32,238
edits
No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
This district is frequented mainly by civil servants and the residents of nearby Queens. [[Taxi]]s and [[Stretch]]es can also be seen in this area, suggesting the variety of visitors to the city's civic center. | This district is frequented mainly by civil servants and the residents of nearby Queens. [[Taxi]]s and [[Stretch]]es can also be seen in this area, suggesting the variety of visitors to the city's civic center. | ||
The general area is a re-creation of San Francisco's [[Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]], which similarly encompass a concrete plaza surrounded by Beaux Arts/Edwardian architecture. The city hall building is a toned-down replication of the [[wp:San Francisco City Hall|San Francisco City Hall]], while the museum is derivative of the [[wp:Asian Art Museum of San Francisco|Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]]; lesser structures around the plaza appear to borrow elements from the [[wp:Image:Earl Warren Building (San Francisco).JPG|Earl Warren Building (old California State Building)]]. | The general area is a re-creation of San Francisco's [[wp:Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]], which similarly encompass a concrete plaza surrounded by Beaux Arts/Edwardian architecture. The city hall building is a toned-down replication of the [[wp:San Francisco City Hall|San Francisco City Hall]], while the museum is derivative of the [[wp:Asian Art Museum of San Francisco|Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]]; lesser structures around the plaza appear to borrow elements from the [[wp:Image:Earl Warren Building (San Francisco).JPG|Earl Warren Building (old California State Building)]]. | ||
== Pickups == | == Pickups == |