Editing South San Francisco, California (section)

==Arts==
The Linden Avenue Post Office has a [[Victor Arnautoff]] mural fresco painted in the 1930s.<ref>Cherny, Robert (Fall 2013). ""No proven Communist should hold a position at Stanford": Victor Mikhail Arnautoff, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and Stanford" (PDF). Sandstone and Tile. Stanford Historical Society. 37: 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.</ref>  The Grand Avenue Library also has a collection of paintings and lithographs by [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] artists, including [[Maurice Del Mue]] and [[Suzanne Scheuer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssf.net/home/showpublisheddocument/26348/637865596226900000|title=About|website=ssf.net}}</ref>

The Cabot, Cabot and Forbes Tower was constructed in 1967 as the centerpiece of an industrial park ({{Coord|37.654|-122.385|name=Wind Harp}}); this {{Convert|92|ft|4=-tall|adj=mid}} sculpture by Lucia and [[Aristides Demetrios]] is one of the world's largest [[aeolian harp]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lucia-and-aristides-demetrios-wind-harp|title=Atlas Obscura: LUCIA AND ARISTIDES DEMETRIOS WIND HARP|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> Named for [[Aeolus]], the Greek god of the wind, and invented by the 17th-century polymath [[Athanasius Kircher]], an aeolian harp is a passive instrument played by the movement of the wind. Fabricated from steel manufactured at [[Bethlehem Steel]]. It was designed to "take advantage of the viewer’s motion… constantly changing, presenting a series of graceful ellipses and a shifting light pattern."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rET-mn_GSBkC&q=Cabot%2C+Cabot+and+Forbes+harp&pg=PA90|title=Images of America: South San Francisco by South San Francisco Historical Society|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=July 1, 2015|isbn=9780738529219|year=2004}}</ref>

In 1984, the city began to pursue the acquisition of artworks,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ssf.net/383/Public-Art-Collection |title=Public Art Collection &#124; South San Francisco - Official Website |access-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810011207/http://www.ssf.net/383/Public-Art-Collection |url-status=dead }}</ref> most of which are displayed in parks and other public spaces. This program is administered by a Cultural Arts Commission, which also sponsors youth programs and public events. The [[South San Francisco station (BART)|South San Francisco BART station]] displays a series of murals based on historic photographs of the city and its people which may be viewed from the transit platform.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/optical-illusion-inside-South-SF-BART-16842088.php | title=You'll find this optical illusion hidden underground in south SF | date=February 11, 2022 }}</ref>