Alex Giualini Plaza

Alex Giualini Plaza
General information
Status	abandoned
Type	City Hall (1930-1969)
Location	Mission Blvd Hayward, CA 94541
Coordinates	37.6708°N 122.082°W / 37.6708; -122.082
Construction started	late 1920s
Completed	1930
Opening	1930
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Owner	City of Hayward

Alex Giualini Plaza is a park surrounding a vacant building in downtown Hayward, California. The building was Hayward's first city hall. It is located on Mission Boulevard and D Street.

Motifs on the old City Hall building

History

The City Hall opened in 1930. A circle-in square design element on the building's facade was used to create the current city logo. It served as Hayward City Hall between 1930-1969. When the Hayward City Center Building opened in October 1969 the city government moved there. The current Hayward City Hall is located at 777 B Street, three blocks away from Giualini Plaza.

stone showing construction date

A trace from the Hayward Fault runs directly under the old City Hall building. The building was abandoned due to structural damage caused by aseismic creep.

interior stairway (building closed to the public)

Renaming

In 1999 the City of Hayward renamed the building and surrounding park Alex Giualini Plaza after a former mayor.^{[citation needed]}

commemorative plaque outside City Hall building, showing location of the former Rancho San Lorenzo