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555 California St. (Bank of America Building) Plaza, San Francisco, CA

Designer: KenKay Landscape Architects

This high-profile plaza in front of downtown San Francisco's tallest building needed a facelift, but the work had to be done quickly at night in order not to disrupt business. The designer came up with a unique planter design that mirrored an important stylistic element of the facade, the triangle. The planters were to be of granite, and needed to be easy to install yet permanent. The solution was a tube steel frame with granite panels hung from each side, assembled on site. A custom polyethylene planter liner by Planter Technology set within the frame holds the plants & soil. The liners were installed with connections for drainage, irrigation, and in some places, electricity. Planter Technology also provided planter liners, garbage can liners & lids, ash/trash lids and concrete planter liners for the custom designed wood bench/planter combinations (see bottom picture below). Careful coordination with all fabricators played a large role in this project. Our product is barely seen, but key to making the whole thing work!

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