San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain may soon meet its end, despite public outcry:

Despite considerable public support for its preservation, San Francisco’s 1971 Vaillancourt Fountain is not being included in plans for a new city park where it currently stands.

Although city officials insist no final decision has been made regarding the fate of the sculptor Armand Vaillancourt’s Brutalist masterpiece in Embarcadero Plaza, the fountain was not a part of any of the planning activities prepared for a public consultation that took place on 8 July. […]

Moreover, some of the city’s justifications for redeveloping the site – such as the apparent need to attract more visitors – were undermined by the results of its own surveys. Most respondents indicated that they came to the park and plaza often (once a week or more) and walked or took public transit to get there. If the aim is to redevelop the site to better suit the needs of San Franciscans, the public consultation made it seem like many of those needs were already being met and that the public’s primary concern, preservation of the Vaillancourt Fountain, was not being considered at all.

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