That opening was short-lived, as you'll likely recall. The $2.26 billion project caused many headaches for downtown commuters during its eight-year construction, and San Franciscans were thrilled to finally see the new bus deck, the grand new lobbies, and the majestic rooftop park in action that August day four years ago.Īs Hoodline reported at the time, the debut of the new 'Grand Central Station of the West' came with 'perhaps the biggest neighborhood block party the city has ever seen.' Photo: Nikki Collister/Hoodline Photo: Nikki Collister/Hoodline Photo: Nikki Collister/Hoodline Photo: Nikki Collister/Hoodline The big opening event for San Francisco's replacement for the former Transbay Transit Center - part of a joint development project with Salesforce Tower, previously known as Transbay Tower, that led to a design competition in 2007 - was a crowded affair. But the building and its rooftop park remain shining examples of innovative urban development and canaries in the coal mine of a slowly reviving downtown, waiting for you to return. Since then there was an abrupt closure due to structural concerns, a reopening, and we've had a lengthy pandemic that has kept the area surrounding Salesforce Transit Center pretty sleepy.

Four years ago this past Friday, on August 12, 2018, we saw the long-anticipated grand opening of one of San Francisco's grandest infrastructure projects in decades.

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