Robert Johnson has some wonderful narration that accompanies the images above.

Twitter's corporate headquarters are in San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin district.

It's one of the city's most depressed areas. The hope is that the influx of tech workers there will spur a mini-renaissance of a long-neglected neighborhood.

Read Robert's narration: 

http://businessinsider.com/photos-twitter-office-hq-in-san-francisco-2014-4?op=1

i love the bird and branch motif! looks like my apartment!

That kind of natural motif puts people at ease.

sounds like they are also trying to put the tenderloin district at ease too.  how nice.  :)

A lot of wood in the Tenderloin!  (This post is a dare.  I have passed the test.)

HAHAHAHAHA!!!  geege, you continue to crack me up!

:-)

Well played, Geege. Well played.