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Cupid’s Span

Cupid's Span is an outdoor sculpture by married artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, installed along the Embarcadero in , California, in the United States.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in San Francisco, California, U.S.
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Embarcadero and Folsom station and Transamerica Pyramid.

Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Muni Metro light rail station located in the median of The Embarcadero between Folsom Street and Harrison Street in the Rincon Hill area of San Francisco, California. is situated 410 feet south of Cupid’s Span.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 3,900 feet west of Cupid’s Span.

Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a modern and contemporary art and nonprofit organization located in , . SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Cupid’s Span.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rincon Hill and San Francisco Transbay development.

Neighborhood
Photo: Barabas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , . It is one of San Francisco's many hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The relatively compact neighborhood is bounded by Folsom Street to the north, the Embarcadero to the east, Bryant Street on the south, and Essex Street to the west.

Neighborhood
The is a completed redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the site, South of Market near the Financial District in , .

Quarter
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a neighborhood in , California, United States, that serves as its main central business district and had 372,829 jobs according to U.S. census tracts as of 2012–2016.

Cupid’s Span

Latitude
37.79153° or 37° 47′ 30″ north
Longitude
-122.39002° or 122° 23′ 24″ west
Open location code
849VQJR5+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175010375
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q3007583
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Satellite Map

Discover Cupid’s Span from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Cupid’s Span” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rincon Park and Waterbar.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Fast Tides, Frisky Winds, & Wet Sails and The Embarcadero & Folsom Street.

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