Yerba Buena/Moscone station explained

Yerba Buena/Moscone
Address:	4th Street at Folsom Street
Borough:	San Francisco, California
Coordinates:	37.7821°N -122.4009°W
Line:	Central Subway
Connections:	Muni:,,,,,
Structure:	Underground
Platform:	1 island platform
Tracks:	2
Accessible:	Yes
Opened:	November 19, 2022
Passengers:	300 daily boardings^[1]
Pass Year:	February 2023
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	14

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 Convention Center. It opened on November 19, 2022, as part of the Central Subway project. The station is served by the T Third Street line which runs between and .

Service

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.^[2]

The station is also served by Muni bus routes,, and, plus two weekday peak hours express services, the and . Additionally, the and bus routes, provide service along the T Third Street line during the early morning and late night hours respectively when trains do not operate.^[3]

Artwork

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

• Node by Roxy Paine, is a -tall sculpture shaped like a branch, tapering from a diameter of at the base to at the peak, located in the plaza outside the station.^[4]
• 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× on the mezzanine and platform walls. One photograph is rendered in art glass at the surface level station entry at 14×.^{[5] [6]}
• Face C/Z by Leslie Shows is a photographic image of iron pyrite enlarged to 36× and rendered in glass, metal, gravel, and other materials above the faregates.^{[7] [8] [9]}

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".^{[10] [11]} Three temporary artworks were displayed on the fence around the construction site: Horizons by Kota Ezawa in 2013–14,^[12] Ellipsis in the Key of Blue by Randy Colosky in 2014,^{[13] [14]} and Procession, by Jason Jägel in 2017.^{[15] [16]}

External links

• SFMTA – Yerba Buena/Moscone Station

Notes and References

1. News: S.F.'s Central Subway saw declines in ridership during its first two months of service, data show . Ricardo . Cano . San Francisco Chronicle . March 16, 2023 . March 21, 2023.
2. Web site: Central Subway Yerba Buena Moscone Station MWA Architects . 2022-11-22 . MWA Architects . en-US.
3. Web site: July 9, 2022 . Muni Service Map . December 2, 2022 . SFMTA . en.
4. Web site: Central Subway Public Art Program . San Francisco Arts Commission.
5. Web site: Wagner, Catherine . October 19, 2011 . Final design drawings, Moscone Station public art, San Francisco . June 4, 2018 . City of San Francisco.
6. Web site: Wagner as installed . June 16, 2021 . San Francisco Arts Commission, Visual Arts Committee . 17 August 2021.
7. Web site: Central Subway Moscone station: Ticketing Hall wall detailed public art project outline . Lovvorn, Jennifer . May 11, 2012 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.
8. Web site: Panel Summary: Artist selection panel – meeting 2, Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Ticketing Hall wall . April 3, 2013 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.
9. Web site: Shows as installed . June 16, 2021 . San Francisco Arts Commission, Visual Arts Committee . 17 August 2021.
10. News: Sabatini, Joshua . September 16, 2011 . Sculptor who killed dog set to make San Francisco Central Subway art . San Francisco Examiner . December 14, 2017.
11. News: Sabatini, Joshua . November 17, 2011 . Dog-killer artist loses SF contract, keeps second . San Francisco Examiner . December 14, 2017.
12. Web site: Chinatown Central Subway Station: Kota Ezawa Mural . flickr . January 16, 2014 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 16 August 2021.
13. Web site: Panel Summary -- artist selection panel meeting 1 . May 9, 2013 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.
14. Web site: YBM barricade, Colosky final design . December 18, 2013 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.
15. Web site: Artist selection panel meeting summary . September 16, 2014 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.
16. Web site: Visual Arts Committee minutes . October 19, 2016 . San Francisco Arts Commission . 17 August 2021.