The Doors of Court

400 McAllister
Civic Center

This building houses the Superior Court of California and was designed by Mark Cavagnero and Associates.

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There are three identical doors at the entry to the building.  They were designed by Albert Paley.  Paley’s work can also be found at 199 Montgomery Street.

Albert Paley is a modernist American metal sculptor, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1944. He earned both a BFA and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Paley initially worked as a goldsmith and moved to Rochester, New York in 1969 to teach at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he now holds an endowed chair.