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Alioto Performing Arts Piazza</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG/250px-San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG/375px-San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG/500px-San_Francisco_City_Hall_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1524" data-file-height="1047" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The plaza with <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">San Francisco City Hall</a> in the background, March 2008</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="switcher-container"><style 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Civic_Center_Plaza&params=37.7795_N_122.4176_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°46′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">122°25′03″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.7795°N 122.4176°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.7795; -122.4176</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">4.53 acres (1.83 ha)<sup id="cite_ref-P&R_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1911<span class="noprint">; 113 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1911</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Galen_Howard" title="John Galen Howard">John Galen Howard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designation</th><td class="infobox-data">Civic Center <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> District</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit access</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Muni_Metro" title="Muni Metro">Muni Metro</a>/<a href="/wiki/BART" class="mw-redirect" title="BART">BART</a> (<a href="/wiki/Civic_Center/UN_Plaza_station" title="Civic Center/UN Plaza station">Civic Center</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Civic Center Plaza</b>, also known as <b>Joseph Alioto Piazza</b>, is the 4.53-acre (1.83 ha) plaza immediately east of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">San Francisco City Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center, San Francisco</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-P&R_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Civic Center Plaza occupies two blocks bounded by McAllister, Larkin, Grove, and <a href="/wiki/Carlton_B._Goodlett" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlton B. Goodlett">Carlton B. Goodlett</a> (the section of <a href="/wiki/Polk_Street" title="Polk Street">Polk</a> between City Hall and the plaza was renamed for Dr. Goodlett in 1999), divided into a north block and south block by the former alignment of Fulton Street. The block north of Fulton is built over a three-story parking garage (completed in 1960); the block south of Fulton lies over a former exhibition space, <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Hall" title="Brooks Hall">Brooks Hall</a> (completed in 1958). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_(original).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg/220px-Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg/330px-Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg/440px-Warswick_-_Civic_Center_Plaza_plan_%28original%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2229" data-file-height="1755" /></a><figcaption>Original design concept sketch from A.L. Warswick, c. 1912</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Recreation_%26_Parks_Department" title="San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department">San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department</a>, the size of Civic Center Plaza ranges from 4.53 to 5.38 acres (1.83 to 2.18 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-P&R_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PR-Alioto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PR-Alioto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Civic Center Plaza is approximately symmetrical from north to south (across an imaginary east–west line drawn along the former route of Fulton Street). Through the center of the plaza, two aisles of <a href="/wiki/Platanus_%C3%97_hispanica" class="mw-redirect" title="Platanus × hispanica">London plane</a> trees flank an east–west pathway leading to City Hall, with formal plantings north and south of the tree aisle. The plaza was reconstructed starting in 1956 to build two underground structures: Brooks Hall and a parking garage. There are two play structures which opened in 1999<sup id="cite_ref-SFC-990105_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC-990105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were refurbished in 2017 on the east (Larkin) side of the plaza, one in the northeast corner, and one in the southeast corner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brooks_Hall">Brooks Hall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Brooks Hall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Hall" title="Brooks Hall">Brooks Hall</a></div> <p>Brooks Hall, an underground space connected to the basement level of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_Civic_Auditorium" title="Bill Graham Civic Auditorium">Bill Graham Civic Auditorium</a>, was the main exhibition space for the City of San Francisco from its completion in 1958 until 1981, when the first phase of <a href="/wiki/Moscone_Center" title="Moscone Center">Moscone Center</a> was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-abandoned_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abandoned-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the course of its history, several notable computer shows held their inaugural events at Brooks Hall, including the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire" title="West Coast Computer Faire">West Coast Computer Faire</a> (1977)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Macworld/iWorld" title="Macworld/iWorld">Macworld</a> (1985).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is currently used to store materials from the nearby <a href="/wiki/Main_Library_(San_Francisco)" title="Main Library (San Francisco)">Main Library</a> and other historical artifacts, including the disassembled Exhibition Organ, a <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a> which was donated to San Francisco for the 1915 <a href="/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition" title="Panama–Pacific International Exposition">Panama–Pacific International Exposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abandoned_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abandoned-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parking_garage">Parking garage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parking garage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A three-story parking garage was completed under the north block of the plaza in 1960. Access to the garage is provided by ramps on McAllister and Larkin. Overall dimensions of the parking garage are 317 by 374 feet (97 m × 114 m) and the floor-to-ceiling clearance ranges from 10 feet (3.0 m) on the uppermost level to 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) on the two lower levels. The structure rests on a concrete slab varying in thickness from <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>3 to <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">6</span></span> feet (0.91 to 1.78 m) thick.<sup id="cite_ref-SARN-98_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SARN-98-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The parking structure was designed by Gould and Degenkolb.<sup id="cite_ref-SARN-98_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SARN-98-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playgrounds">Playgrounds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Playgrounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The playgrounds near Larkin were first installed in 1993 (north) and 1998 (south)<sup id="cite_ref-HD-concepts_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HD-concepts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the remodeling of City Hall completed in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-SFC-990105_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC-990105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were shut down and renovated in 2017 at a cost of $10 million, funded by a grant from the <a href="/wiki/Sanford_Diller#Philanthropy" title="Sanford Diller">Helen Diller Family Foundation</a> (administered by <a href="/wiki/The_Trust_for_Public_Land" class="mw-redirect" title="The Trust for Public Land">The Trust for Public Land</a>), and reopened in February 2018, when they were renamed the Helen Diller Civic Center Playgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-HL-20180205_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-20180205-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remodeled Helen Diller Playgrounds were designed by Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture and used concepts that drew inspiration from local weather phenomena, including <a href="/wiki/Karl_the_fog" class="mw-redirect" title="Karl the fog">Karl the fog</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HL-20180205_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-20180205-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HD-concepts_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HD-concepts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artificial grass is installed to cut water use, and the playgrounds are under constant surveillance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_(Engineering_News-Record,_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg/220px-General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg/330px-General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg/440px-General_View_of_Civic_Center_and_New_City_Hall_%28Engineering_News-Record%2C_vol_75_no_26_p_1222_fig_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of Civic Center with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_Civic_Auditorium" title="Bill Graham Civic Auditorium">Civic Auditorium</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">San Francisco City Hall</a> (under construction) in the background, circa 1916.</figcaption></figure> <p>After San Francisco was selected in 1911 to host the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, numerous civic improvements were proposed, and a commission was set up to judge entries for a City Hall design competition. The jurors on the commission were <a href="/wiki/John_Galen_Howard" title="John Galen Howard">John Galen Howard</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_W._Meyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederick W. Meyer (page does not exist)">Frederick W. Meyer</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Reid,_Jr._(architect)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Reid, Jr. (architect) (page does not exist)">John Reid, Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An early design by A. Lacy Warswick, a city architect, called for twin fountains along the north–south centerline of the plaza.<sup id="cite_ref-87-CCP_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87-CCP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12–14">: 12–14 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Camp_Agnos">Camp Agnos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Camp Agnos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plaza has had a history as a congregation spot for homeless people, driven in part by its proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Tenderloin,_San_Francisco" title="Tenderloin, San Francisco">Tenderloin District</a>. A tent city in Civic Center Plaza had existed for years prior to 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-89_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-89-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Art_Agnos" title="Art Agnos">Art Agnos</a> campaigned on a promise to treat the homeless more humanely and won the campaign for <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor of San Francisco</a> in 1987. After he assumed office, a large influx of homeless people started to move into Civic Center Plaza during the summer of 1989, prompting some to dub the new <a href="/wiki/Tent_city" title="Tent city">tent city</a> <b>Camp Agnos</b>. The preceding mayor, <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a>, had periodically ordered people to be removed from the plaza; in contrast, Agnos's campaign pledge exposed him to criticism after the homeless were described to be aggressively panhandling visitors. As a compromise, in July of that year, Agnos ordered police to remove tents and makeshift shelters but not the homeless residents.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-89_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-89-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the October <a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a>, some residents of San Francisco were forced to camp outdoors while buildings were inspected; more destitute citizens were forced out of their subsidized <a href="/wiki/Single_room_occupancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single room occupancy">single room occupancy</a> hotels and many made their way to Camp Agnos.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agnos again ordered encampments removed in July 1990, but refused to move the homeless people to another site until two permanent shelters could be built, which opened later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The long delay in opening shelters and the mayor's seeming acceptance of Camp Agnos contributed to Agnos's defeat in the re-election campaign of 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_Hall_gilding">City Hall gilding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: City Hall gilding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG/220px-Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG/330px-Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG/440px-Civic_Center_-_San_Francisco_-_construction.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A similar view from 2014 shows modern high-rises overlooking the Civic Auditorium and Civic Center Plaza.</figcaption></figure> <p>Civic Center Plaza was dedicated as the <b>Joseph L. Alioto Performing Arts Piazza</b> to honor former mayor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Alioto" title="Joseph Alioto">Joseph Alioto</a> on October 28, 1998. A spokesperson for Mayor <a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a> stated "It will be an area where people can sing opera, recite poetry, do all the things Mayor Alioto was so enamored of". Alioto had died earlier in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the initiative started by Mayor Brown to remodel City Hall, a refurbished Civic Center Plaza was unveiled in January 1999, including two new playgrounds; police patrols were deployed under a new policy to roust the homeless, who generally moved two blocks east to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Plaza_(San_Francisco)" title="United Nations Plaza (San Francisco)">UN Plaza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFC-990105_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC-990105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Public concerts were scheduled as part of the effort to change the unsavory reputation of Civic Center Plaza. At the time, it was announced that plans for a permanent remodeling of the plaza were being prepared.<sup id="cite_ref-SFC-990105_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFC-990105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redesign">Redesign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Redesign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, city officials started accepting proposals to redesign the plaza.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civic_Center_Plaza&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-P&R-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-P&R_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-P&R_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-P&R_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sfrecpark.org/reservablefacility/civic-center-plaza/">"Civic Center Plaza (Joseph Alioto Piazza)"</a>. <i>San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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