16th Street Mission station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located under Mission Street at 16th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. Service at the station began, along with other stations between Montgomery Street Station and the Daly City station, on November 5, 1973.[3] The station is served by the Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue lines.
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| Location | 2000 Mission Street San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°45′53″N 122°25′12″W / 37.76485°N 122.42004°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BART M-Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Hertzka & Knowles[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 5, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 5,600 (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station design
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16th Street Mission station is oriented north-south under Mission Street. It has two underground levels, with a single 700-foot (210 m)-long island platform serving two tracks on the lower level.[4][5] Above it is a mezzanine, vaulted for most of its length. Two stairs and one escalator spread out along the station, plus one elevator at the far north end, connect the two levels. The fare lobby is at the south end of the mezzanine under the intersection of 16th Street and Mission Street. Entrances with escalators and stairs are located in the plazas at the northeast and southwest corners of the intersection; the surface elevator is at the northeast entrance.[4]
24th Street Mission station, also designed by Hertzka & Knowles, has an identical design.[5] Both stations have concrete reliefs by William Mitchell on the walls of their entrances.[6] The mezzanine and platform levels of both stations also feature colorful tilework by Janet Bennett.[5][7][8] The tiles at 16th Street Mission are colored blue, olive, yellow-green, and gray; the designs and hues were inspired by the nature of Marin County.[5][7]
An early-2000s renovation of the southwest plaza added several additional art pieces. These include Palaza del Colibri by Victor Mario Zaballa – colorful metal railings depicting hummingbirds – and Future Roads by Jos Sances and Daniel Galvez, a screen printed tile mural around the entrance.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
- ^ "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
- ^ a b "Station Map: 16th St. Mission Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Mission Street Stations the Same". The San Francisco Examiner. April 20, 1972. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Bay Area history reclaimed: The story of 95-year-old artist Janet Bennett and her longstanding tile artworks at 16th and 24th St. stations". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 22, 2024.
- ^ "BART tile work checked". The Argus. March 5, 1971. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Comprehensive Station Plan: 16th Street Mission" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2004.
- ^ Jones, Carolyn (October 25, 2002). "Putting the art in BART / Mosaics, murals and steel cows brighten up Oakland, Berkeley stations". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
External links
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