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Sun Terrace
Category: Active Life Parks Parks [Edit]
515 Mission St(between 1st St & Ecker Pl)
San Francisco, CA 94105
Neighbourhood: SOMA
3 reviews for Sun Terrace
3 reviews in English
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Review from Audrey L.
9/6/2011
We call it "the oasis," which I think describes it pretty well.
It's pretty quiet up there, and the waterfall gives it a nice, relaxing feeling. There are plenty of seats and chairs to eat lunch. Not too surprisingly, the seats are attached to the ground. Keep in mind this place closes at night, after 9 or 10pm. -
Review from ruggy j.
3/18/2010 1 Check-in Here
If you didn't know any better, you'd have no idea you were sitting on the top of a parking garage in the middle of SOMA.
SPUR just released a list of the city's many, many POPOS (Privately Owned Public Open Spaces), and during an unseasonable "heat wave" like the one we've been experiencing all week, it calls for taking the laptop and hitting the road! Temperatures aren't going to be this comfy all the time, so you simply have to strike while the iron (or in this case, Mr. Sunshine!) is hot.
The Sun Terrace is right next to the tall brown building at 100 First Street. You enter the terrace through the stairs in between the parking garage and the building itself. A short jaunt up to the 2nd floor, and you're basking in the midday sun amongst man made waterfalls, well kept topiary creations, vibrant flowers, and plenty of areas to sit, no matter what you're trying to accomplish. There are cafe chairs and tables for working on your computer, concrete benches for kickin' back with a good book, and even grassy patches for taking a quick power nap in between phone meetings. The latter I actually witnessed, as a man in a three piece suit came over, laid in the grass for about 30 minutes, then woke up to the sound of his iPhone alarm and sauntered back to work. Talk about a great way to spend a lunch, huh?
There are over 50 of these POPOS around the city, and you'd be a fool not to take advantage of them. This particular sun deck is pretty grand, though... and close to my office to boot! Just another item to add to the laundry list of reasons why I'm madly in love with this city.Listed in: POPOS
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Review from Jenn T.
San Francisco, CA
7/24/2008 2 photos
Sun Terrace...public open spaces with a gorgeous roof garden above a parking garage in SOMA. Equipped with fountains, landscaping, and multiple tables. This developer is all about the third wheel as the tables seat three and the chairs are mounted to the ground. The fourth goer in the lunch-bunch crew gets the shaft.
This place is super close to TONS of lunch spots in the city...and it's great because its sheltered from the wind, city noises are muffled by the water, and the entire garden is manicured and well-grown into.
This is the scruffy clad man hangin' out by the jukebox with his hood up at a non-sceney dive bar. Read: understated hidden gem (that you like for all the right reasons).
The only thing this place needs is a Zen garden. Best place to spend your lunch break with a few, and only a few, friends.
