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Ruth Asawa's San Francisco fountain. Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculptures project, U.S. Federal Government. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Apple revises SF store plans to preserve Ruth Asawa fountain

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Ruth Asawa's San Francisco fountain. Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculptures project, U.S. Federal Government. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco fountain. Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculptures project, U.S. Federal Government. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Apple Inc. has redesigned its plans for a flagship store in San Francisco to preserve a popular bronze fountain that has stood at the site for four decades.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday that Apple is proposing to move the circular fountain by the late sculptor Ruth Asawa while still incorporating the artwork into a plaza outside the new Union Square store.

The absence of the 7-foot-tall fountain from the plans Apple unveiled in May prompted an outcry from residents.

The fountain, installed in 1973, depicts local buildings and characters that Asawa cast in bronze from models that friends and local schoolchildren formed out of bread dough.

Asawa’s works are known nationally and are included in the collections of leading museums. The Japanese American artist died this month at age 87.

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Ruth Asawa's San Francisco fountain. Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculptures project, U.S. Federal Government. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco fountain. Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculptures project, U.S. Federal Government. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.