Civic Center, San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area of a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions. It has two large plazas (Civic Center Plaza and United Nations Plaza) and a number of buildings in classical architectural style. The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (formerly the Exposition Auditorium), the United Nations Charter was signed in the War Memorial Veterans Building's Herbst Theatre in 1945, leading to the creation of the United Nations. It is also where the 1951
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band official band of San Francisco. In a ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on December 18, 2018, San Francisco mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors formally granted the band this title. As a legal 501(c)3 non-profit, The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is dedicated to providing music and entertainment for any non-profit organization that requests its services and does not conflict with its mission. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is a proud charter member of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association (LGBA), an international group with over 35 member bands and partner organizations. Since its inception in