> FWIW, the Crown Zellerbach Building I've always loved that building. Very different neighborhood from Civic though -- even though they're only 20 minutes wa

> FWIW, the Crown Zellerbach Building I've always loved that building. Very different neighborhood from Civic though -- even though they're only 20 minutes walk apart. During and post-war that end of town was much less desirable. That changed significantly when the shipping moved. Also that building marks arrival of modern building techniques suitable for an earthquake zone. That triggered a construction boom in FiDi. Mid-Market on the other hand was in a post-War retail boom. Civic was a major hub of retail and Theaters -- and was impacted a lot more by the BART construction. All that said, the arc of San Francisco neighborhoods does baffle me at the best of times.