Sacred Places

This is the church of St. Mary of the Assumption. The top points in the four directions, north, east, south and west. From the top it looks like the inside of a washing machine, so it's known to some as "Our Lady of the Maytag".

The top of the entrance door.

The same, this time from the inside.

A small breeze with cause these crystals to vibrate; reflecting the stained glass windows it produces a dazzling effect.

The organ has eight thousand pipes.

A Russian Orthodox Church.

St. Patricks Cathedral is dwarfed by the skyscraper behind it.

Inside St. Patricks

The Saraha Buddhist Center in the Mission District.

A Chinese church in the Mission District.

Hamilton Square Baptist Church.

An Episcopalian Church.