San Francisco Fountain
San Francisco Fountain is a bronze sculpture and fountain completed in 1970 by Ruth Asawa, located outside the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in downtown San Francisco, California, United States.Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Description: Fountain and sculpture by Ruth Asawa in San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Also known as: “Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco Fountain”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Transamerica Pyramid
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. Transamerica Pyramid is situated 2,600 feet northeast of San Francisco Fountain.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. 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. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is situated 2,100 feet southeast of San Francisco Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Square-Financial District and Chinatown.
Union Square-Financial District
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Square-Financial District is an area of Downtown San Francisco, made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.
Chinatown
Quarter
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinatown, centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and is one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.
San Francisco Fountain
- Categories: sculpture, fountain, body of water, and tourism
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.78888° or 37° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
-122.40708° or 122° 24′ 26″ westOpen location code
849VQHQV+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 288512968OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap feature
water=fountainWikidata ID
Q17026805
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In Other Languages
“San Francisco Fountain” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Fontana di San Francisco”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Apple Mini Park and Grand Hyatt San Francisco.
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