5 February 2004
San Francisco International Airport
to be feng shui compliant
Runways will be realigned
SAN FRANCISCO -- "If it is a good practice for architects then it is even
a better practice for airports." With that statement, the Airport
Commission of San Francisco has announced that the recently renovated
airport will be demolished and, according to the Commission, "replaced
with new, temporary travel homes that will comply with the principles of feng shui to bring comfort, peace, and
harmony to travelers passing through our city."
This announcement comes on the heals of a resolution
introduced in the California State Assembly by San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee urging
that the
state architect and California cities adopt design standards that
incorporate the principles of feng shui.
The project, which was unveiled today in the new and soon-to-be-replaced
international terminal amid sitar music and hors d'oeuvres of
avocado and alfalfa sprouts, is expected to be completed in the fall of
2012 at a projected cost of $816 million. Artists' renderings of the new
"temporary travel homes" show the use of much glass and earth tones
accented with displays of crystals, the sounds of running water, and the
fragrances of perpetual aroma therapy candles.
Replacing the current terminal buildings with new temporary
travel homes will result in significant disruptions for travelers. Most
of the rebuilding cost, however, will go toward repositioning the airport's main runways. This
will be done to reduce the stress on pilots during departure and arrival
by, according to Commission spokesperson Rainbow Starlight, "aligning
the runways with the confluence
of serene spiritual energy emanating
from Marin and Santa Cruz Counties while simultaneously rebuking the
discordant cacophony of homicidal forces
reverberating across the bay from Oakland."
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