in may you heard pete walker present mission square to you. i'll show you some refinements in the tower that responded to issues in mission square. let's start at the very top. there is an important bus drop off along mission street that runs along the north face of the tower. in addition to that, there needs to be a 20-foot sidewalk between that bus drop off and the face of the tower. the north facade has been flattened. there is not the curb that you see on east and west. that flattened facade extends upwards to about 30 feet in the face of the tower. that flattened facade not only allows the 20 foot setback, but it also allows a continuous view into the lobby and activity on the inside of the building, enlivening the mission street frontage and we think significantly improving the pedestrian experience. * curve on the east side, a great deal more retail has been added in the ground floor of the building. this is the result of a good bit of discussion with planning staff and we think it's a very, very good addition to the way the building is

going back down now to mission square, next, charlie, these are images that pete walker showed you in may. but just to reinforce once again the effect of a grove of 20 mature redwood trees, on day one these trees will be about 40 feet in height. but in five to eight years they could be as much as 70 feet in height. tim hawkins' sculpture is in the foregroundand the funicular that leads to the park. and one of the interesting things that t. walker and his firm are doing is making a visual and physical connection between the park level and mission square so that you see smaller redwoods at the edge of the parka above, mature redwoods on the ground. so, it's as if the building and the transit center are really sitting in this very, very lovely urban, but at the same time treed environment. next. * park above you are now standing next to the transit center. the funicular is just above you. in the distance you can see the elevator to city park. again, very prominent, very well signed and actually quite large. next. we're now at the park level itself. you see mission square below. the conce