400 Howard Street is a POPOS located along Howard Street as part of Foundry Square. A unique element at this site is Richard Deutsch’s large ”Time Signature” sculpture, inspired by music. This space also features ample seating, shady trees, and an adjacent Chipotle. There is typically a food truck parked adjacent to this space around lunchtime.

405 Howard Street is a POPOS part of Foundry Square. The space features a Spice Kit Asian Street Food restaurant, Peet’s Cafe and shady places to sit. People are typically going into offices or coming out of cafes. The POPOS features the sculpture “Untitled” by Joel Shapiro. Surveyors noted that the space can be shady and cold making it unpleasant to spend time there. The space could benefit from pruning the tree’s canopies to allow in more sunlight.

505 Howard Street is a unique POPOS because it has an indoor space, outdoor space, public art, and living wall in three separate but adjacent locations. This separation can create ambiguity for users of the space. The two interior public spaces are connected by an exterior plaza. The public art pieces, “Boy III” and “Sleeping Boy” by Thomas Houseogo, and the large living wall are located in the indoor lobby.

500 Howard Street is part of Foundry Square. This space is adjacent to the Slack headquarters and features a Specialty’s Cafe. This space includes the sculpture “Not Out Of The Woods Yet” by Richard Deacon. The solar orientation and architectural enclosure cast shadows creating a shady, less desirable space.

The POPOS inside 181 Fremont is located on the seventh floor with access STREET to Salesforce Park and is adjacent to Andytown Cafe. The interior space features movable seating, fixed seating, and bar seating. The POPOS has unique lighting, public art, and a great view of Salesforce Park.

50 Fremont Street is a passageway connecting Fremont and First Streets. This space features movable seating and several adjacent eating establishments.
The adjacent retail is predominately lunch places and serves the neighboring office buildings.

536 Mission Street is a sunken pocket fronting Golden Gate University.
The open space visually connects the university’s library, bookstore, classrooms and GGU cafe tables, shade from trees, and ample fixed seating in the brutalist style of the building.

75 Folsom Street, also known as Hills Plaza, is located along The Embarcadero. The offices above house a major workspace for Google. Hills
Plaza includes a large open area with plenty of sunlight, ample seating, and a sculpture titled “The Taster” by Spero Anargyro. The juxtaposition of the Plaza’s brick material with the neighboring glass buildings make it a unique draw. Hills Plaza is the former Hills Bros. Coffee facility and is one of the lasting historical buildings in the neighborhood. People observed here were typically passing between Embarcadero and Spear Street or dining outside the former Palomino’s adjoining patio. The open space could benefit from more ground as well as events, markets, or pop-up parties.

543 Howard Street is a discrete POPOS located on the rooftop of Galvanize, a co-working space. To access the rooftop; visitors must be buzzed in, signed in with the front desk, then take the elevator to the rooftop. The space features views of Salesforce Park, movable seating options, and heaters for comfort. The public art featured is the iconic San Francisco heart. The expansive rooftop space allows for chairs to be rearranged into a conference table for outdoor meetings or group lunches. People observed here were typically eating lunch, having phone conversations, or engaged in small group discussions.

135 Main Street is a wide pedestrian connection walkway between Spear Street and Mission Street. This open space features a decorative fountain, footsteps or fixed seating, and a historical brick backdrop. People here were typically passing through on their lunch break. Due to the adjacent towers, the space lacks sunlight and is cold for most of the day.

301 Mission Street POPOS is located inside the Millennium Tower. The site is situated discretely along Mission Street adjacent to the restaurant, International Smoke. The POPOS has a large indoor space with several booth seating options and distinct art pieces by Yoram Wolberger, Catherine Wagner, and Amanda Weil. On the weekends and evenings, when the space is closed to the public, it is used by Millennium Tower’s resident yoga classes and
as a lounge for International Smoke restaurant patrons.

560 Mission Street is a POPOS located along a block featuring several other open spaces including 555 Mission Street, 100 First Plaza Sun Terrace, and Shaw Alley. 560 Mission is located adjacent to JP Morgan Chase Building creating one of the most active outdoor lunch areas in the neighborhood. The POPOS has two popular lunch locations, Split Bread and Mixt, that utilize the varied seating throughout the POPOS keeping it active at midday. The space features movable seating, fixed seating and sculptured wood seating. A unique element at this site is the kinetic wind sculpture “Annular Eclipse” by George Rickey that turns according to the wind. The open space is ideal for large groups eating lunch as it has ample movable seating and tables available for rearrangement. The large blank wall bordering the East side of the POPOS could be programmed to provide further art or greening for the benefit of the users.

350 Mission Street is an indoor POPOS located inside the Salesforce East offices on the corner of Mission and Fremont Streets, making it highly visible to the public. The POPOS features an amphitheater where the public and Salesforce employees alike can gather, socialize, and eat lunch.
Another unique element at the site is the large, high definition media screen art installation “Virtual Depiction: San Francisco” by Refik Anadol that distinguishes the space. The POPOS also features the Trailblazer Cafe restaurant on the second level.

Seventy feet above the Grand Hall, the Park runs the entire length of the Transit Center’s nearly four-block stretch. Home to 600 trees and 16,000 plants arranged in 13 different botanical feature areas, the newest public park in the San Francisco Bay Area is for the benefit and enjoyment of all…and there’s nothing else like it anywhere.

Mission Plaza is an expansive open space on the corner of Fremont and Mission Streets. Mission Plaza fronts Salesforce Tower, the tallest tower in San Francisco.
It features a gondola connecting to Salesforce Park, ample fixed seating and movable seating, and is the main entrance to the Salesforce Transit Center. This space is large enough to host markets and signature city events.

303 Second Street is a large parklike space stretching nearly an entire block from Folsom up to Harrison. The site is a central space tying together two mid- rise office towers. This space becomes extremely busy during lunch hours with a large variety of food options and retail. It has an array of seating options helping to accommodate this daily influx of visitors. “The Kilroy Three” sculpture by Jon Krawcyzk and meandering water feature give the site visual interest and playfulness.

101 Second Street is an indoor greenhouse with an upper mezzanine. The POPOS is on the busy and highly visible corner of Second Street and Mission Street. There is a striking art piece by Charles Arnoldi and sculpture by Larry Bell. All ground floor fenestration is operable and opens to the street allowing the public to gather inside. People here are typically in groups of two eating lunch or on their computer.

235 Second Street is a POPOS located on the corner of Second Street and Clementina Street. The POPOS includes both indoor and outdoor space. The site is situated next to Proper Food and the CBS Interactive offices. The interior space features the sculpture ”Making the World Many” by Anish Kapoor. The outdoor POPOS has a large plaza with great sunlight, ample seating and an attractive brick facade acting as the backdrop. A unique element at this site is the water feature which flows from inside to outside. The adjacent restaurant and office building allows this POPOS to become highly activated during lunch hours.

535 Mission Street, also known as Shaw Alley, is located between Mission Street and Minna Street and will create a pedestrian connection between Mission and the Salesforce Transit Center with the addition of a mid-block crossing on Mission Street. The POPOS is hardscape and features stationary seating along one side. The site is adjacent to offices, Salt House restaurant, Special Xtra coffee stand, and Harlot Nightclub. This space features a historic brick facade, an eye-catching sculpture by “The Band” by Anton Josef Standteiner, and a colorful light installation “Applique da Parete” by Gordon Huether.

Solaire Courtyard is an outdoor open space contained within Solaire Apartments. The discrete site is situated between Folsom Street and Clementina Street. This open space features comfortable seating, movable seating, putting green, outdoor games, and a fire pit. Adjacent to this space is a busy Philz Coffee fronting Folsom Street. This space has plenty of greenery including mature in-ground trees. Typically, the space is in the shade and can be very windy. Many residents of Solaire keep it active by using it as a convenient exit-entry to their unit. Access doors on each side create barriers to the space, preventing it from becoming a popular destination.

299 Second Street is a POPOS located inside The Clancy (formerly Courtyard by Marriott). The site is inside a hotel with rooms looking down on it. The POPOS was recently renovated with design work provided by JETT Landscape Architecture and features fire pits, unique heating lamps, and ample seating. Additionally, the sculpture, “Globe” by Topher Delaney can be seen at The Clancy.