Beschreibung
The Moscone Center is the largest convention and exhibition complex in
San Francisco, California. It comprises three main halls: Two
underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, known as Moscone
North and Moscone South, and a three-level Moscone West exhibition hall
across 4th Street.[4][5] It was initially built in 1981 by architects
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum as one single hall, Moscone South, and
named after George Moscone, a former mayor of San Francisco who was
assassinated in 1978.
Moscone had opposed the development of the area since he thought it
would displace middle-class residents. The expansion of Moscone North
and Moscone West in 1992 and 2003 added an additional 600,000 square
feet (56,000 m2)[2] to its original 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) of
exhibit space.[2]
It is known for hosting several large professional gatherings, such as
the Macworld Expo, American Bar Association's annual meeting, the Game
Developers Conference, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference,
JavaOne and public gated events such as WonderCon and the 1984
Democratic National Convention.
PowerLight Corporation installed a large solar electricity system on
the roof of the center in March 2004. The installation of this system
marked San Francisco's first major step towards obtaining all municipal
energy from pollution-free sources. With the 60,000-square-foot (5,600
m2) solar array (675 kW capacity) in place, San Francisco boasts one of
the largest city-owned solar installations in the country. The
electricity generated by the solar system, combined with savings from
energy efficiency measures, delivers the equivalent energy to power
approximately 8,500 homes.
Adresse
747 Howard Street, 5th Flr.
San Francisco, Vereinigte Staaten
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