Zing! Splash!" [SocketSite]

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