Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
8
★★★
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Yerba Buena Cen-
ter for the Arts
is the cultural
anchor of SoMa. It serves as a major
arts-and-entertainment center, with
cultural programs for adults, educa-
tional and recreational facilities for
kids, and lovely gardens that serve
as an oasis in a very urban neighbor-
hood.
Best time: daylight hours.
Weekdays you'll see office workers
taking a lunch break in its lovely
grounds, while on weekends families
with kids enjoy the slides and play
areas.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/Yerba Buena Gardens
Argent
Hotel
City
College
Downtown
Center
St.
Patrick's
Church
Marriott
Hotel
Jessie
Square
(Future)
Parking
Mexican
Museum
Mission Street
California
Historical
Society
Butterfly
Garden
Fifth &
Mission
Garage
Metreon
(Sony
Entertainment
Center)
Yerba Buena
Center
for the Arts
Parking
Reflection
8A
8E
ESPLANADE
East
Garden
San
Francisco
Museum
of
Modern
Art
Stage
8D
Ship Sculpture
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorial
8C
Moscone
West
8B
Theater
Shaking
Man
Sister Cities
Garden
California
Academy
of Sciences
W Hotel
Howard Street
Moscone Convention
Center
Carousel
map not to scale
Moscone
Garage
8F
Zeum
8G
Children's Center
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★★★
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Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts
contains
three galleries for high-tech and
traditional exhibitions, plus a dance
space. The
+
Center for the
Arts Theater
hosts dance, music,
and theater performances. An
architect, sculptor, and poet came
together to design the
{
Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial
and its
50-foot waterfall. From May through
October, the Yerba Buena Festival
brings world-class musicians to the
}
Esplanade
for free concerts.
The
|
Sony Metreon Enter-
tainment Center
is a massive com-
plex with movie theaters, shopping,
and attractions like Maurice Sendak's
Where the Wild Things Are.
@
1 hr.
101 4th St.
y
800/638-7366. www.
metreon.com. Free admission. Attrac-
tions $6-$12. Daily 10am-10pm.
:
Zeum
is a hands-on science
museum for older kids.
701 Mission
St.
y
415/777-2800. www.zeum.com.
Admission $7, $5 kids 4-18. Wed-Sun
11am-5pm.
The
"
Children's
Center
has bowling, ice-skating,
a carousel, and an outdoor play-
ground.
Ice-skating & bowling: 750
Folsom St.
y
415/777-3727. Skating
$7, $5.50 kids under 13. Bowling
Sun-Thurs 10am-10pm, to midnight
Fri-Sat. $3.50/game or $20/hr.
@
1-3
hr. Between 3rd, 4th, Mission &
Folsom sts.
