Site Specific Art: The Golden Gate Bridge

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Site specific art is art that is specific to one place. These usually cannot be moved to another location and are created to stay in one particular spot. Site specific artworks are created to bring in tourists to another country of city and increase revenue by bring in more tourists. An example of site specific art can be the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge is located in San Francisco, California. The construction for the bridge began in 1933 and ended in 1937. After the bridge opened it has attracted many tourists, mainly youths, and increased the revenue in the city of San Francisco. More than 10 million people come to view the Golden Gate Bridge.If one were to break down the of tourists number to per day, it would be about 27,000

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