Fodor's Expert Review Yerba Buena Gardens
These two blocks encompass the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Metreon, and Moscone Convention Center, but the gardens themselves are the everyday draw. Office workers and convention-goers escape to the green swath of the East Garden, the focal point of which is the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. Powerful streams of water surge over large, jagged stone columns, mirroring the enduring force of King's words, which are carved on the stone walls and on glass blocks behind the waterfall. Moscone North is behind the memorial, and an overhead walkway leads to Moscone South and its rooftop attractions.
The gardens are liveliest during the week and during the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, from May through October (www.ybgfestival.org), with free performances.
Atop the Moscone Center perch a few lures for kids. The historic Looff carousel ( $5 for 2 rides; $3 with museum admission) twirls daily 10–5.... READ MORE
These two blocks encompass the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Metreon, and Moscone Convention Center, but the gardens themselves are the everyday draw. Office workers and convention-goers escape to the green swath of the East Garden, the focal point of which is the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. Powerful streams of water surge over large, jagged stone columns, mirroring the enduring force of King's words, which are carved on the stone walls and on glass blocks behind the waterfall. Moscone North is behind the memorial, and an overhead walkway leads to Moscone South and its rooftop attractions.
The gardens are liveliest during the week and during the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, from May through October (www.ybgfestival.org), with free performances.
Atop the Moscone Center perch a few lures for kids. The historic Looff carousel ( $5 for 2 rides; $3 with museum admission) twirls daily 10–5. The carousel is attached to the Children's Creativity Museum ( creativity.org), an interactive arts-and-technology center ( $15) geared to children ages 3–12. Outside in the children's garden, kids adore the slides, including a 25-foot tube slide, at the play circle. Also part of the complex are an ice-skating rink and a bowling alley.
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