POPOS Update

Via an article in TheAtlanticCities

Atlantic Cities San Francisco POPOS

Some of the best privately owned public open spaces in downtown San Francisco are, by nature, a little hard to find. They’re on upper-floor terraces with fantastic views of the city, or in interior plazas of office towers that look from the sidewalk like places where you don't belong. Part of their charm comes from their hybrid nature: These "POPOS" can be more intimate sanctuaries than traditional open spaces, with office-caliber amenities – leather chairs and potted olive trees – you’ll won’t find in Golden Gate Park.



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