Embarcadero Center Walking Tour

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Docomomo US/Northern California Chapter

Walking tour exploring John Portman's massive Embarcadero Center as an example of Late Modernist architecture, 70s urbanism, and public art.

Meet at intersection of Sansome Street & Commercial Street (near 500 Commercial St)

John Portman’s massive five-block Embarcadero Center is a dizzying, wondrous experience of interior urbanism and Late Modernist architecture. As you wander through the massive complex—up escalators, down spiral stairs, around fountains, across pedestrian bridges—you encounter landscaped plazas, massive public artworks, and a veritable ‘city within a city’ of shopping, services, dining, and entertainment. Culminating in the spectacular drama of the Hyatt Regency atrium hotel—the Embarcadero Center is a distinctively urban experience that is also responsive to the suburban retail trends of the 1960s and 1970s.________________________Tour Start: Outside of 500 Commercial Street, San Francisco @ 10 amTour End: Embarcadero Plaza @ 12pWe encourage attendees to utilize public transit as the tour is conveniently located near Embarcadero Center BART and the Ferry Building. However, paid parking is available in the underground parking garages at the Embarcadero Center. Disclaimer: This tour involves walking up and down numerous sets of stairs.