Must-see attractions in Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

  • Frank Lloyd Wright Building

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Shrink the Guggenheim, plop it inside a yellow-brick box with a round Romanesque entryway and put it where you'd least expect it: on a shady SF alley that…

  • United Nations Plaza

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    This brick-paved triangle with an often-dry fountain awkwardly commemorates the signing of the UN charter in San Francisco. Most days, UN Plaza offers…

  • Lotta's Fountain

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Lotta Crabtree made fortunes as San Francisco's diminutive opera diva, and she never forgot the city that paid for her trademark cigars. In 1875 she…

  • Federal Building

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The groundbreaking green design of this government-office building by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Thom Mayne means major savings in energy –…

  • One Montgomery Terrace

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    For great Market St views of old and new SF, enter through Crocker Galleria, take the elevator to the top and then ascend the stairs, or enter Wells Fargo…

  • Sun Terrace

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Enjoy knockout vistas of the Financial District and Transamerica Pyramid from atop a slender art deco skyscraper. Take the elevator to the 15th floor.