A month after the San Francisco Arts Commission ordered the dismantling of the Embarcadero’s iconic Vaillancourt Fountain, a local organization is formally challenging the work’s destruction. In an appeal sent to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, Northern California’s chapter of Docomomo US (a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Modernist sites) argued that the city’s parks and recreation department had unlawfully bypassed a mandatory review process in its pursuit to build a park over the fountain. The jutting Brutalist fountain, created by 96-year-old Canadian sculptor Armand Vaillancourt in 1971, has long marked Embarcadero Plaza and the surrounding structures. Vaillancourt told Hyperallergic about his dismay at the prospect of his fountain’s destruction, describing the sculpture as “the best of me.” To read the full story by isaislearninghowtouseacamera, visit the link in bio. . . . #SanFrancisco #Brutalist #Fountain #Preservation #Architecture