Sue Bierman Park, also known as Ferry Park, is a

park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

in the Financial District. Sue Bierman Park replaced off-ramps just north of the

Embarcadero Center Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of five office towers, two hotels, a shopping center with more than 125 stores, bars, and restaurants, and a fitness center on three levels located in San Francisco, California. There is an outdoor ice sk ...

, and next to the park Ferry Plaza was constructed in front of the

San Francisco Ferry Building The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall and an office building. It is located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California and is served by Golden Gate Ferry and San ...

, which itself was remodeled into an upscale gourmet marketplace in 2003. The park is named after

Sue Bierman Sue Bierman (August 5, 1924 – August 7, 2006) was a civic leader in San Francisco, serving on the San Francisco Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and the Port Commission. Born in Fremont, Nebraska, she moved to San Francisco in t ...

, a San Francisco civic activist and

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