North Shore Pump Station
The intersection of Bay Street and Embarcadero
The stained glass window in the North Shore Pump Station was created by Narcissus Quagliata.
The piece was commissioned in 1980-81. According to the Arts Commission meeting minutes of July 12, 1982, the total cost for the commission of a 12-panel window was $6665.
Narcissus Quagliata has been on this site before.
He was born in Rome, Italy in 1942 where he studied painting with Giorgio De Chirico. Narcissus moved to the United States in 1962 and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute receiving both a Bachelors and a Masters degree.
Quagliata’s main residence is in Mexico, but he also works in the United States and Europe.
The glass is difficult to see from the outside of the building, and the building does not have public access.
