SAN FRANCISCO-Admirers of Ruth Asawa bronze fountain near Union Square might be relieved today, as the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that it will stay where it is.
Apple Inc. has presented city officials with a revised design for a new flagship store it hopes to build across from Union Square at Post and Stockton streets. Where the initial proposal in May did not take the fountain into consideration, it now will be placed near steps leading to a plaza between the back of the Apple Store and the side of the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, the newspaper says.
The proposed design of the building itself has changed too. Instead of Stockton Street being walled off by steel panels 80 feet long and more than 20 feet high, the design includes an 8-foot-wide glass "window" that will be notched deep into the wall.
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David Phillips
David Phillips is a Chicago-based freelance writer and consultant with more than 20 years experience in business and community news. He also has extensive reporting experience in the food manufacturing industry for national trade publications.
