Yerba Buena/Moscone station

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Muni Metro station Yerba Buena/Moscone
A shuttle train at the station in November 2022
General information
Location4th Street at Folsom Streets
San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°46′55″N 122°24′03″W / 37.782062°N 122.400911°W / 37.782062; -122.400911
Line(s)Central Subway
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Muni: 8, 8AX, 8BX, 12, 30, 45, 91
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 19, 2022
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station
Union Square/​Market Street
towards Chinatown
 T Third Street 4th and Brannan
towards Sunnydale
Location
Map

Yerba Buena/Moscone station is an underground Muni Metro light rail station located at 4th Street and Folsom Street in the South of Market (SoMa) district of San Francisco, California. It is named for the adjacent Yerba Buena Gardens and Moscone Center. It opened on November 19, 2022, as part of the Central Subway project. Initial service is a weekend-only shuttle between Chinatown and 4th and Brannan; full T Third Street service will move to the Central Subway in January 7, 2023.[1][2]

Station layout

Yerba Buena station has only one entrance, located close to but not along the intersection of 4th Street and Folsom Street. Escalators, elevators, and stairs take passengers between the surface and the ticket hall, labeled as a Concourse level by the station. After passing through fare gates, passengers take a second set of elevators, escalators, and stairs down to platform level. The station is designed as an island platform, though the immediately upper level within the station hosts additional balconies.[3][4]

Artwork

Of the ten artworks installed for the Central Subway, three are located at Yerba Buena/Moscone station:

  • Node by Roxy Paine, is a 110 feet (34 m)-tall sculpture shaped like a branch, tapering from a diameter of 48 inches (1,200 mm) at the base to 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) at the peak, located in the plaza outside the station.[5]
  • An untitled work by Catherine Wagner consists of her photographs taken during the late 1970s during the construction of the Moscone Center, rendered on etched granite panels approximately 10 by 12.5 feet (3.0 m × 3.8 m) on the mezzanine and platform walls. One photograph is rendered in art glass at the surface level station entry at 14 by 23 feet (4.3 m × 7.0 m).[6][7][5]
  • Face C/Z by Leslie Shows is a photographic image of iron pyrite enlarged to 36 by 15 feet (11.0 m × 4.6 m) and rendered in glass, metal, gravel, and other materials above the faregates.[8][9][10]

A work by Tom Otterness, consisting of 59 bronze sculptures, was canceled in November 2011 after it was publicized that Otterness had previously filmed himself in 1977 shooting a dog for the piece "Shot Dog Film".[11][12] Three temporary artworks were displayed on the fence around the construction site: Horizons by Kota Ezawa in 2013–14,[13] Ellipsis in the Key of Blue by Randy Colosky in 2014,[14][15] and Procession, by Jason Jägel in 2017.[16][17]


References

  1. ^ "SFMTA Announces Opening Schedule of the Central Subway Project" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Central Subway Opens November 19 with Special Weekend Service" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. November 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Central Subway Yerba Buena Moscone Station | MWA Architects". MWA Architects. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Central Subway (October 11, 2012), Picture5, retrieved November 22, 2022
  5. ^ a b "Central Subway Public Art Program". San Francisco Arts Commission.
  6. ^ Wagner, Catherine (October 19, 2011). "Final design drawings, Moscone Station public art, San Francisco" (PDF). City of San Francisco. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "Wagner as installed" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission, Visual Arts Committee. June 16, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Lovvorn, Jennifer (May 11, 2012). "Central Subway Moscone station: Ticketing Hall wall detailed public art project outline" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "Panel Summary: Artist selection panel - meeting 2, Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Ticketing Hall wall" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission. April 3, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "Shows as installed" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission, Visual Arts Committee. June 16, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  11. ^ Sabatini, Joshua (September 16, 2011). "Sculptor who killed dog set to make San Francisco Central Subway art". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  12. ^ Sabatini, Joshua (November 17, 2011). "Dog-killer artist loses SF contract, keeps second". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Chinatown Central Subway Station: Kota Ezawa Mural". flickr. San Francisco Arts Commission. January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  14. ^ "Panel Summary -- artist selection panel meeting 1" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission. May 9, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  15. ^ "YBM barricade, Colosky final design" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission. December 18, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  16. ^ "Artist selection panel meeting summary" (PDF). San Francisco Arts Commission. September 16, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  17. ^ "Visual Arts Committee minutes". San Francisco Arts Commission. October 19, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

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