Berkeleysider Colleen Neff sends us this photo of a sculpture she spotted yesterday at the intersection of Marin and Monterey. “I wonder who made this and placed it there?” she asks. “It says Polk on the base. I like it and wish it was up higher so we could see it better!”

Can anyone shed any light on the artist and why the sculpture has been placed in this particular spot?

Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...