Extispicy: Big Giant Head

June 03, 2003

Big Giant Head

San Francisco, like any old city, is full of unexplained remnants from its past. It's an odd town, always has been. Since childhood, I often have seen or remember seeing odd things in various places around town. More usually than not, I never knew what the hell they were doing there or where they came from. But since finding some great San Francisco history resources online, I've been looking up the ones that catch my fancy and finding out about them.

Recently, I traipsed over to City Hall with Laszlo and Kali, making them come with me to go take some photos of what I would only refer to as the Big Giant Head. Now, there have been a few big giant heads in San Francisco history -- the Doggie Diner head perhaps being the most famous.

I was referring, however, to the head from the statue of the Goddess of Progress. This statue once adorned the top of the old City Hall, which was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake. (You can see where the statue once perched in these photos from the SF Public Library's Historical Photograph Collection: photos of the old City Hall before the quake and one of the ruins after.)

I first learned about this statue (and its peculiar history) some months back in this amusing article from the Museum of San Francisco's online site (a wonderful and entertaining resource, by the way).

Since the article mentioned the head is currently on display in City Hall, I decided I should meander over there one day myself (as I happen to live quite near it) and look at the thing myself. So, one day a couple of weeks ago, I managed to get Laszlo and Kali to come along with me for the walk. It's there all right. And it's a big giant ugly head. My pix:

Laszlo's arm, the Big Giant Head, and Kali:

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