Monday, February 20, 2012

Privately owned public spaces: Guidance needed

Privately owned public spaces: Guidance needed:

Privately owned public spaces: Guidance needed

John King

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Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle

The seating area of Courtyard at the Infinity, 300 Spear St.

The Roof Terrace at One Kearny shows why we're lucky that San Francisco requires downtown developers to provide space in their projects that is accessible to the public at large.

It also is a case study in why the generation-old guidelines must be improved.

The snug terrace opened this winter as a comfortable perch that delivers the best free views downtown, whether it's the panoramic vista up Market Street to Twin Peaks or the adjacent red-tile mansard roof from 1906 that you can almost touch. But



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