Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

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  • McDowell Hall

    McDowell Hall

    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…

  • Fort Mason – Wind Arrows

    * * Sailboat wind indicators mounted at on 3-foot intervals on a flagpole at the east end of Fort Mason illustrate how the laminar flow of wind changes with the height.  This variation is often more complex and dramatic than expected.  Along the San Francisco shoreline, for example, the difference of only 20 feet in…