Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Outer Mission

  • Peter VandenBerge at CCSF

    Peter VandenBerge at CCSF

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    Childcare and Development Center CCSF Phelan Campus The building is now Closed This whimsical mural is by ceramic artist Peter VandenBerge.  It measures 8′ by 5′ and is made of ceramic tiles. Vandenberge has been on this site before. VandenBerge was part of the legendary group at University of California, Davis, during the 1960s. Working…

  • Mosaics of Balboa Park

    Mosaics of Balboa Park

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    Ocean and San Jose Avenue Mission Terrace/Outer Mission There are several mosaics throughout the new Balboa Park Playground.  This bench sits on the exterior of the playground and explains about the restoration of the park, it also lists all the donors that helped  to make the project possible. The mosaic work is by Rachel Rodi. …

  • Balboa Park’s Art Fence

    Balboa Park’s Art Fence

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    Ocean and San Jose Avenue Mission Terrace/Outer Mission Balboa Park became part of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department in 1908.  In the 1950s a swimming pool and baseball fields were added.  Then in 1953 a 3,000 person soccer stadium was included in the park.  The 1970s brought a tot park, and then age and…

  • The Gates of Cayuga Playground

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    End of Cayuga Avenue at Naglee Avenue Under the Bart Train and The 280 Freeway Outer Mission Cayuga Playground is once again open.  Your first greeting is the painted still fence, titled Cayuga Portal. Through the City’s two-percent-for-art program, the SFAC commissioned artist Eric Powell to create two new decorative gates for the park. The…

  • The Artist of Cayuga Playground

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    Cayuga and Naglee Avenue Outer Mission In 2011 I read this wonderful article  in Conversations.org and was intrigued to visit Cayuga Park and Demetrio Braceros’ work.  I drove to Cayuga Playground to discover that it was closed.  The sign said it would reopen in a few months.  Alas, the work took until August of 2013 to actually…

  • The Rebirth of Cayuga Playground

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    Cayuga and Naglee Avenues Outer Mission The 3.89 acre, 63 year old, Cayuga Playground closed December 2011 for a badly needed $8.4 million renovation. About $7.3 million of the renovation was paid for by the 2008 voter-approved parks bond, $711,000 from a state urban greening grant and $1.36 million from BART’s Earthquake Safety Program Impact Compensation.…

  • Alemany Emergency Hospital

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    35 Onandaga Avenue at Alemany Mission Terrace / Outer Mission   This beautiful building was once the Alemany Emergency Hospital. There were no other emergency rooms other than San Francisco General Hospital before 1966, therefore the County was responsible for all emergency care and all emergency ambulance transport. Emergency care was provided throughout San Francisco…

  • Transverse and Column at the Balboa Park Bart Station

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    Balboa Park Bart Station Ocean and San Jose Avenue Transverse and Column by Carroll Barnes – 1977 Corten Steel 9’H x 8’W x 19’L * Carroll Barnes was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1906.  He attended Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and was awarded a national scholarship to study with Carl Milles…

  • Outer Mission – Swoon

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    Outer Mission – San Francisco Hampshire and 24th Street This was done in 2008, and is showing it’s age.  But the elegance of it is worth showing, even in its present state. Swoon is a street artist originally from Daytona Beach, Florida. She moved to New York City at age nineteen, and specializes in life-size…