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Skaters Push Back As San Francisco Plans To Demolish Iconic Vaillancourt Fountain
"To see it go would be devastating," Zeke McGuire stated. "I've been coming here my whole life. I've skated those stairs."
September 15, 2025
A growing group of skaters is pushing to preserve the Vaillancourt Fountain after the City of San Francisco announced a multimillion-dollar renovation plan that would remove the structure made of concrete square pipes.
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Zeke McGuire started skating at the age of 10, and he grew up skating at the plaza and near the fountain.
"To see it go would be devastating," McGuire stated. "I've been coming here my whole life. I've skated those stairs. I've been injured on those stairs."
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