San Francisco City Park On A Roof

In dense urban cities our rooftops are valuable space that can be used more efficiently to benefit our environment and our communities.

San francisco city park on a roof.

Everyone s welcome to enjoy this public park a living roof where a curved walking trail lined with benches surrounds grassy lawns dancing fountains a children s play area and an amphitheater. Get ready for sf s newest rooftop park as well as the grand opening of the new transbay terminal aka salesforce transit center. Atop the building at 500 pine st. City to mandate solar and living roofs on most new construction.

Take out lunch spots line crocker. More often office and retail workers are having lunch on the wooden slat park benches. Weather stations on the roof monitor wind rain and changes in temperature to help inform the building s automated systems and skylights keeping rainforest temps just right the interior piazza cool and comfortable and natural light streaming to the exhibits below. With the passage of this legislation between 15 and 30 of roof space on most new construction projects will incorporate solar living roofs or a combination of both.

Update january 2017 effective january 1 st 2017 san francisco became the first u s. The roof terrace is one flight up from san francisco s finest food court. Our living roof is more than beautiful it s the heart of the academy. The 1 400 foot long elevated park has a wide range of activities and amenities including an outdoor amphitheater gardens trails open grass areas and children s play space as well as space for a future restaurant.

On the corner of kearny and pine streets in downtown san francisco will be the new rooftop park. San francisco better roofs. City park the salesforce transit center features a public 5 4 acre rooftop park.