Tag: Aileen Bar
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Lincoln Park Steps
Lincoln Park End of California Street Lincoln Park was dedicated to President Lincoln in 1909. At the terminus of California street just past 32nd Avenue sits the Lincoln Park Steps. These steps date to the time of the park and were the access for the surrounding neighborhood. If you simply sit on the benches at…
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Tile Benches at Alta Plaza
Alta Plaza Steiner/Clay/Scott/Jackson Pacific Heights There are two benches in the children’s area of Alta Plaza Playground covered in beautiful tile mosaics. Commissioned by Friends of Alta Plaza Park, the artist, Aileen Barr, combined handmade tile and mosaic to create the two seating walls for the newly renovated playground. A series of donor tiles…
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Lincoln Park – Tile Bench
Lincoln Park/Sea Cliff 32nd and California * * Aileen Barr This project was made possible by the Friends of Lincoln Park, San Francisco Parks Trust and the San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation. Aileen Barr has a large body of tile work around San Francisco. She studied Ceramic Design at the National College of…
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Mission District – 24th Street Mini Park, San Francisco
24th and York This is another mosaic by Colette Crutcher, this time, in collaboration with her husband, Mark Roller and friend Aileen Barr. The park is at 24th and York in San Francisco. It is a wonderful little mini park in a terrific part of the Mission District. This giant mosaic statue of the Mesoamerican…
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Golden Gate Heights – Mosaics in San Francisco
This amazing set of stairs is at 16th Avenue and Moraga in San Francisco. The artists are Colette Crutcher and Aileen Barr. This 163 step stairway was a collaboration of the Golden Gate Heights Neighborhood Association and the San Francisco Parks Trust. Colette and Aileen led a group of over 300 volunteers in making 163…