SalesForce Transit Center Tour Notes

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Nearby Lunch Options (West to East)

Uno Dos Tacos, 595 Market St (@2nd) M-F ORDER
Caramba! 78 2nd St (@Jessie) M-F ORDER
Sweetgreen, 171 2nd St (@Natoma) 7 days ORDER
SOMA Eats, 186 2nd St. (@Howard) M-F ORDER
El Faro, 82 1st St (@Mission) M-F ORDER

 Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (W to E)  https://sfpopos.com

55 2nd St. (8am-6pm M-F)  Indoor.  Amazing décor, seating, tables
222 2nd St. (8am-6pm M-F)  Indoor.  Frank Stella artworks, seating, tables
555 Mission St. Outdoors.  Sculpture, seating
Shaw Alley, Outdoor.  Sculpture, seating
Fremont & Howard Sts. Indoor and Outdoor. Sculptures, seating

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 Art and Architecture Highlights

Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity mural. In FREE ground-floor gallery of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (151 3rd St.). Entrance just off Howard St.
140 New Montgomery Pacific Telephone Building Lobby. Egyptian-themed, art deco
Russ Building Lobby, 235 Montgomery. Cathedral theme


SalesForce Park

Events website: https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/events
Garden Guide

Tree Tour: 3rd Sat. @10-11:30 am by Mike Sullivan http://www.sftrees.com
Online SalesForce Park Tree Walking Tour
YouTube Trees Tour
Garden tour: 4th Wed. @10am-11:30 by Ingrid Fryklund
Bird walk: 1st Wed. @8-8:45am. 
(All SF Park tours meet at Main Plaza)

Nearby SF City Guides Tours http://sfcityguides.org (times and registration on website)

Architecture Downtown. Meets at corner of Stockton and Maiden Lane
City Scapes and Public Places. Meets at the Native Sons Monument, Montgomery at Market (no tours currently scheduled)
Downtown Deco.  Meets in front of 140 New Montgomery St.
Old South Park.  Meets at Shell station on 3rd St. btw. Bryant and Brannan Sts.

Tours of Salesforce Tower

Before the pandemic, Salesforce, Inc. had tours of the Salesforce Tower, and I remembering hearing that the wait list for them was quite long. Those tours were not operated by SF City Guides, and the last time I checked, these are still on hold. More information can be found at https://salesforcetowertours.com/

Articles about SalesForce Park and Transit Center

One of San Francisco’s most exotic landscapes is in a park that’s 70 feet above ground https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-salesforce-park-landscapes-17416351.php

S.F.'s Transbay Transit Center: Grand Central Station of the West, or Billion Dollar Bus Station? by Linda Day in Planetizen

Stop Comparing Salesforce Park to the High Line by Matthew Okazaki in The Bold Italic

Millennium Tower’s sinking and tilting hasn’t scared people off from buying and renting condos by Ricardo Cano in SF Chronicle (June 1, 2022)

Historic Maps of Area (between 2nd and Beale; Howard and Mission)

1950
East section
West section

1913
East section
West section

1899
East section
West section

1887
East section
West section