San Francisco Waterfront Competition, San Francisco CA
Designed as John Ellis
John Ellis Urban Designer
An Ideas Competition to rethink the San Francisco waterfront from Fisherman’s Wharf to China Basin following the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway after the 1989 Earthquake.
The plan explores how the blocks south of the Transbay Terminal previously occupied by the freeway could be redeveloped as a high-density, mixed-use district.
The Transbay Terminal was to be reconfigured to accommodate a reconstituted Key System rail service from the Bay Bridge.
A new Ocean Liner Terminal is shown on Pier 32 permitting cruise ships to pass under the Bay Bridge on theior way in and out of the Bay.
Aerial view of the proposed urban design showing the integration of the new mixed-use district repairing the scars where the Embarcadero Freeway was removed.
Aerial view showing the proposed reconfiguration of the Ferry Terminal Plaza and ferry docks after the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway.
Plan showing the proposed urban design for the blocks previously occupied by the former Embarcadero Freeway. The Transbay Terminal was to be reconfigured to accommodate a reconstituted Key System rail service from the Bay Bridge, with air rights development above. The Ferry Building was to be replanned to allow for multiple ferry docks. A new Cruise Liner Terminal was proposed for Pier 32, south of the Bay Bridge.