“I wish more people could see these.”
Ricardo Negrete has worked for the Westin St. Francis for seven years and was tasked with loading the art into the dumpster.Craig Canon was in the process of loading his hatchback with dozens of framed historic photos ofhe had just nabbed from a dumpster outside the Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square when SFPD rolled by and microphoned for him to scram.
A few minutes later, the Bay View resident was back inside the steel can, retrieving artwork that the hotel was tossing away Wednesday afternoon.Hundreds of art pieces were scattered in the dumpster. Some were watercolors of the Ferry Building and City Hall, whereas one piece was a mosaic of antiquated advertisements for Stella Artois. There were mirrors and sconces, plus the entire door for the accounting department.Hundreds of historic artwork tossed from the Westin St. Francis.The Westin St.
“Me personally, I wouldn’t throw this away,” he said. “They said it was time to get rid of them and bring in the new art. I think it sucks to throw all of this away.”
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