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hunter

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12. I have many good memories there.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:55 PM

Nov 4

With friends, with my wife, and later with my children.

I remember visiting when it was new.

Restore it!

Make it something that will last the ages, or at least until rising sea levels take it... that would be art too.

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SF's Vaillancourt Fountain: is it worth $29 million to restore it? [View all] Auggie Nov 2 OP

That thing is fugly as hell, tear it down asap. Dave Bowman Nov 2 #1

Ye gods, that thing is fffffuuugggllllyyyy! mwmisses4289 Nov 2 #2

Leave it. Cheaper to turn it into a fountain of plants, like earth will take back what's left behind. txwhitedove Nov 2 #3

Send it to the scrap yard and make a replica of it for a few thousand. nt doc03 Nov 2 #4

I worked in the ferry building and passed it everyday going to work kimbutgar Nov 2 #5

I enjoyed it when it was operational Auggie Nov 2 #6

Exactly I worked in Embarcadero 4 also. kimbutgar Nov 2 #8

Looks like it is already torn down Zorro Nov 2 #7

It is absurdly ugly. Get rid of it. NBachers Nov 3 #9

Vaillancourt Fountain is horrid as far as art but U2 did a concert there once. PufPuf23 Nov 4 #10

The Embarcadero Freeway Is Long Gone, Time For the Fountain To Be Gone dexdah Nov 4 #11

I have many good memories there. hunter Nov 4 #12

I was uninspired by it from the get-go and called it square dog shit Brother Buzz Nov 4 #13