>> my name is rubin santiango. when the world-class design for the transbay terminal was elected in 2007 over 200 -- over to other designs, it was proclaimed as a project with huge scope and beauty. a tower of 1,200 feet, 80 stories that would soar in the cloud and renewed the entire bill and lackluster high-rise of the san francisco skyline. a few years later, the great plan for sentences go has now changed grammatically, and by many who see san francisco's planning, planners characteristically reducing change its old ways. the tower have shrunken down to 1,070 feet, 61 stories from 1,200 feet 80 stories, which makes it look short and squat in style -- instead of paul. gone are the with germans and the crowd that would make it light up and give it the look of a giant white house. that would be so beautiful to behold on the skyline. gone are the trams to give you a lift to the park above. gone are the retail all its on the ground floor. gone is the public rest from an observation level on the upper floors of the to

. >> rubin santiango. i feel that the plan that pelly park kelly has done is fantastic and beautiful. the only problem i have with it is the tower. for one thing, they have not shown an illustration of what a 1,200 foot tower would look like compared to the 1,070 foot tower. even though they are saying it looks beautiful and evenly proportion to or is up to standards, to me, it looks squatty and shortened. i know buildings. i go all over the united states. this tower that was originally proposed that 1,200 feet would go splendor, tall, majestically up higher, which would make it slender, and it would look very impressive, where as this illustration to me looks like we're being shortchanged. their original concept was great. so i do not know why they brought it down, but i would like to see the planning department get together, and maybe do alterations or even go up higher, because they are saying this is the tallest building in mississippi. l.a. is planning something taller than what we have right now. at