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☞ Dark bands crossed the plaza and lit circles filled each band. To the left of this image was the maze entry to the gondola that went to the roof garden. At the back of the plaza was entry to the Salesforce Transit Center. This photo was taken on a Saturday morning, so the plaza was mostly empty of people. ☞ The Salesforce Tower was a highrise building that faced Mission Street. Salesforce Plaza, next to the building, connected Mission Street to the Salesforce Transit Center. Cars were barred from entry using bollards. View all

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☞ The 7 Haight and the 28 Geary had bus stops next to each other under the overhang of the Salesforce Transbay Center. ☞ Unlike the inside of the Salesforce Transbay Center which was brightly lit and decorated, the outside bus stops appeared industrial and markedly less humanly inviting. ☞ Information signs also stood next to the outdoor bus stops. One described "Art Programs." The center one described "Music Programs." And the third said, "The sky is the roof." ☞ The 38 Geary bus stopped on the other side of the Salesforce Transbay Center. The 38R shown here, had the fewest stops so the R stood for Rapid. View all

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☞ A line of interactive information signs lined one section of wall on the ground floor of the center building of the Salesforce Transbay Transit Center. ☞ A Benefit vending machine, disguised as a bus, sold cosmetics. ☞ A "Souvenear Made Here San Francisco" vending machine allowed visitors to purchase souvenirs of San Francisco while visiting the Salesforce Transbay Center. ☞ The ground floor of the central building of the Salesforce Transbay Transit Center as viewed from the Bus Level. ☞ Looking up at a large display showing moving words that wrapped the second floor, and further up at a dome that covered a hole through the Rooftop Garden. View all

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☞ The ground floor of the center building of the Salesforce Transbay Center was decorated with oval white shapes. Inside and overlapping those ovals were animals, geometric shapes, and flowers. ☞ A slightly wider view of the ground floor of the Salesforce Transbay Center. From the escalator one could see that the art extended into the very corners of the floor. ☞ Golden butterflies fluttered over the floor next to a large blue X. ☞ Golden bees hovered over the floor of the Salesforce Transbay Transit Center. View all

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☞ A sign posted on the Bus Level listed all the buses that served this level, and showed where they could be found on a map of the level. Notice that Amtrak was missing from that sign. ☞ The other side had a sign that read, "Even Bays 02-36." ☞ A combined off/on ramp for Bus traffic connected the Salesforce Transbay Center to the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge. The ramp crossed Howard Street using a second suspension bridge in the foreground. ☞ All the buses moved clockwise (when viewed from above) so that their doors would always open toward the inside pedestrian area. Only one bus was parked at this time on this Saturday. View all

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☞ The anchor for the cables at the top of the Salesforce Transbay Transit Center's Rooftop Garden. ☞ A long line of people waited to board the gondola up to the rooftop garden. A long bench wrapped the bottom of the gondola which gave folks a place to sit while waiting. ☞ The sign for the Gondola Lift To Rooftop Garden read: Salesforce Tower Gondola Elevators & Escalators to Salesforce Park Via Transit Center Gondola is one way up only ☞ The gondola as it approached its terminus at the roof garden. Too bad the trip was unidirectional. Up only. ☞ A view of the top of the gondola as seen from the Rooftop Garden . View all

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☞ Abstract birds flew over abstract hills and mountains and under an abstract sky. ☞ A sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project Andreina Davila and Ytaelena Lopez eelos.com @eelos ArtSpan.org @artspan And below that was a list of sponsors. ☞ A white abstract bird hovered in mid air next to an abstract brown cliff. ☞ A closer view of the gorilla's face revealed the technique in which it was painted. ☞ Two abstract birds flew over a lavender and pale yellow sky. ☞ An abstract mountain rose on one window. But this section of the mural lacked birds. View all

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☞ One window showed two murals. On the left was a mural of a wizard holding either a crystal ball, or a bowling ball, with a rose and face painted on it. On the right was a mural of an ape-man wearing a peace symbol t-shirt and holding two fingers up for victory. ☞ One window had one mural on it. This mural showed two cartoon girls flirting with the viewer. Below them was a rainbow-like arch over shooting stars. In the upper right was and arrow pointing a the girls. ☞ Two windows in the corner. The one on the left featured "Lombard Street" illustrated as a snake winding around sinful objects. The one on the right featured a purple unicorn with butterfly wings. View all

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☞ The center of this Nathan Richard Phelps mural appeared brighter than it actually was. ☞ A view of the Salesforce Transbay Center's Nathan Richard Phelps mural from inside the building looking out at the alley on the other side. ☞ The mural by Nathan Richard Phelps extended horizontally over a dozen window panes. It seemed to suggest the powerful sounds coming from an ear-wrenching loud speaker at a rave. ☞ A sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project Nathan Richard Phelps nathanrichardphelps.com @nathanrichardphelps ArtSpan.org @artspan And below that was a list of sponsors. View all

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☞ An identifying sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project John Kraft johnkraft.com @johnkraft ArtSpan.org @artspan And below that was a list of sponsors. ☞ The mural depicted balls of color either moving and leaving behind tracks, or balls on stems blowing in the wind. ☞ A view of almost the entire mural showing it wrapped around the corner of a future business. ☞ Leaves outlined in white hung down from the top of the mural. A similar designs was drawn in black lines in the center of each ball. Except for the yellow balls which had the design drawn in white. View all

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☞ A closer view of the binary bits flowing into (or perhaps out of) a head shown in silhouette. ☞ A sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project Taiko Fujimura taikofujimura.com @taikofujimura ArtSpan.org @artspan And below that was a list of sponsors. ☞ An even closer view of the face. The binary bits inside the head resemble carbonation behind the jaw, rather than bits. Perhaps the binary message (once decoded) will be a word describing the taste of food. View all

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☞ A small pane of glass near the sidewalk was covered in names. These were, perhaps, the names of people that aided in painting the mural. ☞ The doors under 139 were dramatic in appearance. ☞ A sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project Dilcia Giron dilciagiron.com @dilciagironart ArtSpan.org @artspan And below that was a list of sponsors. ☞ The foreground was composed of colored shapes that did, and did not, resemble books. There were also pieces of frosted glass or plastic, and transparent shapes edged in white. Up close the background resembled forest covered hills on an overcast day. View all

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☞ The mural covered only one face of a future "Fitness SF" place on the ground floor of the Salesforce Transbay Transit Center. The mural featured unicorns and parrots. ☞ A sign was attached to the glass of a window covered with a mural. The sign read: Artspan Transit Mural Project Krisztina Lazar transcendentbird.com @krisztina_lazar_art ArtSpan.org @artspan SFOS And below that was a list of sponsors. ☞ In the other window, white parrots flew across a sky filled with decorative balls. Notice the touch of gold in the parrot's wings. ☞ Two unicorns galloped across a scene filled with swirling sky and decorative balls. View all

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☞ The mural spanned many windows. It exhibited flowers blooming on trees. ☞ A common sight in the city when looking at beautiful flowering trees, is a tangle of wires and telephone poles behind them. ☞ White flowers bloomed on tree branches. Each flower began as a red bulb, then opened to a small red flower that faded from red to pink and finally to white. ☞ A closer shot of the mural allows one to examine the brush strokes used to create this mural. View all