| Aurora | |
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| Artist | Ruth Asawa |
| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Stainless steel |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| 37°47′33″N122°23′29″W / 37.79252°N 122.39152°W Coordinates: 37°47′33″N122°23′29″W / 37.79252°N 122.39152°W | |
Aurora, also known as Aurora Fountain, [1] [2] is an outdoor 1986 stainless steel fountain and sculpture by Ruth Asawa, installed at Bayside Plaza (188 Embarcadero) at Howard Street in San Francisco, California. [3] [4]
Children's Fairyland, U.S.A. is an amusement park, located in Oakland, California, on the shores of Lake Merritt. It was one of the earliest "themed" amusement parks in the United States. Fairyland includes 10 acres (4.0 ha) of play sets, small rides, and animals. The park is also home to the Open Storybook Puppet Theater, the oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the United States.
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Events from the year 1986 in art.
The de Young Museum, formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California. Located in Golden Gate Park, it is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, along with the Legion of Honor. The de Young is named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.
The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, also called SOTA or RASOTA, is a public alternative high school in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1982 and is part of the San Francisco Unified School District.
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Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, or sometimes simply San Francisco Fountain, is a 1970 bronze sculpture and fountain by Ruth Asawa, located outside the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in downtown San Francisco, California, in the United States.
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