Hayward City Hall

Hayward City Hall
Hayward City Hall
General information
Status	City Hall
Location	777 B Street/Watkins St.
Coordinates	37°40′16″N 122°05′08″W / 37.67112°N 122.08557°W / 37.67112; -122.08557Coordinates: 37°40′16″N 122°05′08″W / 37.67112°N 122.08557°W / 37.67112; -122.08557
Construction started	1996
Completed	1998
Opening	January 10, 1998[1]
Technical details
Floor count	4[1]
Design and construction
Owner	City Of Hayward
Architect	Helger/Manus Architects
Developer	Sarfi Regis Group[2]

Hayward City Hall is the third and current Hayward city hall building, located in downtown Hayward, California, USA. next to the Hayward BART Station. The city hall opened in January 1998,^[1] replacing the abandoned Hayward City Center Building, which served as Hayward's city hall for 29 years from 1969 to 1998. Hayward's first city hall, which is also closed to the public, is now in the Alex Giualini Plaza, three blocks away.

Earthquake preparedness

Since the building is located close to the Hayward Fault, it was designed to withstand a major earthquake.^[3] The inability of the Hayward City Center building to withstand a major earthquake, shown by damage to it from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, was the main motivation for the new city hall's construction.

plaque commemorating the time capsule at City Hall

Details

The interior of the building contains a time capsule, to be opened on January 10, 2048, on the 50th anniversary of the building's dedication.

Events

The park and plaza facing the city hall is host to various city sponsored events, including a weekly farmer's market, and in July, the Hayward-Russell City Blues Festival.^[4][5] The city hall contains an art gallery run by the Hayward Arts Council. in 2011, the gallery hosted a major exhibition of the work of Corita Kent.^[6][7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} About Hayward, City of Hayward.
2. ^ dedication plaque, Hayward City Hall, Jan 10, 1998
3. ^ Seismic Isolation of Hayward City Hall, Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc.
4. ^ Bay Area Blues Society website
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Hayward Arts Council website
7. ^ "Work of pop art icon Corita Kent coming to Hayward, Castro Valley galleries", Oakland Tribune, February 14, 2011