ugh, apple.
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/05/16/apple-to-open-new-store-on-union-square/
i understand that it's "vision" and not a rendering, but that's really not great, considering the back side steps and plaza there up stockton. chiu and lee are right though that apple will probably bring more people into union square than levi's did/does.
as for sf as a bedroom community, it was hyperbole, yeesh. you guys don't need to load this thread up with obviousness.