Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Japantown

  • Thomas Starr King

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    Franklin between Starr King and Geary Japantown/Western Addition/ Fillmore Due to the lack of land their are very few bodies actually buried within the City of San Francisco.  This is why the Sarcophogus of Thomas Starr King is so unusual. Thomas Starr King, a young, inexperienced Unitarian minister, came to San Francisco in 1860 when…

  • St Markus Kirche

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    St Marks Cathedral 1111 O’Farrell Street Fillmore/Japantown/Western Addition  Germans starting flocking to the San Francisco Bay area during the gold rush of 1849 . The dedication of the present church building in 1895 marked three decades of effort by German immigrants to establish Lutheranism in California. Rev. Frederick Mooshake from Goettingen University arrived in 1849 to…

  • Japantown – Fan

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    Japantown Webster Street, San Francisco There is a plaque near this fan – or Sensu – and this is what it reads: The Japantown Sensu (fan) is a modern interpretation of traditional Japanese forms blended with the unique Japanese American culture that has existed, persisted and grown in San Francisco’s Nihonmachi since 1906. Invented in…

  • Japantown – Landmarks Project

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    Japantown Post Street San Francisco This sculpture is part of the California Japantown Landmarks Project. It is made of bronze and stone, stands 9 feet high, and weighs 1000 pounds.  The sculpture is by Louis Quaintance and Eugene Daub.  It was installed in San Francisco’s Japantown in 2005. A 20th-century sculptor, Eugene Daub has been…

  • Western Addition – Blue Wall

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    Western Addition San Francisco Geary and Fillmore Streets This is Geary Street in San Francisco.  On the left is Japantown and on the right is the Western Addition. The Fillmore street overpass has stretches of blue glass on either side.  This installation is titled 3 Shades of Blue by Mildred Howard. The piece is a…

  • Japantown – Origami Fountains

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    Japantown These are two of my most favorite fountains in San Francisco.  They are by Ruth Asawa and they reside in the Nihomachi Pedestrian Mall in Japantown. Nihomachi is a term used to designate an historical Japanese community.  Ruth Asawa has been in the site before, and her website shows the wonderful work she does with…