SoMa (South of Market) District
Market St is
one of the main streets in San Francisco, you can walk from Castro District at
its southwest end to Ferry Building and the bayfront on it northeast end.
You can easily spend
in this district half a day, visit at one of the art museums (SFMOMA) and explore
the streets and gardens.
This blog
section is all about the area south of Market Street.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(SFMOMA):
This is
probably the best and largest art museum in San Francisco with art collection
that spans from the modern era through to today.
Look at the
museum website for up-to-date exhibition information.
https://www.sfmoma.org/
Salesforce Park:
The roof of the
huge transportation hub building is topped by a 5.4-acre rooftop park open to
the sky and surrounded by towering skyscrapers from all sides.
Salesforce Park
is an interesting place to visit.
Enjoy this
public park walking trail, there are 600 trees and 16,000 plants arranged in 13
different botanical feature area, you can also find here children’s play area.
Opening hours: 6
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Dogs are not
allowed at Salesforce Park.
https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/salesforce-park/
“How Weird Street” Fair:
This is
probably one of the most fun events this city has to offer.
Its date is not
fixed but usually it happens around the first weekend of May each year (in 2022
it was moved to Oct. 15).
The street
festival is centered around Howard and 2nd Streets.
If you are
visiting the city on a weekend that has the festival, you must come and enjoy
this fair of happiness, weirdness, and love.
Live electronic
dance music and dancing, unique art, and people from all ages, colors, and
genders come to have fun at this huge street party.
https://howweird.org/
Other point of interest
in this district:
· Yerba Buena Gardens is an arts center: an open garden with several small art museums. Across the street in Moscone Center convention complex you can visit Children's Creativity Museum, the playground, and Ice Skating and Bowling Center.
·
The Giants play baseball at
waterfront Oracle Park. They play games from late March through late September.
You can walk to the nearby marina, or walk from here up north to Ferry Building.
·
Viewpoint: At the top floor of San
Francisco Marriott Marquis, you can find the View Lounge, order cocktails &
small plates and enjoy the city view from it massive arched windows.
You can easily
walk between the different attraction in this district and from here you can go
north to Union Square or to Embarcadero St and the Ferry Building.
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