Community
Where Community Comes Together
FROM A PARKING LOT TO A SHARED DREAM
Mission Rock is a culmination of over 16 years of community outreach and planning by the San Francisco Giants in partnership with Tishman Speyer and the Port of San Francisco, transforming part of San Francisco’s southern waterfront.
A whole new neighborhood where amenities are enjoyed by all. Where companies work next door to makers in innovative spaces. Where retail and cultural imaginations collide in a kaleidoscope of experiences.
A Place to Gather on the Waterfront
Mission Rock is ideally positioned within San Francisco, providing seamless access to the city's key transit systems. Whether you're hopping on BART, Muni, or Caltrain, or prefer our local parking options, you'll find transitioning throughout the city is incredibly convenient, with transit connections just a short walk away.
A Neighborhood Built On Collaboration
The idea of open-minded collaboration has inspired our design approach. World-renowned architectural firms – working in partnership with local design talent – came together to realize a shared vision for a new neighborhood and a wider San Francisco community, encompassing not only the buildings but also the streets, paseos, and park.
Studio Gang | Residential + led Mission Rock Design Cohort
MVRDV | Residential, working together with Perry Architects
SCAPE | China Basin Park, working together with Miller Company Landscape Architects
Henning Larsen | Office, working together with Adamson Associate Architects + YA Studio
WORKac | Lab Ready Office, working together with Adamson Associate Architects + YA Studio + Breakthrough Properties
CMG | Streetscapes, working together with Riz Gache Design
Mission Rock Street Rooms
Mission Rock is proud to present Street Rooms, interactive art installations selected from a competition of over 100 local artists. Find these installations throughout Mission Rock, emphasizing the pedestrian approach to our streetscape design by offering visitors places to sit and congregate.
"Garden Party" by Min Design
"Pop Rocks" by Terrain Work
"Urban Table" by Oyler Wu
Toni Stone Statue
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The San Francisco Bay Trail | South Beach-Mission Bay Audio Tour
The San Francisco Bay Trail South Beach-Mission Bay Audio Tour is a 90-minute interactive walking tour spanning 3 miles of historic San Francisco waterfront. Enjoy the outdoors, view the bay and learn more about the natural and cultural histories that shape this area. Start from the Ferry Building or China Basin Park / Pier 50, and walk to 7 key points along the waterfront, while listening to stories curated for each location.
This audio tour is located on a segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail and the Blue/Greenway. Please visit baytrail.org to learn more about the waterfront and access other audio tours. The South Beach-Mission Bay Audio Tour is produced by BAYCAT and funded by the Mission Rock project.
To access this walking audio tour on-site, please visit the Gesso app.
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL AUDIO TOUR
The Ramaytush People
Location: Ferry Building
Surviving member of the Ramaytush people, Gregg Castro paints a scene of what listeners would experience if transported from today to a time before European contact.
The Ramaytush Experience
Location: Rincon Park
Gregg Castro narrates the indigenous perspectives on the time since European contact. He reflects on the notable moments in the last hundred years and learn about what they see for the future of indigenous people.
Captain William Shorey
Location: Pier 30
Captain William Shorey was the only Black whaling captain operating on the West Coast in the late 1800s, during a period where San Francisco was a major whaling port and the waterfront served as a place for production.
Pier 40 & The Chinese Exclusion Act
Location: Pier 40
In 1882 the US passed a Chinese exclusion law, which banned people coming to the US from China. Chinese passengers sailing into the Bay were held and processed in Pier 40.
Life on Mission Creek
Location: Mission Creek (near 485 Berry Street)
Since the 1960s, a group of residents living on houseboats on Mission Creek became part of a larger ecosystem of species, large and small, making the creek their home.
Entertainment & Recreation at All Levels
Location: China Basin Park / Pier 50
Through the leadership of activists and city planners, the southeastern waterfront has balanced environmental restoration, with new development and opportunities for spaces for all San Franciscans to play.
Audio series written and produced by BAYCAT Studio. Voice Over Artist: Aalia Zealous. Special thanks to: Gregg Castro, Ginny Stearns, Justin Semion, Ariel Dovas, Liz Salinas, Margarita Tenisi, Nina Tanujaya, Arash Malekzadeh, Latajh Weaver, Georgia Agbodjan, Jason Titus. Sources: Gary Kamiya, SF Chronicle Chris Carlsson, Found SF Liam O’Donoghue, East Bay Yesterday/East Bay Express, Soundcloud Guy M. Washington, BlackPast African American Registry Edward Tepporn, Executive Director of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Judy Yung and Erika Lee Finding Margins on Borders: Shipping Firms and Immigration. Control across Settler Space by Ethan Blue. Learn more about Save The Bay here.