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St. Mary's
Square, at California and Quincy streets, was built after the 1906
earthquake destroyed the remaining brothels and saloons across from Old
St. Mary's Church. The park itself was razed in 1953 for the addition of
an underground parking garage. In 2003, the often overlooked public garden
became the latest of several public parks and structures to undergo renovation
during the Willie Brown era. The centerpiece of St. Mary's Square since
the late 1930s is the towering statue of Chinese revolutionary Dr. Sun
Yat-Sen by San Francisco sculptor Benny Bufano.
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IX: Old St. Mary's Church
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X: Bufano's Sun Yat-Sen
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XIV: St. Mary's Square Redux 2005
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