A growing group of skaters is pushing to preserve the Vaillancourt Fountain after the City of San Francisco announced a multimillion-dollar renovation plan that would remove the structure made of concrete square pipes.

Zeke McGuire started skating at the age of 10, and he grew up skating at the plaza and near the fountain.

"To see it go would be devastating," McGuire stated. "I've been coming here my whole life. I've skated those stairs. I've been injured on those stairs."

He's skated on every inch of the Plaza, including the ledges of the Vaillancourt Fountain, which was completed in 1971. It's impossible to miss, with its boxy concrete tubes that stand about 40 feet high.

It's been the backdrop of more skateboard videos than anyone could count.

"It's extremely awesome," McGuire said

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