San Francisco Now Has Giant Koi Fish Street Art — No, Actually
Consider the small school of massive fish an expanded version of artist Jeremy Novy’s family sidewalk fauna.
San Francisco’s Slow Streets Program has given way to a renaissance of public art. Take for example car-free JFK Drive, a.k.a. the “JFK Promenade”: It’s now home to dozens of public art components, which include two new bronze-steel statues that will make any passerby do a double take. Sanchez Slow Street, while delightful and known to act as a concurrent space for hella fine block parties, isn’t as creatively decorated as the aforenoted car-free corridor. (Mind you, the JFK Promenade is also home to the Golden Mile Project — a public art venture fiscally supported by the arts non-profit Illuminate. Nevertheless, the point stands.)
Recently, however, a truly awe-in...