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Tag: Richmond

  • Aero #8 by Moto Ohtake Spinning in the Richmond

    851 27th Avenue Richmond District * Aero #8 by Moto Ohtake – 2012 – Stainless Steel Inspired by the natural elements on both macro and microscopic levels, aero #8 is a self-contained wind driven system that creates an infinite number of movements in response to changes in weather patterns. Moto Ohtake was born in 1952…

  • Richmond District – Rochambeau Playground

    The Richmond District Rochambeau Playground 25th Avenue between California and Clement The artwork celebrates sports at Rochambeau Playground. Two concrete pillars clad in ceramic tile are topped by an 8-inch mosaic tennis ball and a 22-inch mosaic basketball. They mark the end of the handicapped ramp and the wall between the children’s playground and the…

  • The Richmond – Speaking Stones

    The Richmond District Richmond Recreation Center 251 18th Avenue Throughout the park is poetry cast into concrete benches and carved into stones. The artist, Seyed Alavi titled this piece Speaking Stones.  It was to be a poetry garden with metaphors for health, contentment and community. Seyed Alavi received a Bachelor of Science degree from San…

  • Richmond District – Fire Station #4

    The Richmond District 41st Avenue at Geary Fire Station Number 4 This is one of my favorite fire stations in the city.  There is something about its size, the fact that it is brick, and the position between two streets that just charms me. The Phoenix is by artist Lenda Anders Barth, and was installed…