Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Tag: SF General Hospital

  • Alemany Emergency Hospital

    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…

  • Dance of the Cubes

    San Francisco General Hospital Potrero Hill Dance of the Cubes is by Jacques Schnier.  It is made of plastic and fiberglass and was done in 1975. Jacques Schnier taught at Berkeley for 30 years. First appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, he retired as Professor of Art, Emeritus, in 1966.  Jacques was…