Public Art Projects

Nuotatori
Vicki Saulls, 2005
North Beach Pool natatorium, Lombard between Mason and Powell
Scuptural wall installation-cast faces and glass tile.

Locus
Vicki Saulls, 2005
North Beach Clubhouse, Lombard between Mason and Powell
Cold-cast aluminum sliding door depicting topographic map of North Beach neighborhood.

Photos of People from the Neighborhood
John Rubin and Harrell Fletcher, 2002
735 Vallejo Street, between Columbus and Powell
Photos of people from the neighborhood enlarged and attached to the building, and fortunes in the parking spaces.

Five Carved Stones
Marcia Donahue, 2000
Chinatown Park (Woh Hei Yuen Park)
Powell St. between Jackson and John Streets
Granite stone sculpture resembling two smiling moon faces, two peaches, and a persimmon. They are incorporated into park landscape and are available for sitting and touching.

Tectonic Melange
Lampo Leong, 2000
Chinatown Park (Woh Hei Yuen Park)
Powell St. between Jackson and John Streets
Multi-colored granite paving medallion with calligraphic Chinese characters based on a poem by Wang Po (Tang Dynasty 650-676 B.C.E.).

Take Root
Rene Young, 1996
Chinatown Branch Library, Reading Room
1135 Powell Street between Jackson and Washington Streets
Illuminated signage in English and Chinese; light fixtures and copper panels with poems by community poets.

Light Clouds
Al Wong, 1994
Fire Station #2, 1340 Powell Street near Broadway
Eleven ceramic fritted glass marquee panels and four Plexiglass neon lanterns cast sinuous dragon-cloud shadows onto the façade of the building when the sun is overhead. This award-winning design is based on an 11th century Chinese art form that depicts clouds and water as dragons.

Untitled
Mary Fuller, 1984
Portsmouth Square (Tot Lot, lower level)
Clay and Kearny Streets
Cast concrete animal figures based upon the Chinese zodiac serve as climbing and sliding structures which help develop motor-skills in pre-school aged children.

Bay Bench
Steve Gilman, 1991
Embarcadero at Pier 7
Two 8-foot square granite benches with undulating bronze grates that allow the viewer to see the bay beneath them.

Skygate
Roger Barr, 1985
Embarcadero between Pier 35 and 39
26-foot-high mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture.