The Guardian of the Gate

'Guardians of the Gate' is the name of a bronze sculpture by Miles Metzger. It shows a sea lion family on the edge of Pier 39. What else? one might ask oneself. But if one learns that the owner of Pear 39 commissioned the sculpture in 1991, the answer is clear. How was it? "Who pays, creates" or something.

Guardians of the Gate is a 1991 Everdur bronze sculpture depicting a family of sea lions by Miles Metzger, located northwest of Pier 39 and adjacent to the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California, United States. The sculpture was dedicated on January 22, 1992 and was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program the same year.[1] It is administered by Pier 39 Limited Partnership Beach Street and the Embarcadero Center.

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