Another petition aims to rename Justin Herman Plaza yet again

Largely unmentioned in all of this talk about the plaza is the plaza space itself. For the curious, an exhibition of the works of its designer, Lawrence Halprin, has been on display at the Palace of Fine Arts since May and is set to close September 4. 

Halprin, it turns out, also pitched in designs for Ghiradelli Square, Levi’s Plaza, United Nations Plaza (he loved those red bricks, it seems), and perhaps most importantly Stern Grove. Given all that, naming something after him might be in order one of these days.