Civic Center, San Francisco
The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area located a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions. It has two large plazas (Civic Center Plaza and United Nations Plaza) and a number of buildings in classical architectural style. The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (formerly the Exposition Auditorium),[5] the United Nations Charter was signed in the Veterans Building's Herbst Theatre in 1945, leading to the creation of the United Nations. It is also where the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco (the peace treaty that officially ended the Pacific War with the Empire of Japan, which had surrendered in 1945) was signed. The San Francisco Civic Center was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987[6] and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1978.[4]
Civic Center
UN Plaza
Jane Kim and London Breed ( block bounded by Van Ness, Turk, Golden Gate Ave., & Franklin ).
1.27 km2 (0.492 sq mi)
1.27 km2 (0.492 sq mi)
10,101
7,925/km2 (20,525/sq mi)
Roughly bounded by Golden Gate Ave., 7th, Franklin, Hayes, and Market Sts., San Francisco, California
45.6 acres (18.5 ha)
1912[5]
Late 19th and 20th Century revivals
Beaux-Arts
October 10, 1978[4]
February 27, 1987[6]
Location[edit]
The Civic Center is bounded by Market Street to the southeast, Franklin Street to the west, Turk Street to the north, and Leavenworth Street, McAllister Street, and Charles J. Brenham Place to the east. The Civic Center borders the Tenderloin neighborhood on the north and east and the Hayes Valley neighborhood on the west; Market Street separates it from the South of Market, or "SoMa", neighborhood.
Ronald M. George State Office Complex: Earl Warren Building with the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building behind
