Called “Bus Jet Fountain” the installation created by Ned Kahn consists of water jets that shoot up from the park deck and are coordinated with the movement of buses below. The park also features an amphitheater for events, grassy lawns for relaxing and dancing fountains for children to play around. And curved walkways/jogging paths for strolling. There are plenty of park benches to enjoy the scenery. There are 600 trees and 16,000 plants featured in more than a dozen botanical showcase areas. The park runs the entire length of the structure, nearly four blocks. Rather than just waste all that space with tarpaper and air conditioning units, the designers added the enormous park. Interior of Salesforce Transit Center which some people are calling the “Grand Central Station of the West.” (Photo by Fullmetal2887).īut what’s really catching people’s attention is up above, on top of the structure. The interior spaces are very cool and filled with public art such as unique lighting, gardens and a LED sign that are integrated into the architecture. There is a central grand hall (hence the comparison to the popular New York train station) and 100,000 sq. The project is more than one million square feet and covers five levels – two below ground and three above. There are future plans to add an underground rail station to hook up with Caltrain and the new California High-Speed Rail which will run through the state.
Currently the structure only accommodates buses and bus passengers. The building is located right in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Total cost will be an estimated $2.26 billion.
The Salesforce Transit Center is a monstrous structure, almost the length of five football fields, that people are now calling the “Grand Central Station of the West.”Ĭonstruction of the terminal began back in 2010 and was instigated by the 1989 Loa Prietra earthquake, which damaged the previous Transbay Terminal that had served as the bus depot since 1939. The innovative 5-acre park is already creating a buzz not just around town, but around the nation as well. That’s exactly what the City of San Francisco did recently when they opened their new Salesforce Transit Center and added a huge rooftop park. When a city builds a giant structure, a new bus terminal for example, why not put some grass, park benches and shrubbery on the roof and create a park too? The new Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco features a 5-acre rooftop park, an example of the innovative way cities are now creating green spaces.
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