San Francisco will begin dismantling Embarcadero's Vaillancourt Fountain next week. The Embarcadero Plaza landmark has been dry since 2024. A judge denied a recent legal effort to stop the artwork's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lawsuit accuses city officials of fabricating an "emergency" that would allow them to tear down the Vaillancourt Fountain ...

Work to disassemble and remove Vaillancourt Fountain from Embarcadero Plaza is scheduled to start Monday, following months of controversy and a legal challenge, the San Francisco Recreation and Park ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A security fence surrounds Vaillancourt Fountain at Embarcadero Plaza last July. San Francisco is set to begin dismantling and ...

Embarcadero Plaza’s Maligned Brutalist Fountain Likely Done For, According to Rec and Parks Official It’s another rectangular tube in the coffin for the Embarcadero Plaza’s 54-year-old Vaillancourt ...

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Since it was first unveiled in 1971, the 710-ton brutalist-style Vaillancourt Fountain has been a divisive piece of public art within San Francisco. The tangle of concrete square tubes once fit in ...

The Vaillancourt Fountain may be demolished as part of a redevelopment of the Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, where it has stood for 54 years. The controversial public artwork, officially named ...

Vaillancourt Fountain, an example of Brutalist architecture, in the Embarcadero neighborhood, San Francisco, California, September 18, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Installed in ...