San Francisco native Ruth Asawa, who passed away this month, placed many of her sculptures around
the city. One of the favorites with many people is the fountain in the
plaza of the Hyatt Union Square Hotel. The fountain, installed in
1973, was formed using baker's clay, with help from friends and school
kids who created some of the people, animals and autos. It was then
cast in bronze. Unfortunately, the fountain has been threatened by
Apple, which wants to replace the building at Post and Stockton with an
ugly Apple Store which would displace the fountain.
Here we see the Ferry Building with a sailing ship, a helicopter, and fish, but no ferry boats. I took this photo on 13-March-2009.
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