Union Square
Union Square is a 2.6-acre public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district surrounding the plaza for several blocks.Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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- Type: Square
- Description: neighborhood in San Francisco
- Also known as: “Union Square, San Francisco”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Square Park and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is situated 2,000 feet east of Union Square.
Union Square/Market Street station
Railway station
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Union Square/Market Street station is an underground Muni Metro light rail station located adjacent to the southeast corner of Union Square in San Francisco, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Square-Financial District and Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District.
Union Square-Financial District
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Square-Financial District is an area of Downtown San Francisco, made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.
Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District
Neighborhood
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District is a historic district located in downtown San Francisco, California, in an area that sits between the Nob Hill and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
Union Square
- Categories: neighborhood, neighborhood in San Francisco, park, and plaza
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Union Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة الاتحاد”
- Bulgarian: “Юниън Скуеър”
- Chinese: “联合广场”
- Chinese: “聯合廣場”
- Dutch: “Union Square”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الاتحاد”
- Esperanto: “Placo Unio”
- French: “Union Square”
- German: “Union Square”
- Hebrew: “כיכר יוניון”
- Italian: “Union Square”
- Japanese: “ユニオンスクエア (サンフランシスコ)”
- Japanese: “ユニオンスクエア”
- Korean: “유니언 스퀘어”
- Persian: “میدان یونیون سان فرانسیسکو”
- Romanian: “Union Square”
- Russian: “Юнион-Сквер”
- Slovenian: “Union Square”
- Spanish: “Plaza Union”
- Spanish: “Plaza Unión”
- Turkish: “Union Square”
- Urdu: “یونین اسکوائر، سان فرانسسکو”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Liên Bang”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Liên Hiệp”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Union”
- Yue Chinese: “聯合廣場 (三藩市)”
- Yue Chinese: “聯合廣場”
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Spaulding Hotel and The Westin St Francis On Union Square.
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