The 1,430-foot-long (440 m) building is located one block south of Market Street, a primary commercial and transportation artery in San Francisco.Ĭonstruction of the new terminal was necessitated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which damaged the 1939-opened Transbay Terminal, and voters approved funds for the new Transbay Transit Center in 1999. The centerpiece of the San Francisco Transbay development, the construction is governed by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA). It serves as the primary bus terminal-and potentially as a future rail terminal-for the San Francisco Bay Area. Photography is by Tim Griffith unless stated otherwise.The Transbay Transit Center (officially the Salesforce Transit Center for sponsorship purposes) is a transit station in downtown San Francisco.

Pelli Clarke Pelli was founded in 1977 by Argentine-American architect César Pelli, 91, whose portfolio includes skyscrapers around the world, including One Canada Square at London's Canary Wharf and the International Finance Center in Hong Kong. Full bus services will be operating from the hub from 13 August 2018, while all the rail connections should become active between 20.

The Salesforce Transit Center is opening in phases. 'The park will present a wide variety of Bay Area ecologies, from oak trees to a wetland marsh,' said PCP, which projects that the building will achieve a Gold LEED certification from the US Green Building Council.Ī series of four public artworks were also commissioned for the building to help enliven the spaces. The park will open on 11 August 2018 with a neighbourhood block party. 'A gently undulating wall, floating above the street on angled steel columns, will be visible from afar, creating a graceful, luminous, and welcoming image,' PCP said.Īlong the roof stretches a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) public park, with planted and paved spaces, a 1,000-person amphitheater, cafes, and a children's playground. Thick white columns that form the structure are visible through the mesh facade, and even more apparent at street level. Related story Salesforce Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli completes in San Francisco

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