Friday, October 09, 2009

Developers wage P.R. battle for waterfront project

March 16, 2001
Standing on the edge of Pier 29, Mills Corp. executive Ed Vinson was painting the shopping mall developer's waterfront vision to a crew of television cameras, when a public relations handler surreptitiously motioned to a mural behind him.
Vinson wheeled, "And the mural there on Pier 31 will be restored."
It was the perfect planning of a spontaneous moment -- and one meant to capture the hearts and minds of San Franciscans as Mills Corp. and Chelsea Piers duke it out for Piers 27-31, the biggest chunk of available San Francisco Bay real estate in years.

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