Introduced four vertical facetses of about 150 feet in length. These vertical facets also are a response to observationses by the planning staff that the building needs to end in a very grand and icon i can way. This is a very simple, very straightforward idea. We think its an idea that will last over time quite well. Its also allows us to introduce a lighting element. Next. At the very top that is, again, very simple, very powerful icon ic and operates at the urban scale. It is a gesture one will see at a great distance. And i think you can also see it will be a wonderful companion to the transamerica tower. Next. Going back down now to Mission Square, next, charlie, these are images that pete walker showed you in may. But just to reinforce once again the effect of a grove of 20 mature redwood trees, on day one these trees will be about 40 feet in height. But in five to eight years they could be as much as 70 feet in height. Tim hawkins sculpture is in the foregroundand the funicular
So, it was more categorized to be spent in this neighborhood with the specific uses to be determined in the future. If i may respond to what youre saying, i got a call from the public which basically said, well, where are we . And that is that four parks in chinatown which under this verbiage and i dont know how to say it better or to say conditional could find themselves way at the end of the receiving line because the rest of the implementation of the transit and the district will take time while those parks, four parks by definition [speaker not understood] priority the rest will stand [speaker not understood]. I think that is a reasonable comment which came to me. And thats the reason why im asking the question. Commissioner antonini. Well, thank you. And, of course, as was pointed out by director ram, the lions share of the 47 million in open space, 34. 5 million is going to be spent in the plan area. And were looking at the 12. 5 million and i think we had earmarked 9 million of
Reviewed forsee qua, it would be a problem to designate the money to be used for certain projects. For ceqa so, it was more categorized to be spent in this neighborhood with the specific uses to be determined in the future. If i may respond to what youre saying, i got a call from the public which basically said, well, where are we . And that is that four parks in chinatown which under this verbiage and i dont know how to say it better or to say conditional could find themselves way at the end of the receiving line because the rest of the implementation of the transit and the district will take time while those parks, four parks by definition [speaker not understood] priority the rest will stand [speaker not understood]. I think that is a reasonable comment which came to me. And thats the reason why im asking the question. Commissioner antonini. Well, thank you. And, of course, as was pointed out by director ram, the lions share of the 47 million in open space, 34. 5 million is going to
On the skylight. Next, and at the very top and this is new from the last time you saw it, weve introduced four vertical facetses of about 150 feet in length. These vertical facets also are a response to observationses by the planning staff that the building needs to end in a very grand and icon i can way. This is a very simple, very straightforward idea. We think its an idea that will last over time quite well. Its also allows us to introduce a lighting element. Next. At the very top that is, again, very simple, very powerful icon ic and operates at the urban scale. It is a gesture one will see at a great distance. And i think you can also see it will be a wonderful companion to the transamerica tower. Next. Going back down now to Mission Square, next, charlie, these are images that pete walker showed you in may. But just to reinforce once again the effect of a grove of 20 mature redwood trees, on day one these trees will be about 40 feet in height. But in five to eight years they coul
Amount of progress and let me just characterize what you are going to see this morning as conceptual design in nature. We really have not quite started the full fledged design process. That is waiting for obvious reasons for various approvals. But we have engaged in an extraordinary successful collar collaboration with the San Francisco Planning Department staff and so the design that you are going to be seeing i would characterize as the result of a very, very healthy collaboration with staff and we are quite proud of it. So i just need this here. And this is an image, several images that you are going to be familiar with. It simply puts the towering context and this is clearly one of the most important building complexes and we do see the Transit Center and the tower. And with the center with the roof, top, park and with all of its services and amendies, adjacent to it, is the large tower. The tower of course is a key participant in the financial district of San Francisco and we thin