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Civic Center, San Francisco, California

Civic Center
UN Plaza
Neighborhood of San Francisco
San Francisco Civic Center Historic District
Graham Auditorium & Fox Plaza.
Civic Center is located in San Francisco
Civic Center
Civic Center
Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates: 37°46′45″N 122°24′57″W / 37.77917°N 122.41583°W / 37.77917; -122.41583
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

San Francisco Civic Center Historic District
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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
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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