Hey!

I've really gotten into visiting San Francisco's Open Public Spaces. Are you ladies familiar with these?

These are areas usually on the rooftops of newly constructed or repurposed buildings downtown that must by law be made available to the public during specific hours.

Example - Sky Terrace on the top of the Westfield Mall on Market Street and the Terraces at the new Hotel Intercontinental. Basically these are two beautiful landscapes rooftop or terraces where anyone can go and sit and chill for a while.

I really like the Sky Terrace at the Westfield Mall. You overlook the Emporium Dome and the Phelan Building. You can see almost all the city from the rooftop and they have Bistro Tables and benches so you can sit in the sun and just relax for hours.

To access most of the Open Public Spaces you have to tell the security guards of the location that you want to go up there. At the Westfield they direct you over to the SFSU Annex and to a special elevator that goes up to the 8th or 9th floor which is the Terrace.

I've taken some photos from the Sky Terrace roof that I'll have to post later. But I think if you have time you all should seek out these areas, most of which are in downtown office buildings and hotels and visit them.

I'll try to find the list that was posted on SFGate a few weeks back that tell you where they all are and how to access them.

Here you go a link to the map of Open Public Spaces Downtown.
http://www.sfgate.com/maps/cityspaces/

Visit them!