John Portman’s massive five-block Embarcadero Center is a dizzying, wondrous experience of interior urbanism and Late Modernist architecture. As you wander through the massive complex—up escalators, down spiral stairs, around fountains, across pedestrian bridges—you encounter landscaped plazas, massive public artworks, and a veritable ‘city within a city’ of shopping, services, dining, and entertainment. Culminating in the spectacular drama of the Hyatt Regency atrium hotel—the Embarcadero Center is a distinctively urban experience that is also responsive to the suburban retail trends of the 1960s and 1970s. Join us to explore the Embarcadero Center as Urban Mall for Docomomo US Tour Day 2022.
Free for Docomomo US Members // $20 for Non-Members
Disclaimer: This walking tour involves going up and down numerous sets of stairs.