이번 토요일은 특별한 산행을 해보려고 합니다. 제가 아는 분 (David Wilkinson)이 도시건축 역사가라고 표현하면 맞을것 같은데... 이분이 샌프란시스코 일부 건축역사 tour을 계획하고 있어서, 여기에 언저가려고 합니다. 자세한 것은 수요일까지 업데이트 하겠습니다. 대략 일정은 10시에 Embarcadero BART station에서 만나 이분 그룹과 조인해서 오전에 4마일정도 걸으면서 건축역사 tour를 하고, 저희는 따로 다른 곳으로 Urban Hike을 하려고 합니다.

 

새크라멘토 쪽에서 가실분들은 인원을 봐서, Vallejo에서 Ferry를 타고 가는 걸로 생각중입니다. 베이쪽 분들은 Bart나 가까운 주차장으로 오시면 될것 같아요. 참가자 상황을 봐서 카톡방 초대해서 자세한것은 설명 드리도록 할께요. 이동네 사시는 너굴님의 도움도 받아보겠습니다. 우선 댓글에 참가희망 해주시고, 샌프란시스코의 숨은 맛집이나, 가면 좋을곳등 아이디어도 올려주세요. 아래는 David의 대략 tour 설명입니다. 

 

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“Exploring Downtown San Francisco’s Architecture, Public Art, and (optional) Ruth Asawa Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art”
It’s July, hotter than a firecracker in the Valley, so time to head back to the mid-60s degree marine air of our beloved City by the Bay. This will be an uplifting day of exuberant walking, led by David Wilkinson, among the works of creative architects and artists who reached inspirational heights to embellish the City’s undulating streets and public squares. We’ll begin our adventure near the Embarcadero BART station and observe mid-20 th century innovative buildings and their Art Deco predecessors. The iconic Transamerica Pyramid, now fifty years old, has a renovated public lobby offering a new free exhibit and display about the lives of
Charles and Ray Eames, famous mid-century California artists who worked in a variety of mediums, but are best known for the Eames chair, mass produced for the middle class by Herman Miller. From there we will cut across historic Portsmouth Square and Chinatown to Union Square, stopping to admire the famous fountain sculpted by the renowned SF artist Ruth Asawa (and many helpers). The bronze fountain depicts hundreds of San Francisco visual landmarks.
We will then head South of Market and meander through a passageway to the Contemporary Jewish Museum (temporarily closed), a building that imaginatively joins a refurbished PG&E substation with the contemporary and bold architecture of Daniel Libeskin. From there it’s a short walk to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a public park filled with gardens and art, including an inspiring memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. with waterfalls. We will eat lunch within
the YBCA at the Metreon, a four-story shopping and entertainment center with a food court, offering a variety of choices. After lunch, hikers have the option of strolling and shopping or walking across the street to the Museum of Modern Art, which features an impressive special exhibit of Ruth Asawa, with emphasis on her intricate wire sculptures and paintings. Highly recommended. Tickets are $30 general and $25 seniors. For the return trip back to Woodland, the BART station is a modest walk back to Market Street. This hike is considered “moderately challenging” about 4 miles, generally flat, and will take about three hours, with several stops.