This small but lovely urban garden is adjacent to Ecker Alley in a two-story forecourt of the building. It is richly planted and has a pleasant water wall and basin whose sound creates its own atmosphere. Nice to look at but not to sit in. The only seating is on shallow steps around the fountain. Open at all times. Needed improvements: public seating (21 May 2015) This urban garden is accessible from Mission and Jessie Streets. Most unusual is a high bamboo grove obscuring the windowless façade of the building next door. From here three long steps, all at sitting height, descend down to a granite covered main area, filled with tables and chairs. Two delis serve the area. Along Mission Street is a shallow rectangular pool with a tall kinetic sculpture of two large rotating aluminum rings connected to a granite base. Open at all times. Needed improvements: eye-level signage on Jessie St. in addition to existing open spaces map (21 May 2015).
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