Rectangles embedded in the walkway mark the former locations of two Embarcadero Freeway support columns
The dashed line that surrounds you marks the former locations of an Embarcadero Freeway column.
We sit and eat our lunch.
And follow the swing of the wrecking balls.
Demolishing the Free-way to Nowhere.
It is hypnotic, absorbing
It is happening
It is possible
To bring light and air and vistas
Back into human experience.
In clouds of dust with a satisfying thunks
We sit and eat our lunch.
August 11, 1991 - Anonymous
Second plaque
"The freeway that brooded over the Embarcadero with all the grace of a double decked prison wall is finally gone. In its place is a sweeping of air, fog, October sunlight, piers, ships, and the silver Bay Bridge, which is 55 years old and still looks modern."
October 7, 1991 - Carl Nolte
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