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  Gensler: Press Room
Located across the street from the existing Moscone Convention Center at Fourth and Howard Streets, this 775,000-square foot building will increase the capacity of Moscone Center by 45% and provide three stories of meeting space for mid-sized groups.
While most convention centers are closed, windowless boxes, Moscone West employs a transparent faÁade to integrate the building and its functions with its surroundings.
Moscone West's design accommodates the increased pedestrian circulation resulting from meetings with generous sidewalks along Fourth and Howard Streets.
www.gensler.com /news/2003/06-26_moscone.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco
The Moscone Center is located on Howard between 3rd and 4th Streets, with Moscone South on the right and Moscone North on the left.
Moscone South is on the right and Moscone North on the left.
The Moscone Center is located on the 700 block of Howard Street.
www.sftravel.com /mosconeconventioncenter.html   (753 words)

  
 Case Study: Moscone Center, San Francisco, California (1996-2001)
SMG made a corporate commitment to environmental responsibility in all operations at the Moscone Center, with the intent to significantly reduce the facility’s waste, use resources efficiently, benefit the local non-profit community through increased donations, and lower facility’s waste removal costs for clients.
Overall in 2001, SMG reduced the Moscone Center’s waste volume by 75 percent and waste tonnage by 40 to 50 percent.
Moscone’s goal is to reduce overall waste disposal by 80% by volume through more systematic collection methods, greater outreach to the ten employee unions, adding recycling bins to more areas, and piloting a plant and floral waste diversion program.
www.ciwmb.ca.gov /Venues/Implement/Moscone.htm   (1042 words)

  
 EPC Consultants Moscone Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The architectural and materials of the Moscone Expansion Center are designed to be compatible with the already existing convention center and the Yerba Buena Gardens district.
The design intention for the new Moscone Center Expansion is to express the building's function as a meeting hall, a welcoming place for visitors to the city, and a welcomed contribution to the civic community of San Francisco.
Moscone Associates, a joint venture between EPC Consultants, Inc. and The Allen Group, is providing construction management services on this project.
www.epcconsultants.com /moscone.htm   (187 words)

  
 Moscone Recreation Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moscone Recreation Center is a park located between Chestnut Street and Bay Street, Laguna Street and Webster Street in San Francisco's Marina District.
Formerly known as Funston Park, the area was renamed in honor of slain political figure George Moscone.
The park includes tennis courts, baseball diamonds, children's playgrounds, basketball courts, and putting greens.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moscone_Recreation_Center   (160 words)

  
 Solar Power Goes Urban at S.F.’s Moscone Center | The Sustainable Metropolis | Metropolis Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Moscone Center’s adaptations mean that, for San Francisco at least, solar electricity generation is now a fact of urban life.
San Francisco’s Propositions B and H, passed overwhelmingly by voters in November 2001 in the wake of California’s rolling flouts, are a $100 million initiative intended to spur installation of solar, wind, and energy-efficiency technologies through the issuance of revenue bonds.
While the PV panels are not visible from the street, a kiosk--located in the center’s lobby, right next to the bust of Mayor George Moscone--shows how much energy the panels are producing.
www.metropolismag.com /html/sustainable/case/MosconeCenterSolar.html   (632 words)

  
 San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center Will Receive 300,000 Sq Ft Expansion / Nov 1998
This third phase of the Moscone Convention Center, to be known as Moscone West, will be located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Howard Streets, facing the original Moscone Center (now called Moscone South), which opened in December of 1981 and Moscone North which opened in May of 1992.
Moscone Convention Center is within a 20 minute walk of 18,000 first class hotel rooms, with a total of 30,575 hotel rooms available within the city limits.
Moscone West will be directly across Fourth Street from the Sony Metreon entertainment center (opening in Spring of 1999) and will face the newly opened Rooftop at Yerba Buena Gardens which is literally on the roof of the Moscone South facility.
www.hotel-online.com /News/PressReleases1998_4th/Nov98_SFMoscone.html   (1036 words)

  
 George R. Moscone Convention Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Moscone Center is San Francisco's premier meeting and exhibition facility.
The Moscone Center consists of three components that were developed in phases over a period of more than 20 years.
All phases of The Moscone Center's development were financed by a combination of the proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds and accumulated hotel tax, plus earnings on bond proceeds.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2711.html   (1067 words)

  
 Moscone Center Hotel Accommodations - The Best Western Grosvenor
The Moscone Center is San Francisco's premier convention meeting and exhibition facility situated on two adjacent 11-acre blocks bounded by Mission, Folsom, Third and Fourth Streets.
Moscone Center hosts nearly three million visitors and over 85 trade shows, meetings, and conventions annually.
The central location of the Moscone Center only improves its appeal as it is within walking distance of many premium hotels that cater to the weary business traveler.
www.grosvenorsfo.com /san-francisco/Moscone-Center.htm   (248 words)

  
 The 300,000 sq ft Moscone West Convention Center Expansion is Completed; 89 Pre-Opening Bookings through 2013 / June ...
Moscone West is a freestanding facility adjacent to Moscone North and South and rises 110 feet from street level at the northwest corner of Fourth and Howard Streets.
Moscone West will also be used to accommodate groups using all three Moscone Center buildings (North, South and West).
Moscone Center is managed by Moscone Joint Venture, made up of SMG - the nation's largest private firm specializing in the management of public assembly facilities - and TLC, a locally owned San Francisco hospitality management company.
www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2003_2nd/Jun03_MosconeWest.html   (595 words)

  
 Moscone Convention Center Hotels - Hotels near the Moscone Convention Center
The spectacular San Francisco Marriott is located in downtown San Francisco adjacent to the Moscone Convention Center.
All of our hotels listed are within walking distance of the convention centers and are close proximity to city centers for great dining, night life, and entertainment.
Our convention centers listed host a variety of events ranging from trade show and food and beverage functions, to new product introductions and gala events.
www.conventionhotelguide.com /moscone_convention_center.html   (329 words)

  
 hotels near Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Moscone Convention Center Expansion Project will be a new, free-standing convention facility in close proximity to the existing Moscone Center.
Construction on the three story building is set to begin in the year 2000 and is projected to be open to the public by 2003.
The Rooftop at the Gardens, atop Moscone South, is a haven for children of all ages and home to Zeum (a technology and arts center), the Yerba Buena ice skating and bowling centers and a state-of-the-art childcare facility.
www.mosconeconventioncenter.com   (394 words)

  
 Moscone Center - Hotel Palomar, a San Francisco luxury hotel on Union Square
An easy one-block walk from San Francisco's downtown Hotel Palomar, the Moscone Convention Center provides more than two million square feet for major conventions and exhibitions coming to San Francisco.
Atop Moscone South are Zeum, a technology and arts center, ice-skating and bowling centers and a unique 1906 carousel.
Across the street atop Moscone North is a "sister cities" garden and cafes; Moscone West, a freestanding building, covers the better portion of another city block and rises to three levels.
www.hotelpalomar.com /palsf_moscone.html   (201 words)

  
 Villa Florence Hotel by San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center
The Moscone Convention Center is the premier meeting and exhibition facility in San Francisco.
Moscone Center is in the bustling and vibrant SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood, one block from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Sony Metreon entertainment mall.
In the heart of downtown San Francisco, Moscone Convention Center is within convenient walking distance of the elegant, Italian boutique hotel -- the Villa Florence Hotel.
www.villaflorence.com /vfhmosc   (157 words)

  
 Bay Area WOTY Winners, Dec. 7, 2001, Press Release
In a ceremony held this morning at the convention center, San Francisco’s SMG-The Moscone Center was recognized as one of California’s best business waste cutters for reducing by 75 percent the amount of material it disposes through recycling, reuse, and donations to charitable organizations.
Prior to recycling, the Moscone Center disposed of over 2,000 tons of waste annually in 719 bin compactors and debris box pulls at a cost of nearly $525,000 a year.
In addition, SMG-The Moscone Center was honored on November 27 in Sacramento as a recipient of Governor Gray Davis’ 2001 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards.
www.ciwmb.ca.gov /Pressroom/2001/December/046.htm   (2063 words)

  
 The San Francisco Story
The Moscone Center is San Francisco's premier meeting and exhibition facility situated in the heart of downtown.
This is the first solar project slated to be implemented since voters authorized the solar bond in November 2001.
Also, Moscone’s energy management systems will be better optimized by adding and upgrading sensors and upgrading some of its software.
www.votesolar.org /moscone.html   (264 words)

  
 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco - www.grosvenorsuites.com
The Moscone Center is San Francisco's premier meeting and exhibition facility situated on two adjacent 11-acre blocks bounded by Mission, Folsom, Third and Fourth Streets.
Situated in the heart of downtown, the Moscone Convention Center is within convenient walking distance of the Grosvenor Suites as well as downtown San Francisco's Financial District and Union Square.
For both Moscone Convention Center South and North, the relationship between the largely underground site and the pressures of the water table called for an unusual approach to excavation and foundation work.
www.grosvenorsuites.com /grosvenor-suites-nob-hill/moscone-convention-center.htm   (310 words)

  
 Moscone Center - San Francisco, CA, 94103-3181 - Citysearch
The Moscone Center is one of the most modern exposition centers in the Bay Area, drawing thousands of computer-industry types to mega-expos.
Two buildings, Moscone South and Moscone North, face each other across Howard Street and are connected by an elevated concourse.
The Center is just two blocks south of Market Street, San Francisco's main thoroughfare.
www.citysearch.com /profile/869303   (93 words)

  
 Attractions & Hotels near Union Square & Moscone Convention Center San Francisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Moscone Convention Center, Located in the urban heart of downtown district, is San Francisco, California's largest convention center and exhibition hall.
The convention center consists of three connecting halls, Moscone North, Moscone South and Moscone West, recently opened in 2003.
The Moscone Center is well known for hosting popular expos and tradeshows for companies such as Apple Computer, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
www.thepickwickhotel.com /attractions.html   (612 words)

  
 OracleWorld Back On Schedule After Bomb Scare - News by InformationWeek
Sep 11, 2003 01:00 PM OracleWorld was back on schedule Thursday after a bomb scare Wednesday afternoon resulted in the evacuation of San Francisco's Moscone Center, where the conference is being held.
Most of the 20,000 attendees poured out of the Moscone Center and milled around the nearby street corners, while others evacuated the center through subterranean service areas.
A Seybold Seminar 2003 was going on at the same time in the new west wing of the Moscone Center along Fourth Street between Howard and Mission.
www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=14704701   (477 words)

  
 Diller + Scofidio - Facsimile 2002 - Moscone Convention Center :: arcspace.com
Diller + Scofidio is currently working on a permanent installation, commisioned by San Francisco Arts Commission, for the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for 2002-3.
A 16’ foot high by 27’ wide video screen is suspended by a vertical structure that rides on a horizontal tracking system.
The apparatus could be seen as scanning device, a magnifying lens, a periscope (a camera at a high elevation looks toward the city), and as an instrument of deception substituting impostors for actual building occupants and spaces.
www.arcspace.com /architects/DillerScofidio/moscone   (173 words)

  
 San Francisco Moscone Convention Center Hotels: Sir Francis Drake
The Moscone Center is a mere ten-minute walk from our landmark Union Square hotel.
The Moscone Convention center is San Francisco's premier exhibition and meeting facility, located in the thriving SOMA (South of Market Street) district.
Also near the Moscone Center and our hotel are the infamous cable car lines, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Sony Metreon, many restaurants and public transportation stations, and the San Francisco Giants Ballpark.
www.sirfrancisdrake.com /sfdmosc/index.html   (143 words)

  
 Moscone Center bomb threat a false alarm; 11,000 were evacuated
Moscone Center bomb threat a false alarm; 11,000 were evacuated
Police made the decision to evacuate the three-building convention center on Howard Street between Third and Fifth streets.
They sipped lattes at coffee houses, talked on their cell phones and worked on their laptops, before being permitted back into the center to collect their personal items and leave.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/10/MNmoscone10.DTL   (295 words)

  
 Marriott: Downtown San Francisco Hotel Near Moscone Convention Center & Union Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nestled in the heart of the city, this San Francisco convention center hotel is situated across the street from the Moscone Center, and just steps from the city s top attractions, including Union Square and the Financial District.
of flexible meeting and banquet space, this elegant hotel is conveniently located near the Moscone Convention Center, providing the perfect destination for both corporate and social events.
Moscone Convention Center hotel provides comfortable, modern guest rooms and award-winning service
marriott.com /property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=SFODT   (304 words)

  
 WAYPORT BRINGS WI-FI TO SAN FRANCISCO'S MOSCONE CENTER THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH INSITE WIRELESS
It will ultimately be available throughout the Moscone Center's common area space and meeting rooms and will allow users to stay connected and productive during convention center conferences.
Wi-Fi signals are transmitted through the same antennas that are already improving the quality of cellular services inside the Moscone Center.
"Wayport's Wi-Fi service at the Moscone Center will be a great complement to our existing service in hotels, airports and select McDonald's, especially those in the San Francisco area," said Steve Fulford, vice president of strategic business development for Wayport.
www.wayport.com /press/144   (702 words)

  
 OracleWorld hit with bomb scare | Tech News on ZDNet
The Moscone Center notified the San Francisco Police Department of a bomb threat that targeted the center at 1:20 p.m.
The Moscone Center, the SFPD and a Bay Area FBI office all received threatening calls about it, Sgt. Neville Gittens with the SFPD said.
The Moscone Center has been the target of several bomb threats before, police Capt. Dennis Martel said.
news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5074383.html   (582 words)

  
 Electric Pi Journal: 8 Simple Rules for getting the most from the Macworld Experience
The schedule of conferences and sessions is available online, in the show program (which is readily available starting the day before the exhibit hall opens), and as a downloadable Palm OS calendar via several infrared “beaming stations” in the Moscone Center.
Set aside time in your schedule, if at all possible, to depart the convention center for a nearby eatery.
There is a very large dining and entertainment facility adjacent to the Moscone Center called the Metreon, which will provide a far better dining experience than staying at the show.
www.wap.org /journal/macworldrules.html   (1642 words)

  
 Beresford Hotels near the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Beresford Arms and Beresford Hotel are near the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
The Moscone Center in San Francisco is the areas premier meeting and exhibition facility, featuring over 2 million sq.
The 87-acre Yerba Buena Center redevelopment district offers a neighborhood of shops, restaurants, museums, housing, parks, urban recreation centers and hotels near the Moscone Convention Center.
www.beresford.com /arms/convention.htm   (157 words)

  
 San Francisco Moscone Center and Concourse Exhibition Center hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The 1.5 million square foot Moscone Convention Center is San Francisco's premier meeting and exhibition facility and the centerpiece of Yerba Buena Gardens.
A San Francisco landmark in its own right, Yerba Buena Gardes is home to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Rooftop at the Gardens and the Sony Metreon.
For a list of conventions and shows, please visit the Moscone Center website.
www.civiccenterinnsf.com /meetings.htm   (164 words)

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