In downtown San Francisco, these 12 statues have been mired in controversy since they were installed by helicopter 40 years ago.
There’s been a lot of talk about downtown San Francisco becoming a ghost town of late. But even before the streets felt eerily abandoned, a dozen faceless ghosts in pale robes watched over the bustling streets from the black roof of 580 California. The 12-foot-tall specters stand stark white in front of the dark glass 350 feet above the city. Their heads bowed, watching over the living below; an empty blackness where a face should be. The sculptures can be seen from over a mile away.
The sight reminded some of the iconic opening to Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita,” in which a helicopter swings a statue of Jesus Christ over Rome. The building was opened with corporate tenants, mostly banks, filling every floor on Dec. 12, 1984. The reaction by architectural critics to the statues atop 580 California can best be described as vicious.
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