Sanctuary Vs. Urban Sanction

“Burning Man’s renowned temple-builder, David Best, was one day from completing a towering art project dedicated to the day laborers in San Rafael’s canal district when the city decided it was all too much. ‘The Chapel of the Laborer,’ a small-scale version of the respected plywood structures that Best builds for the weeklong festival in the Nevada desert and then burns in remembrance of the dead, was to be a temporary sanctuary where Latinos could gather, pray or light a candle for loved ones… But this week the city received a complaint and ordered Best to stop construction immediately. Yellow caution tape now lines the front of the 30- foot-tall structure, and a stop-work order sits near the Virgin Mary’s hand.”