Active and passive uses are woven into the landscape, including a 1,000-person amphitheater, cafes, and a children’s playground, as well as quiet areas for reading, picnicking or simply taking a break. Dense with nature and activities, it will have over a dozen entry points, potentially including bridges to surrounding buildings. The heart of the Transit Center’s design is the rooftop park. Reaching from the park, down through the bus deck and Grand Hall, and all the way to the train platforms two stories below grade, this dramatic structure will provide light and long views to all areas of the Transit Center. The largest Light Column forms the central element of the 36-meter tall (118-feet tall) Grand Hall, the Transit Center’s primary public space. Tall, structurally expressive skylights - “Light Columns” - bring sunshine deep into the building, creating a vibrant, inviting atmosphere. Within the Transit Center, the space is open and light-filled. At street level, shops and cafes will draw visitors and energize the surrounding neighborhood, while high above, the trees and flowers of the rooftop park will invite people to visit for longer periods, transforming the Transit Center from a commuter hub to an urban destination. A gently undulating wall, floating above the street on angled steel columns, will be visible from afar, creating a graceful, luminous, and welcoming image. The new Transit Center will stretch for five blocks along Mission Street, one block south of the city’s Financial District. In the spirit of New York’s Grand Central Terminal and London’s Victoria Station, the Transit Center’s soaring light-filled spaces will give San Francisco a grand entrance that befits its status as one of the world’s great cities. The innovative, highly sustainable design includes a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) rooftop park that will anchor the growth of a new mixed-use neighborhood. Salesforce Transit Center will be a state-of-the-art multimodal transit station in downtown San Francisco, linking 11 transit systems and connecting the city to the region, the state, and the nation.
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