It would be hard to imagine two structures more different than the triumphant Apple Store that opened Saturday across from Union Square and the idiosyncratic fountain by Ruth Asawa from 1972 nestled into the steps of the plaza behind it. Leah Millis/The Chronicle Show More Show Less Apple Show More Show Less 14 of14 People mill around the new Apple store during its grand opening on Post and Stockton streets in Union Square in San Francisco, Calif. Images of the design by Foster + Partners were submitted by Apple last week to the San Francisco Planning Department. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 13 of14 The revised design for the proposed Apple Store at Union Square preserves the Ruth Asawa fountain now on the site while adding a recessed glass bay along the formerly solid Stockton Street wall. The Levi store will soon be replaced by a new Apple Store where plans apparently seem to remove the fountain. Asawa made the model for this bronze fountain using baker's clay depicting San Francisco, with approximately 250 friends and school children helping to make it by contributing self-portraits, cars, buildings, and various San Francisco landmarks. San Francisco Planning Departmen Show More Show Less 12 of14 Ruth Asawa's 'Hyatt on Union Square Fountain', 1973, seen in the middle at the triangular plaza behind the Levi's store in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 24, 2013. The new building would also alter the brick-stepped plaza that frames the Grand Hyatt on Stockton Street - a space that includes the popular "San Francisco Fountain" by Ruth Asawa. Foster + Partners/Nigel Young Show More Show Less 11 of14 SOUTHEAST ELEVATION -The proposed Apple Store for the the corner of Post and Stockton streets across from Union Square would replace an existing four-story triangular retail building with a two-story rectangle of metal and glass. Leah Millis/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 10 of14 The new Apple Store at Union Square on opening day, May 21, 2016. Leah Millis/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 9 of14 Jessica Katona and Derek Chan check out the plaza behind the new Apple store on Post and Stockton streets in San Francisco, Calif. Foster + Partners/Nigel Young Show More Show Less 8 of14 People mill about inside and in the new plaza out back during the opening of the new Apple store on Post and Stockton streets in Union Square in San Francisco, Calif. Foster + Partners Show More Show Less 7 of14 The new Apple Store at Union Square on opening day, May 21, 2016. The view is from the east, with Union Square on the left the green wall on the right is part of a redone plaza that's part of the project. Chronicle Archives/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of14 A cutaway sectional diagram showing the seemingly effortless structure within the new Apple Store at Union Square in San Francisco, designed by the English firm Foster + Partners. Preliminary plans to relocate the downtown Apple Store to the site may mean the fountain would be dismantled. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of14 Sculptor Ruth Asawa arranges figures for the casting of her fountain for the plaza on the Hyatt Hotel at Union Square. Arthur Frisch/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of14 Head of retail Angela Ahrendts talks about the new Apple building and the Ruth Asawa fountain sculpture on Post at Stockton streets has a media tour in San Francisco, California, on thursday, may 19, 2016. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of14 Sculptor Ruth Asawa and photographer Imogen Cunningham view details from Asawa's whimsical fountain on the plaza at the Hyatt Hotel at Union Square in 1973. Leah Millis/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of14 Visitors enjoy Ruth Asawa's 'Hyatt on Union Square Fountain' at the triangular plaza behind the Levi's store in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 24, 2013. 1 of14 People walk past the back of the new Apple store during its grand opening on Post and Stockton streets in Union Square in San Francisco, Calif.
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