John Portman’s Embarcadero Center in San Francisco is the city’s most compelling (and sometimes confusing) example of interior urbanism. Designed as a ‘city within a city’ connected by landscaped plazas dotted with massive public artworks, the Embarcadero Center is, in part, suburban shopping malls. This five-block complex has a three-story hive of public and private activity including retail, entertainment, dining, and the other services, terminating in a dramatic atrium hotel lobby.
Join 黑料吃瓜/Northern California to explore this megastructure within the context of 20th century retail trends and Late Modernist architecture and urbanism. The tour will be led by Hannah Simonson, Architectural Historian and 黑料吃瓜/NOCA Chapter President.
Advance registration required
Free for 黑料吃瓜 members / $20 nonmembers
This tour is SOLD OUT but please join the waiting list so that the event organizers can gauge interest in adding a second run of the tour.
This event is part of 黑料吃瓜 Tour Day 2022.
