Thumbs Up to the POPOS Law - Privately Owned Public Open Space Law in San Francisco

We have been to SF a few times. We like the mild weather year round and love the modern grand buildings everywhere in the city. However, one thing which we appreciate the most is the city's public space law called  the POPOS Law - ( Privately Owned Public Open Spaces) included in the 1985 Downtown Plan.

The POPOS law allow non employees to visit and enjoy public space in SF.

This law mandates that any privately owned building is required to have a public space, accessible by the public.


















We met E. at his office in early afternoon around 1:00pm.

Filled with colourful moving graphics, this huge electronic board is wall to wall located in the building's lobby, which is the public space accessible to the public.

We were one of the first to see and play with the public space's interactive board.  Interesting indeed!

The board still being tested, used an underwater theme with many sea creatures and underwater vehicles floating around. Whenever we touched one of the swimming creatures, it dashed around in high speed to the other side. I could imagine how excited the children would get playing around with this board!




We have visited a few public spaces on our SF trip this time. It is a great idea for residents and visitors to see and enjoy these beautiful places!


After visiting this public space, we ate at E's cafeteria. We were just in time as the workers were packing up and getting ready to close for the holidays.

E. walked with us to Chinatown where we did some Christmas shopping and tea sipping.



R.T.
San Francisco
Enjoying the POPOS Law