Dewey Monument
The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Square Park and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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 east of Dewey Monument.
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 3,000 feet northeast of Dewey Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Square-Financial District and Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District.
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.
Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District
Neighborhood
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District is a historic district located in downtown San Francisco, California, in an area that sits between the Nob Hill and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
Dewey Monument
- Type: Monument
- Description: Monument in Union Square, San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.78794° or 37° 47′ 17″ northLongitude
-122.40752° or 122° 24′ 27″ westInception
1903Height
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
849VQHQR+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 616479962OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5268201
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Dewey Monument” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杜威紀念碑”
- German: “Dewey-Denkmal”
- Russian: “Памятник Джорджу Дьюи”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Dewey”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Union Square/Market Street Station and CK Contemporary.
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