The Hugo Hotel, or Defenestration Building as it's known to many for artist Brian Goggin's site-specific sculpture, has stood vacant on the corner of Sixth and Howard streets for more than 16 years.

Brian Goggin sometimes relaxes with a book on his blue couch, which wouldn't be remarkable except that the couch hangs off the edge of the rooftop of the abandoned Hugo Hotel high above San ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- This is the last weekend to take in a San Francisco landmark. For 17 years, furniture has crawled out of the vacant Hugo Hotel at Sixth and Howard. On Tuesday it will come down.

It's a word you probably don't use all that often, so let's break it down. It's a noun and according to Merriam-Webster it means: "a throwing of a person or thing out of a window." If you live in the ...

If destruction is the fate of Defenestration, that’s all right with the quirky art project’s creator. So long as it’s the wrecking ball.

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It’s a rare occurrence today that when a beloved old building comes down, the replacement has such confident power it feels like a fresh, bold start. This is especially true in a grim setting like the ...