Editing Embarcadero station (section)

=== Artwork ===
[[File:Wall Canyon from BART platform, September 2019.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.75|The bottom part of ''Wall Canyon'']]
Although original plans to include [[public art]] at every BART station did not come to fruition, several artworks were included in Embarcadero station.<ref name="bartart">{{Cite magazine |last=Weinstein |first=Dave |title=How BART got ART |url=https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/how-bart-got-art |magazine=CA-Modern |publisher=Eichler Network}}</ref>{{rp|1}} The platform walls and street entrances feature circle-based [[relief]]s by [[William Mitchell (sculptor)|William Mitchell]].<ref name="bartart" />{{rp|3, 6}} ''Wall Canyon'', a {{convert|37|feet|adj=on}}-high colored ceramic relief by [[Stephen De Staebler]], is partially hidden behind a staircase at the southwest end of the station.<ref name="bartable" /><ref name="bartart" />{{rp|2}} It was installed on January 1, 1977.<ref name="bartable">{{Cite web |last=Kieselhorst |first=Felicia |title=BART Art: "Wall Canyon" |url=https://bartable.bart.gov/featured/bart-art-wall-canyon |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> A [[duotone]] granite portrait of Tallie Maule – the chief architect of the original BART system – is on the mezzanine level.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kieselhorst |first=Felicia |title=BARTable Art: "Tallie Maule Portrait" |url=https://bartable.bart.gov/featured/bartable-art-tallie-maule-portrait |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref><ref name="bartart" />{{rp|6}}

A {{convert|50|feet|adj=on}}-tall, {{convert|7000|lb|adj=on}} rope sculpture called ''Legs'' was installed at the northwest end of the station in 1976 or 1978. Created by Barbara Shawcroft, the orange-and-white [[Nomex]] sculpture moved with the breeze from passing Muni and BART trains.<ref name="huge">{{Cite news |last=Cabanatuan |first=Michael |date=June 10, 2014 |title=Huge rope sculpture to be removed from Embarcadero BART |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Huge-rope-sculpture-to-be-removed-from-5539754.php}}</ref> ''Legs'' soon accumulated the same dark grime as the station walls, hiding the original color. BART was required by the artist's contract to clean the sculpture but several attempts were unsuccessful.<ref name="huge" /> In 2013, BART included removal of ''Legs'' in its 2014 budget, which prompted a debate about whether it should be cleaned regardless of cost (which Shawcroft supported), or removed from the unsuitable environment of the station.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frock |first=Christian L. |date=May 27, 2013 |title=On Permanence: Barbara Shawcroft's 'Legs' and the Challenges of Public Art |work=KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/121315/on_permanence_barbara_shawcrofts_legs_and_the_challenges_of}}</ref> The sculpture was removed in June 2014 and returned to Shawcroft – a [[professor emerita]] at [[UC Davis]] School of Design – who planned to repurpose it into other pieces.<ref name="huge" />
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