Contemporary Jewish Museum

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Approached from Mission street, the Contemporary Jewish Museum looks like a low-slung brick building. Set between a an old Catholic church and a jukebox style hotel, it looks like a gussied-up warehouse. On the other side, the Market approach, it appears to be the resting place for a giant child's building blocks on a science fiction set. Initially quite jarring, the slot seems to be adapting. The landscaping is growing in, and the shops (and yes, there are plenty) are taking on the appropriate look for the side their on. As a note to photographers, the sun, the contemporary building materal's reflectivity, the angles, and the shadows of the surrounding buildings make a straightforward shot difficult. It's easy to get a surreal image (like mine, above) but a representative one tests your chops