DEFENESTRATION
Unfinished History
Defenestration Building, 6th and Howard Streets
The Defenestration Building (Howard Street side) as it appeared in the late 1990s
The Defenestration Building, a sculptural installation by Brian Goggin at Howard & 6th Streets in SF, features over 30 pieces of furniture and home-appliances welded to the exterior of an abandoned SOMA 3-story, the former Hugo Hotel. Despite endorsement by Willie Brown and funding by federal grants, the installation survived from its installation in 1997 for seventeen years.
Photos by Chris Carlsson
Not long before demolition in 2014.
Photo: Chris Carlsson