United Nations Plaza (San Francisco)

United Nations Plaza
UN Plaza features the emblem of the United Nations and a view of San Francisco City Hall, looking west (2010)
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Location	Civic Center
Nearest city	San Francisco
Coordinates	37°46′48″N 122°24′50″W / 37.78000°N 122.41389°W / 37.78000; -122.41389
Area	2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Created	1975
Designer	John Carl Warnecke Mario Ciampi Lawrence Halprin
Public transit access	Muni Metro/BART (Civic Center)

United Nations Plaza (often abbreviated UN Plaza or UNP) is a 2.6-acre (1.1 ha) plaza located on the former alignments of Fulton and Leavenworth Streets—in the block bounded by Market, Hyde, McAllister, and 7th Street—in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California. It is located 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) east of City Hall and is connected to it by the Fulton Mall and Civic Center Plaza. Public transit access is provided by the BART and Muni Metro stops at the Civic Center/UN Plaza station, which has a station entrance within the plaza itself.^[1]

UN Plaza was designed by a joint venture of firms led by the noted architects Lawrence Halprin, John Carl Warnecke, and Mario Ciampi; Halprin designed the large sunken fountain. The plaza was dedicated in 1975 to commemorate the formation of the United Nations and the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco. Since its dedication, the plaza was refurbished in 1995 and 2005, and in Spring 2018, three redesign proposals were proposed for public review.