San Francisco public art fee funds art though building construction
If there's one thing San Francisco loves, it's large-scale public art projects. From Cupid's partly-submerged bow and arrow perched at the edge of the Embarcadero to legendary landscape architect Lawrence Halprin's iconic fountain at U.N. Plaza, the city is dotted with visionary sculptures and installations. Many of these pieces were funded by a law mandating downtown developers of projects over 25,000 square feet spend at least one percent of construction costs on public art that can be viewed, for free, by anyone. (SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS) Read More... Read the full story
