Civic Center, San Francisco
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Civic Center UN Plaza |
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| Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
| San Francisco Civic Center Historic District | |
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 Civic Center
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| 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 | David Chiu (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| 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) |
| ZIP codes | 94102, 94109 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
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San Francisco Civic Center Historic District
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San Francisco Civic Center, looking west along UN Plaza to City Hall
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| 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 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century revivals Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP Reference # | 78000757 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 10, 1978 |
| Designated NHLD | February 27, 1987 |
The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area of 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), the United Nations Charter was signed in the War Memorial 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 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1978.
The Civic Center is bounded by Market Street on the south, Franklin Street on the west, Turk Street on the north, and Leavenworth and Seventh streets on the east. The Civic Center is bounded by the Tenderloin neighborhood on the north and east and by the Hayes Valley neighborhood on the west; Market Street separates it from the South of Market or "SoMa" neighborhood.
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