Tag: Lake Merced
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Penguin’s Prayer
1100 Lake Merced Blvd. Sunset District Penguin’s Prayer by Beniamino Bufano Placed by Lake Merced Neighborhood Organization Bufano Society of the Arts Dedicated December 4, 1976 This sculpture by prolific, and San Francisco darling, Benny Bufano was originally made for the Treasure Island Golden Gate Exposition of 1939.
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Juan Bautista de Anza at Lake Merced
Lake Merced * This equestrian statue of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, founder of the City San Francisco, is located in a parking lot off Lake Merced Boulevard on the north shore of the Lake. A plaque, in both Spanish and English, on the statue base reads: As a high tribute to an illustrious historical…
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Peace by Bufano
800 Brotherhood Way Peace by Benny Bufano Located at the entrance to the San Francisco Airport for almost forty years”Peace” was relocated to make way for a parking garage. After restoration it was moved to Brotherhood Way, where it stands now. Benny Bufano was born in Italy in 1898, Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano came to the…