17/50.- San Francisco, Veteran's War Memorial Building

The building we see in this picture looks quite similar to the War Memorial Opera building. It is the War Memorial Veterans Building housing the Herbst Theatre, an auditorium, galleries space, office rooms for various cultural activities.

The historic importance of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center is marked by such international events as the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945 (the Herbst Theatre) and the Japanese Peace Treaty of 1951 (the Opera House).

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