San Francisco’s Ocean Beach was transformed into a giant sculptural canvas Saturday for Northern California’s largest sandcastle competition.
Thousands of students, artists and design professionals participated in the 44th annual Sandcastle Classic, a fundraiser for art and architecture education in Bay Area elementary schools.
Twenty teams of students in grades three through five competed with the help of representatives from more than 100 architecture, design, engineering, construction and tech companies to build enormous, intricate entries. Among the sculptures were re-creations of sea lions, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco’s famous Painted Ladies row of Victorian houses…