Picketers threatened its construction. Its design drew frequent comparisons to a washing machine’s agitator, and in some architectural circles, it drew whispers of plagiarism. After completion, it garnered a small degree of infamy for the uncannily breast-shaped shadow that the afternoon sun casts across its facade — a phenomenon that locals have nicknamed the “2 o’clock titty.” But despite the controversies that once swirled around it, the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption now stands... Read this story
