Beale Street Plaza - San Francisco, CA - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

The Beale Street Plaza is a large and open space surrounded by towering buildings. It's quite serene, especially on the weekends when no one's around. It's loaded with beautiful foliage, and we'll get to that.

The Bechtel Museum is centrally located in the plaza. It is a railroad car named WaaTeeKaa. In the 1920s, it was home to Steve and Laura Bechtel and their family at remote construction sites in the West. The vintage railroad car that's in the plaza today has been restored to replicate the original WaaTeeKaa. You can tour it Monday through Friday from 11am to 2pm.

The plaza has an abundance of Japanese maples. The gardens are dotted with a rich mix of annuals. The plaza has comfortable benches backed by large planters filled with everything from flowering plants to ferns.

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Name: Beale Street Plaza Street Location: Beale Street Local Municipality: San Francisco State/Province, etc.: CA Country: USA Web Site: [Web Link] Memorial/Commemoration: WaaTeeKaa commemorates Bechtel Group's 90th Anniversary (in 1988) Picnic Facilities: Benches Recreational Facilities: Railroad Car Museum Monuments/Statues: No Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): No Fountains: No Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: No Traditional Geocaches: No Date Established: Not listed Special Events: Not listed

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