2023-07-31 19:17:21
The city of San Francisco is investigating the X-shaped structure installed on the roof of the headquarters of Twitter, renamed X, in a new twist around the complicated relationship between Elon Musk, president of X, and the authorities.
A city planning department inspector who came to investigate the steel structure was denied access to the building on Friday and Saturday, according to an official report.
A representative of the company, however, told him that it was a “temporary illuminated sign for an event”.
At night, the structure lights up with a play of bright lights. Questioned by local television channels, residents of the neighborhood complained of a level of brightness as in broad daylight, to the point of having been dazzled.
A week ago, Elon Musk renamed Twitter “X”, a mathematical symbol that he likes and which is found in particular in SpaceX, one of his companies, and the first name of one of his children, a boy named ” X Æ A-XII”, or “X” of its diminutive.
The billionaire has encountered several obstacles with the city of San Francisco, which already intervened last week when workers removed the letters from the original sign on the edge of the building. A part is still in place.
“I explained to all the representatives [du groupe] that the structure (in the shape of an X) had to be removed or submitted for approval,” the inspector mentioned in his report.
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“Many people have made us attractive proposals to move the headquarters of X out of San Francisco, especially since the city is engaged in a tragic spiral where the departures of companies follow one another”, declared Elon Musk on the network social Saturday. But “we will not leave,” he promised. His profile features a photo of the illuminated X on the roof.
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