Elon Musk’s X signal faraway from San Francisco HQ after complaints

It’s gone. A giant, glowing X now not marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that’s headquarters to Elon Musk’s messaging firm X, formerly known as Twitter.

Town constructing division logged 24 complaints after a weekend of the big X, which on Friday was erected on the roof of the corporate’s downtown San Francisco headquarters, on Market Avenue, to the chagrin of neighbors who complained about intrusive lights.

The transfer adopted a publish from Musk, the enigmatic billionaire who acquired the corporate in October for $44 billion, asserting the newly named agency would stay in San Francisco regardless of what he termed the town’s current “doom spiral, with one company after another left or leaving.”

“Stunning San Francisco, although others forsake you, we are going to all the time be your good friend,” Musk wrote.

However the massive X didn’t keep lengthy.

“This morning, constructing inspectors noticed the construction being dismantled,” a spokesperson from the town Division of Constructing Inspection mentioned by e mail on Monday. “The property proprietor can be assessed charges for the unpermitted set up of the illuminated construction.”

X mentioned the removing was voluntary.

Locals over the weekend recorded video of the enormous X glowing, pulsing and strobing, with some criticizing its intrusive lights.

X consumer @itsmefrenchy123 mentioned they might be “LIVID” over the intense brand, imagining it “proper throughout out of your bed room.”

“I’m simply astounded on the flagrant lack of consideration for anybody ever,” wrote X consumer @DollyMarlowe.