The Vaillancourt Fountain
The picture of the amazing that you see here is the Vaillancourt Fountain; the Vaillancourt Fountain is one of San Francisco’s amazing attractions. The Vaillancourt Fountain is located in the Justin Herman Plaza and Four Embarcadero Center. It is built on the cleared land for the Embarcadero Freeway and BART. The location of the Vaillancourt Fountain is built in the former sites of hotels and bars.
The design of the Vaillancourt Fountain has been created by the Francois Vaillancourt a French Canadian sculptor during 1971. The Vaillancourt Fountain has faced a lot of criticism, some say it looks like pile of poop while other say it’s simply an eye sore. However, the Vaillancourt Fountain stays to be an attractive attraction in San Fran.
The Vaillancourt Fountain is a huge cubic fountain that is 200 ft long, 140 wide and has height if 36 ft. However, originally the Vaillancourt Fountain has been named by its creator Francois Vaillancourt as “Quebec Libre” which is a French word, if you translate it; it simply means “Free Quebec”.
When the Vaillancourt Fountain is in operation the Vaillancourt Fountain releases thousands of water gallons from its apertures. The Vaillancourt Fountain has a large square stepping stones; these stepping stones will allow the people to walk through the cluster of cubic plumbing, it is enveloping the visitors in a roaring presence.
The Vaillancourt Fountain also has an upper catwalk that can be really fun. Even though the Vaillancourt Fountain has received a lot of names as well as criticism, the Vaillancourt Fountain stays as one of the most attractive attractions that you will see in San Francisco.