The time of the day and time of the year, along with the sun's path through the sky, determine the shadows we see. For years I’ve known about the breast on Saint Mary’s Cathedral, but not until this morning did I notice it so clearly. Locally, for those who are familiar with it, the shadow is called the Breast of Saint Mary, or irreverently, as the ten o’clock tittie. The shadow appears on other sides of the cathedral as well.

Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco was designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi in 1971 and built amid an atmosphere of controversy. The building has been described by many as resembling an overgrown washing machine agitator, and several San Franciscans have taken to calling it "Our Lady of Maytag" for this resemblance. (I seem to remember that it was Herb Caen years ago in one of his daily columns who first coined the Saint Maytag moniker. )
November 15, 2008

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