Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple's latest plans for its new Union Square retail store in San Francisco involve a redesigned plaza lined with trees and a waterfall.
Apple's plans to demolish the former Levi's store on a prominent corner of Union Square and build a new glass-fronted minimalist box in its place were delayed by Planning Commission requests to shift the glass facade a few feet inward from the street and to break up the oppressive 20 foot high wall of steel Apple had intended to erect along Stockton.
The company submitted new plans accommodating the requests (above).
Since then, new renderings published by SocketSite depict changes to the rear plaza, including moving an existing fountain closer to the street and enhancing the currently barren concrete platform with trees, benches and a water feature.
The renderings depict what the space would look like during the day and at night, although the amount of sun portrayed reaching the plaza appears optimistic.
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Gosh, what did I just read that is a “protected landmark” in California… stack of tires, maybe? I think it was a stack of tires… And now I’ll be depressed for the rest of the day for not being able to remember, but half an hour from now I won’t remember why I’m depressed.
I like the area between the buildings being made to look so inviting with people sitting outside at the tables. The homeless and aggressive panhandlers that infest that area right now I'm sure will love calling that area home.
Way cool
Yes, they really needed an outdoor shower for all the bums in the area.
Trees and a waterfall? It's skeuomorphism gone mad!