If you haven't already noticed, more than 20 fiberglass or interlocking steel hearts have been popping up on city streets of San Francisco these past few months. The official launch date was February 14th to be exact (how thoughtful!). There will be more hearts to come... a total of 130 of them will be appearing on street corners, plazas, and sidewalks throughout San Francisco. The project is called "Hearts in San Francisco," which helps boost the tourist industry by allowing visitors to "see" and "leave" their hearts in San Francisco. The hearts are decorated by local artists with different themes. The hearts are on display until September 2004. After that, the City will choose a few of them to be auctioned off. The proceeds will benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. More information on this can be found at Hearts in San Francisco's website.
I knew about this City project on the San Francisco Chronicle a couple of months back. I decided that it would be a very nice weekend activity to "find" all the 130 hearts. Afterall, I have until September and it was a really great way to explore the City. So my husband and I ventured off today to find our first set of hearts. We found 7 hearts in total!! Here are the hearts we found ... believe me, there will be more to come!
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