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Vaillancourt Fountain, sometimes called Québec libre!, is a large fountain in Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, designed by the Québécois artist Armand Vaillancourt in collaboration with the plaza's landscape architect, Lawrence Halprin, and completed in 1971.
The Embarcadero (Spanish for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco, California. It was constructed on reclaimed land along a three mile long [ 2 ] engineered seawall , from which piers extend into the bay.
With the advent of containerization and San Francisco's limited real estate, Oakland became the primary Bay Area port in the 1960s. The finger piers located along the northern waterfront quickly became outdated. San Francisco made an attempt to retain cargo capabilities by building new facilities in the southeast corner of the city.
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California.Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts, and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District is a Registered Historic District in the city of San Francisco, California, United States. It consists of Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5, which form one of the largest [ citation needed ] surviving pier complexes along San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront road. [ 1 ]
The Audiffred Building is a three-story historic commercial building in San Francisco, California, United States, formerly the location of waterfront bars and of the headquarters of a seamen's union, and now housing Boulevard restaurant. It is City of San Francisco Landmark number 7, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring rivers and watersheds as far as the Sierra Mountains. Since 2005 the Aquarium has focused its mission on enabling ...
Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of four office towers, two hotels, and a shopping center located in San Francisco, California. An outdoor ice skating rink opens during winter months. An outdoor ice skating rink opens during winter months.