The landscaping surrounding Bank of America's west coast headquarters is one of the largest public greenspaces in downtown. Designed as a luncheon area for the occupants of Banker's Hill, there is plenty of seating, long vistas, tasteful and sunny minimalist artwork, and the local homeless population is kept away day and night.
Buttressed by a multitude of individual and prudently pruned hedges, it is easy to reflect the symbolism back onto the bank, who made its fortunes as the first U.S. financial institution to offer small bank accounts to immigrants and the working class. Stepping inside the interior garden reveals its more spectacular landscapes: A large waterfall element plunging stories under ground, massive shady trees, and a brightly colored orange-red (Calder red) Alexander Calder sculpture from 1974 title "Four Arches", a result of the one-percent-for-art zoning policy.
