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560 Mission Street Plaza
Categories: Public Services & Government Landmarks & Historical Buildings Active Life Parks Local Flavor Landmarks & Historical Buildings, Parks, Local Flavor [Edit]
560 Mission St(between Anthony St & Shaw Aly)
San Francisco, CA 94105
Neighborhood: SOMA
8 reviews for 560 Mission Street Plaza
8 reviews in English
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Review from Court S.
San Francisco, CA
5/10/2012 1 Check-in Here
Peaceful, pretty and classy.
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Review from Darren S.
2/21/2011
I first visited this plaza back in '07 and have been back a few times since. It's a nice place to relax.
Formal seating with tables are available nearby although the more comfortable area to settle is on the steps next to the tree planters. The fountain is stepped above grade as well but it has exposure to the street and no shade during the noon hour.
The path is doesn't hold any surprises, just shade and a way through space.
If you like to sketch this place is great to help you with your perspective skills; elements are repeated along lines. -
Review from Tadashi Y.
San Francisco, CA
9/5/2009 5 photos
Located adjacent to Golden Gate University lies one of San Francisco's underapreciated gems -- a public space that isn't quite a park but a privately-owned space that's made available to the public to enjoy the outdoors.
This green oasis has a optically entrancing motorised steel art piece w/ a stepping lane that gives one the impression they are walking on water, additional sculptures, plenty of seating, & shade.
Santa's yelper sez: Nothing. He's mesmerized by the dual rotating circles above him... -
Review from Sooj O.
New York, NY
3/13/2007
I am so glad to see that someone else has already written one review of a startlingly beautiful grove of bamboos in the middle of the city. I've walked by this place so many times over the last year and a half, and it's always soothing.
The slightest wind sets the tips of the bamboos rustling, so I keep my ears perked to hear the leaves shivering.
The bamboos are a mass set against the outer perimeters of this corporate garden (J.P. Morgan is the owner of the building). In the middle of the garden is a large reflecting fountain/pool set in black stone. The lines of the pool are streamlined and quiet. The only possible complaint I have is the silver rotating sculpture that I feel does not add to the garden but actually detracts from the simple lines of the pool.
As Hao L. has noted in his review, it is quite lovely at night when it's lit up. But it's also amazing in the daylight. It's worth taking a little detour from where ever you are going to in FiDi to walk by here -- I do it all the time.Listed in: Love, San Francisco, Urban Oasis
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Review from Hao L.
Mountain View, CA
2/21/2007 5 photos
I love this place. It's a little hidden gem that I don't think a lot of people know about. It's especially lovely at night when it's lit up with red lights. A nice romantic place to take someone. It's right across from Roy's (and Salt House), so now after dinner, you can also get in some post-prandial romance...
This 16,000 square foot urban plaza was designed for Hines Development Corp. in downtown San Francisco and sits adjacent to an office tower designed by Cesar Pelli Associates. The plaza provides a large, street-level, publicly accessible open space that has become a neighborhood destination for gathering. The plaza features a large bamboo grove that buffers one edge of the plaza and allows visitors to experience a landscape unique to San Francisco's South of Market District.
Awards
National American Society of Landscape Architects Design Merit Award, 2003
7x7 Magazine, Best New Public Space, 2004
Credits
Client/Developer: Hines
Landscape Architect: Completed by Christian Lemon while at Hart Howerton
Design Architect: Cesar Peli Associates
Architect: Kendall Heaton Associates
Interior Architect: IA
MEP Engineer: Flack + Kurtz
Year Completed: 2002 -
Review from Mandy H.
Walnut Creek, CA
1/27/2010
I've worked at 560 Mission for several years and the other reviewers are correct, the space is very well done. Lots of bamboo and a reflecting pond that add serenity to the hustle and bustle of SOMA.
My only complaint is the space is always packed in with smokers. There are many tables and chairs for eating and socializing on those rare nice SF afternoons but the cigarette smoke is so thick that I can't enjoy it. Instead I usually just grab my salad from Mixt Greens and eat upstairs. -
Review from pablo e.
Winter Park, CO
8/9/2010
this is a cool building. had to roll over here for a work meeting last week, and I liked the bamboo garden + the views from the office I had the meeting int. they must clean the window more often than my building (345 cal) because you could actually get a clear view up 2nd from them.
just a hop skip & jump from montgomery too. -
Review from Tyler W.
San Francisco, CA
7/16/2007
I love this building. Beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. I have two problems with it- the supports on the sidewalk on Mission Street and very cheap and hollow (bang on them with your hand, they feel like plastic) and I wish it were TALLER!!
