On Larkin Street, facing the sycamore-lined Civic Center Plaza, recently opened the Museum of Asian Art. This former city's Main Library- another beaux-arts style1917 building- was adapted to host the largest museum in the Western world dedicated exclusively to Asian art and culture. Here is a picture taken only two months before the inauguration in February 2003.
To return downtown we will take the subway train from the Market Street station (at a walking distance from Larkin St.on Market St.) and get off at Montgomery Station in the Financial district.