Taraval and 48th Street
Sunset District
These sculptures designed by DPW landscape architect Martha Ketterer are part of the Taraval Streetscape Improvement Project. The design combines the lightness and fragility of surfboards or sails with monumental weight and verticality. The work was then adorned with tile work by Colette Crutcher suggestng the ceaseless dance of the ocean and its creatures.
Surfhenge is a nickname for Taraval Street.
The $1,600,000. Taraval Streetscape project is part of the revitalization of a neglected neighborhood at San Francisco’s western edge.
Martha Ketterer is a Landscape Architect for the Department of Public Works. She is a San Francisco native and has a degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design from UC Berkeley. She also designed these wonderful tree grates in The Mission District.
Colette Crutcher has been in this site many times before. She is a multi discipline artist. She began her career with painting and printmaking but now covers a variety of media.
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