Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Marina

  • Marina Airfield

    Marina Airfield

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    Marina District This airfield was originally part of the 1915 Pan Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE). During the 266 days the Exposition ran the field was used several times a day. Aviator, stunt pilot, and native San Franciscan, Lincoln Beachey had been a main attraction of the fair, however,  he was tragically killed performing at the…

  • Marina District Lighthouse

    Marina District Lighthouse

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    1 Yacht Road Marina District Once there was a grand plan to construct two of these stunning stone lighthouses at the harbor entrance in the Marina District. The harbor itself was originally built as a lagoon for the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition of 1915. The lighthouse was the idea of Captain B.P. Lamb of the Park Commission,…

  • Moscone Park

    Moscone Park

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    Moscone Park 1800 Chestnut Street Marina District This Leatherback Sea Turtle and the Pink Short Spined Starfish in the playground of Moscone Park were gifts to the San Francisco Arts Commission from the Friends of Moscone Park These bronze sculptures were the work of Jonathan Roberson Beery. Jonathan Beery is a California native and studied…

  • McDowell Hall

    McDowell Hall

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    McDowell Hall Franklin Street Fort Mason Marina District Fort Mason was originally called Fort Point San Jose       According to a 2005 Historic American Buildings Survey Quarters 1 was built in 1877.  General Irvin McDowell secured $9,998.74 from Congress to construct Quarters 1. This building was not named McDowell Hall until July 1958, in…

  • Huru by di Suvero

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    Crissy Field Huru 1984-1985 Steel   “Huru”,  at 55 feet, is the tallest sculpture in the exhibit. A simple tripod base supports a six-ton upper section made of two long pointing pieces, like open scissors that move in the wind. Some read them as welcoming arms; to me they looked like futuristic machine guns, or…

  • Are Years What? #7 of 8

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    Crissy Field Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore) – 1967 “Are Years What (for Marianne Moore)”, is the first sculpture Mr. di Suvero made entirely with steel I-beams. Its main feature is a steel V-shaped angle that hangs and swings freely in space, counteracting the solidity of its two vertical and four sprawling diagonal beams.…

  • Old Buddy #6 of 8

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    Crissy Field Old Buddy (For Rosko) 1993-1995 “Old Buddy (For Rosko)” (1993-95), a tribute to the artist’s dog, could be read as an abstract animal. A rear upright section on two legs (which might have a tail) is joined to a front upright section on three legs (which might have a circular face and upward-pointing…

  • Mother Peace #5 of 8

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    Crissy Field Mother Peace – 42 feet tall, painted Steel 1969-1970 Mother Peace was originally installed near an entrance to the Alameda County courthouse in Oakland, but a judge, so offended by the peace sign that di Suvero had painted on one of the I-beams, transformed himself into an art judge and insisted on its…

  • Figulo #4 of 8

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    Crissy Field Figulo (2005-11) 47′ × 55′ painted steel, steel buoys – collection of the artist From the Brooklyn Rail when this piece was exhibited at Governor’s Island:  From afar, it looks to be a drafting compass fit for the gods. Its red extension beams ignite in the afternoon sunlight. At close range, the dimensions shift perceptually. The sculpture’s…

  • Will by di Suvero #3 of 8

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    Crissy Field Will, 1994- steel-  Doris and Donald Fisher Collection This exhibit on Crissy Field coincides with di Suvero’s 80th birthday, the exhibition holds particular significance for the artist, who immigrated to San Francisco from Shanghai at the age of seven. His passage beneath the Golden Gate Bridge—which opened a few years before his arrival—proved…

  • Magma by Mark di Suvero #2 of 8

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    Crissy Field “Magma” (2008-12), steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero, measures 25 feet tall by 48 feet wide. Leant by the artist, this piece is on public view for the first time.  Magma appears as a giant sawhorse in which a 48-foot I-beam is supported between two of the artist’s traditional, uneven tripods. It is…

  • Dreamcatcher first in a series of 8

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    Crissy Field In light of the closing of SFMOMA for its expansion, the museum is placing art “all around town”. This exhibit of EIGHT of Mark Di Suvero’s massive metal sculptures is the first of the series. As much as I love and respect the curators of the SFMOMA, I have always felt that they…

  • San Francisco’s Wave Organ

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    Yacht Road Marina Green * The View towards the wave organ from Marina Green Looking back towards downtown and Fort Mason from the Wave Organ The Golden Gate Bridge from the Wave Organ Palace of Fine Arts and the San Francisco Yacht Club, view from the Wave Organ The Wave Organ is an exhibit of…

  • Marina District – Passage

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    Marina District Bay and Laguna Kent Roberts Passage I fell in love with this the moment I laid eyes on it.  There is something so simple and yet amusing about this piece.  It is 25 feet long and made of stainless steel. The piece is part of the city’s Civic Art Collection. The description states…