A beautiful park, several museums and delicious restaurants make it destination worth getting to know.
, the San Francisco-based cloud computing company, obtained naming rights for 25 years, in exchange for a $110 million sponsorship.nearby that serves as the company's headquarters is also called Salesforce. That's a lot of Salesforce in one little area.Now that the naming issue is all cleared up, figuring out how to navigate the neighborhood is next.
To actually get up to the park, which is above the transit center, there are a couple of options. A favorite is thefrom Salesforce Plaza at the corner of Fremont and Mission streets. It's a quick, four-story journey with a view. Elevators and escalators at the main entrance to the park at 425 Mission Street are less exciting but quickly place visitors near the south end of the park.
Once you're up there, enjoy the view of the nearby skyscrapers or mosey along the walking path that meanders along the edge of the large, rectangular space. There are plenty of things to see in the park, including 13 different gardens, a fountain powered by the buses running underneath, and a beer garden. The park also hosts regular activities, including yoga classes, a drum circle and family story time, among other events.
Most visitors, though, just come to the park to hang out and enjoy a swath of green in a neighborhood dense with high-rises. The transit center is open from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily; the park is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily May through October, and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily from November through April.
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