Going to Greenbuild, but don’t know where to stay, what to eat, or where to go when you’re not listening to folks like Candy Chang, cofounder of the Civic Center in New Orleans? We’ve got you covered.
Orchard Garden Hotel
Stay
Orchard Garden Hotel
A half-mile walk from Moscone Center and one of the first LEED-certified hotels in the world. theorchardgardenhotel.com
Eat
The Plant Cafe: Organic
“Organic, fresh, local” dining whose main location at Pier 3 is just 1.3 miles from the Moscone Center. theplantcafe.com
The Plant Cafe
Explore
Conservatory of Flowers
San Francisco’s oldest conservatory (circa 1878) and the oldest building in Golden Gate Park. conservatoryofflowers.org
Conservatory of Flowers
Presidio of San Francisco
A bay-side park with nearly 220 years of history, historic buildings, beaches, forests, and iconic views. (Also home to the LEED Platinum Crissy Field Center, featured in gb&d’s July issue on p. 115.)
nps.gov
EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park
An integral environmental-justice-education facility, and San Francisco’s first net-zero building.
lejyouth.org
