Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Hearts of the city

Should you arrive at San Francisco General Hospital by bus on Potrero Avenue, you'll be greeted by this imposing, but perhaps also forbidding, maternal figure. Why is she wearing a helmet?

 
Look ahead and you'll see your way marked by cheerful hearts.
 
Gimpy patient and helpful doc seem a bit more welcoming.
 
Perhaps an orderly on break?
 
Good to see this figure getting around.
This public art displays works by sculptor Tom Offerness. He evokes SF General as "the heart of the city" and so it remains despite having been absorbed by San Francisco's best known oligarch, robber baron, and philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg.

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