The obvious question is this: why is it so ugly?
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And from the San Francisco Chronicle’s John King, via Google Search, we get an answer:
“From the 24th on up, each floor flares out one foot beyond the one below.”
“…it has a tired look. A bumpy one, too, as many owners enclosed their balconies to gain a few more feet of living space.”
So there you have it. The Taipei 101-style flaring + the random enclosures = ugly.