Tag: Sydney Walton Park
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George Rickey and his Kinetic Sculptures
Sydney Walton Park Two Open Rectangles Eccentric Variation IV Triangle Section by George Rickey 1977 George Rickey has several kinetic sculptures around San Francisco. Rickey (1907-2002) was one of two major 20th-century artists to make movement a central interest in sculpture. Alexander Calder, whose mobiles Mr. Rickey encountered in the 1930’s, was the other. After starting out…
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The Embarcadero – Sidney Walton Park
Sydney Grant Walton, for whom the park is named, was a San Francisco banker who lived from 1901 to 1960. Reportedly he was a multitalented business- man, cultural leader and vice-chairman of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. As the plaque outside the park states, he was “vital in the formation of the concept and development…