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SF’s Mysterious “Gingerbread Monolith” Collapses

The 7-foot tower held together by icing and gumdrop rivets collapsed a day after Christmas
By - posted 12/28/2020 No Comment

The nearly 7-foot tall gingerbread “monolith” that mysteriously appeared near the top of Corona Heights Park above the Castro in San Francisco has finally crumbled.

Photo credit: Anand Sharma / @aprilzero

Discovered on Christmas morning and first reported by KQED, the tower with icing for the welding and gumdrops as joints, was up for about 24 hours and survived many selfies, hugs and licks before finally collapsing on Saturday after the rain storm and high winds.

 

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