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Residents, Takahashi Foundation urge restoration of Ruth Asawa installation in Osaka Way
Summary
Public commenters at the March 3 Arts Commission meeting asked the city to preserve Ruth Asawa’s Osaka Way installation in Japantown, saying planned redesigns that call the site "Buchanan Mall" risk removing Japanese‑era design elements; the Takahashi Foundation offered $1 million toward restoration.
At the March 3 meeting of the San Francisco Arts Commission, public commenters urged the commission and city staff to preserve and restore a long‑standing Ruth Asawa public art installation in the Osaka Way / Buchanan Mall area of Japantown.
Masako Takahashi, speaking for the Takahashi Foundation, told commissioners the installation — which includes origami‑style fountains and sculpted benches by Asawa — has not had functioning fountains for decades and is being…
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