Civic Center, San Francisco Photos

San Francisco's Civic Center is a large square ringed by significant public buildings including City Hall, the Opera House, the New Library, the Old Library (now the Asian Art Museum) plus other government buildings.

See also: San Francisco & Bay Area
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James Lick Memorial (1894) by Frank Happersberger shows Eureka with a bear with plaques covering various California discoveries on Civic Center Plaza.

City Hall dome cupola. City Hall, San Francisco

Opera House & Veterans Auditorium.

Opera House & Veterans Auditorium (1932). Architect: Brown & Lansburgh.

Opera House facade.

Opera House lobby ceiling.

New State Office Building.

New State Office Building (1985). Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Corner tower on city building at Polk & McAllister Streets.

California State Office Building (1926) to right of City Hall in front of other government office buildings. Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Walter Danforth Bliss & William Baker Faville. On National Register.

Asian Art Museum in the former San Francisco Public Library building (1916).
Architect: George Kelham. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

New San Francisco Public Library (1996) on Civic Center Plaza. Architect: James Ingo Freed & Cathy Simon.

Side facade of new San Francisco Public Library.

Main Post Office & Federal Court House (1902) (7th at Mission St.). Style: Neo-Baroque. Architect: James Knox Taylor.

Federal building on United Nations Plaza near Civic Center.

United Nations Plaza fountain (1980) by Lawrence Halprin.

McAllister Tower Apartments (1929 ) (originally William Taylor Hotel) (100 McAllister Street ) 28 floors.
Style: Art Deco. Architect: Miller & Pflueger + Lewis Parsons Hobart.


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