Looking straight up a central gallery with alternating straight and curved railings. The top is a circle surrounded by concentric ovals, resembling a giant eye looking down at the camera. Nordstrom can be read on the lowest visible railing.

In downtown San Francisco, there’s a multi-level shopping mall with an atrium and a skylight. If you stand in the dead center of the atrium and look up, it resembles an eye, looking down at you through a giant microscope.

This was taken during WonderCon 2009. Years later, I posted it for a February 2015 photo challenge on the theme “Symmetry.”

I was recently reminded of the view while reading author Annalee Newitz’ latest newsletter, Inside the Dying Malls of San Francisco. Continue reading