| Hallidie Plaza | |
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 View east in East Hallidie Plaza in 2020 | |
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| Location | Union Square |
| Nearest city | San Francisco |
| Coordinates | 37°47′4″N 122°24′29″W / 37.78444°N 122.40806°W |
| Created | 1973 |
| Designer | |
| Public transit access | Muni Metro/BART (Powell Street) |
Hallidie Plaza is a public square located at the entrance to Powell Street Station (the third-busiest BART station as of 2015[1]) on Market Street in the Union Square area of downtown San Francisco, California, United States. Hallidie Plaza was designed jointly by Lawrence Halprin, John Carl Warnecke, and Mario Ciampi and opened in 1973.[2] In 1997, a perforated stainless steel-screened elevator was added to provide access to the plaza and station for disabled people.
Although Powell Street station is one of the busiest stations in the BART system, Hallidie Plaza is relatively underused and has been criticized for its isolation from Market.
- ^ King, John (November 11, 2015). "Sunken Hallidie Plaza was a deeply wrong design idea". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ King, John (August 16, 2014). "Spoilers: Eyesore buildings that taint their environment". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 4, 2018.