A San Francisco fountain trickles to a halt, a victim of changing times
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The Rincon Center courtyard, between residential towers, hosts fewer events in the pandemic.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A fountain sprinkles water at the Rincon Center atrium in May 1989.Steve Ringman / The Chronicle 1989Show MoreShow Less
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Coco Chan (l to r), assistant and Liana Bravo, manager prepare orders at Yank Sing in the Rincon Center on Thursday, February 11, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Photos by Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Rincon Center lobby, a former post office, features 1940s murals depicting California’s origins by Russian emigre Anton Refregier.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Adjaye Associates Designs the Manhattan Headquarters of the Largest Healthcare-Workers Union in the U.S.
February 1, 2021
In the public spaces of the new Manhattan headquarters of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East by Adjaye Associates, a 1930s mosaic by Anton Refregier at the union’s old headquarters was recreated by artist Stephen Miotto, after moving it proved impossible. Photography by Dror Baldinger.
The 400,000 members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the country’s largest healthcare-workers union, founded in 1932, have not had an easy year. But the completion of the public spaces in its new Manhattan headquarters was a high point. Sir David Adjaye, the Ghanaian-British architect, designed the project’s 16,500 square feet of lounges, galleries, meeting rooms, circulation routes, and library as a permanent celebration of the union’s 90-year fight for social justice and quality healthcare for all. The Adjaye Associates founder, renowned for his Smithso