Civic Center
UN Plaza | |
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| San Francisco Civic Center Historic District | |
.jpg) Aerial view of Civic Center at dusk in 2016, facing north. San Francisco City Hall is featured in the center. | |
  Civic Center Location within Central San Francisco | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′45″N 122°24′57″W / 37.77917°N 122.41583°W | |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Jane Kim and London Breed ( block bounded by Van Ness, Turk, Golden Gate Ave., & Franklin ). |
| • State Assembly | Matt Haney (D)[1] |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D)[1] |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.27 km2 (0.492 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.27 km2 (0.492 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 10,101 |
| • Density | 7,925/km2 (20,525/sq mi) |
| [3] | |
| ZIP codes | 94102, 94109 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
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San Francisco Civic Center Historic District | |
 San Francisco Civic Center, looking west along UN Plaza to City Hall | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Golden Gate Ave., 7th, Franklin, Hayes, and Market Sts., San Francisco, California |
| Area | 45.6 acres (18.5 ha) |
| Built | 1912[5] |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century revivals Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000757[4] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 10, 1978[4] |
| Designated NHLD | February 27, 1987[6] |
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]
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- ^ a b Charleton, James P. (November 9, 1984). "San Francisco Civic Center" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "San Francisco Civic Center". National Historic Landmark Quicklinks. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.