Yerba Buena Gardens

There's usually something to see at Yerba Buena Gardens^{1https://ybgfestival.org/events/}, especially on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Even on other days this is a beautiful place to rest and explore. Have a treasure hunt and see if you can locate all the artworks^{2List of Artworks 1. Deep Gradient / Suspect Terrain by John Roloff - a green glass ship rising near a fountain 2. MLK Jr Memorial Fountain "Revelations" by Houston Conwill, Estella Majoza, and Joseph De Pace. Does not count if you don't go behind the water! 3. Three Dancing Figures by Keith Haring 4. Shaking Man by Terry Allen (he's a bit eerie, but try moving as you look at him) 5. Urge to Stand by Chico MacMurtrie. Sit on the bench facing it and look at the sculpture of a skeletal robot atop a globe. If nothing happens you're probably not heavy enough, ask someone to sit with you. 6. Double Horizon by Sarah Sze (two mosaic boulders on the bridge, note the "shadow") 7. Point Cloud by Leo Villareal (only visible in the dark through the glass of the Moscone pedestrian bridge) 8. Sanctorum by Mel Vera Cruz and Woven Kultura by Dee Jae Pa'Este - two beautiful murals near 4th St that will make you think about the native and immigrant heritage of this neighborhood 9. Genesis, by Christine Corday, a mighty curve of steel 10. Oche Wat Te Ou, the Ohlone reflection garden by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish and Kootenai) and James Luna (Luiseño and Diegueño). Rest there, under the redwoods, and make a donation to the Ohlone tribe https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html before you cross Mission St towards the stained glass windows and wooden saints of St. Patrick's church.}. Play chess at a shaded table, watch the butterflies in the butterfly garden, eat a picnic bought at the Metreon shopping center next door, or ride the carousel next to the mirrored ice cream cone of the Children's Creativity Museum. If you do have children along, don't miss the magnificent playground.


^{1https://ybgfestival.org/events/}https://ybgfestival.org/events/
^{2List of Artworks 1. Deep Gradient / Suspect Terrain by John Roloff - a green glass ship rising near a fountain 2. MLK Jr Memorial Fountain "Revelations" by Houston Conwill, Estella Majoza, and Joseph De Pace. Does not count if you don't go behind the water! 3. Three Dancing Figures by Keith Haring 4. Shaking Man by Terry Allen (he's a bit eerie, but try moving as you look at him) 5. Urge to Stand by Chico MacMurtrie. Sit on the bench facing it and look at the sculpture of a skeletal robot atop a globe. If nothing happens you're probably not heavy enough, ask someone to sit with you. 6. Double Horizon by Sarah Sze (two mosaic boulders on the bridge, note the "shadow") 7. Point Cloud by Leo Villareal (only visible in the dark through the glass of the Moscone pedestrian bridge) 8. Sanctorum by Mel Vera Cruz and Woven Kultura by Dee Jae Pa'Este - two beautiful murals near 4th St that will make you think about the native and immigrant heritage of this neighborhood 9. Genesis, by Christine Corday, a mighty curve of steel 10. Oche Wat Te Ou, the Ohlone reflection garden by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish and Kootenai) and James Luna (Luiseño and Diegueño). Rest there, under the redwoods, and make a donation to the Ohlone tribe https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html before you cross Mission St towards the stained glass windows and wooden saints of St. Patrick's church.}List of Artworks
1. Deep Gradient / Suspect Terrain by John Roloff - a green glass ship rising near a fountain
2. MLK Jr Memorial Fountain "Revelations" by Houston Conwill, Estella Majoza, and Joseph De Pace. Does not count if you don't go behind the water!
3. Three Dancing Figures by Keith Haring
4. Shaking Man by Terry Allen (he's a bit eerie, but try moving as you look at him)
5. Urge to Stand by Chico MacMurtrie. Sit on the bench facing it and look at the sculpture of a skeletal robot atop a globe. If nothing happens you're probably not heavy enough, ask someone to sit with you.
6. Double Horizon by Sarah Sze (two mosaic boulders on the bridge, note the "shadow")
7. Point Cloud by Leo Villareal (only visible in the dark through the glass of the Moscone pedestrian bridge)
8. Sanctorum by Mel Vera Cruz and Woven Kultura by Dee Jae Pa'Este - two beautiful murals near 4th St that will make you think about the native and immigrant heritage of this neighborhood
9. Genesis, by Christine Corday, a mighty curve of steel
10. Oche Wat Te Ou, the Ohlone reflection garden by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish and Kootenai) and James Luna (Luiseño and Diegueño). Rest there, under the redwoods, and make a donation to the Ohlone tribe https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html before you cross Mission St towards the stained glass windows and wooden saints of St. Patrick's church.