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San Francisco’s (and California’s) largest green hotel (550 rooms), as certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (more<\/a>) \u00a0\u00a0 came on as the anchor hotel for San Francisco yesterday. Details as we work them out but talk about exciting. Our bike route to the Nation’s Capitol begins in the largest platinum level certified bicycle city in America \u00a0from one of the very \u00a0few gold level certified\u00a0LEED\u00ae (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) hotel properties in the USA. the\u00a0Intercontinental San Francisco<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

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Rising 32 stories above the vibrant South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood, its translucent cool-blue tower\u00a0has quickly taken its place among the city\u2019s most admired landmarks.\u00a0Inside and out, the Intercontinental Hotel San Francisco, \u00a0near the Moscone Center and CalTrain station in San Francisco is as graceful \u00a0as it is spectacular. And we look forward to building thet Golden Gate City around them as they make for \u00a0a propitious \u00a0cornerstone for our new cross country route.<\/div>\n

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Wow!!<\/div>\n

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More soon!!<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0THX 4 all of U!!<\/div>\n

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San Francisco’s (and California’s) largest green hotel (550 rooms), as certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (more) \u00a0\u00a0 came… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nbg-route","category-san-francisco"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-28b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7978,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/04\/11\/san-franciscos-groundbreaking-cyclists-our-2014-mayors-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":8195,"position":0},"title":"San Francisco’s Groundbreaking Cyclists & our 2014 Mayors’ Ride","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Having grown up in San Francisco's East Bay,\u00a0San Francisco in the 70's or 80's was a pretty tough place to ride a bike.\u00a0\u00a0I remember when the only place bicycles could be found moving about in The City was in Golden Gate Park. 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