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Major Downtown Overhaul for San Francisco in 2010

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Skyscrapers and public transit center planned

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The Transbay Transit Center will be a multiuse building and link commuters to bus and train service and a proposed high-speed rail line. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are the project designers. The architects describe Transbay as the ?EUR??,,????'?????<

The Transbay Transit Center will be a multilevel glass structure spanning five blocks. It will be will be both a transit and retail center. The completion date for Transbay is expected to be 2014. The transit center would serve a projected 45 million passengers a year. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects propose transforming the roof of the Transit Center into a 5.4-acre city park.
Photos Courtesy of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

The project is certainly a bold public project and a positive outlook for the new year, given that both the city and state are living beyond their budgets. In the first week of 2010, Gov. Schwarzenegger is readying his plan to close the state?EUR??,,????'?????<

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The new terminal will be the anchor of a neighborhood of housing and skyscrapers. It will also include a shopping center and an elevated park.