The center of the city in many ways. Hotels, shop...

The center of the city in many ways. Hotels, shopping, restaurants, theaters and more. Even the cable cars run through it. It's not quite a city park in a traditional sense, but more like a space with no real function other than to gather, to think or to observe others. Fun fact, it's called Union Square because this is where the protest support gathered for the Union in San Francisco during the Civil War. This may be surprised some people