Category: Mission
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The Mission Kid Power Park
The Mission District Kid Power Park Hoff between 16th and 17th Ethel Siegel Newlin,program liaison at St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center (now Mission Graduates) on 16th Street, is responsible for this wonderful little oasis in the city. Ten years ago, elementary and middle school children in one of Newlin’s programs surveyed the neighborhood and found…
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The Mission – Kids Power Park
The Mission District Kid Power Park Hoff Between 16th and 17th Our Children This huge mosaic mural is by Joseph Norris. Writing about this mural is difficult. While I love the smiles on these children, and I think the quality of the mosaic is superior, to say nothing of producing a mosaic…
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Caledonia – Ape Do Good
Mission District Caledonia Street On the Wall of Ape Do Good Print Shop I apologize for bringing this to you in pieces, but the alley is very, very narrow and the mural is very long. It was pretty impossible to do it in any other manner. This mural has shown up in the blogsphere many…
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Homes as Canvas
Mission District Castro District 3014 22nd Street So many times I walk by homes that look like canvases. I fantasize that some wonderful artist lives in this abode. I have no way of knowing but here are a few that I have enjoyed. This is the garage door of a home at the corner of…
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Caledonia Street
Mission District Caledonia Street Between 15th and 16th and Mission and Valencia Streets Caledonia is another one of those alley’s in the Mission District that only serves as an entry into garages and backs of buildings. So needless to say it is a haven from graffiti artists. These are some of the better ones I…
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Dan Plasma in the Mission
Mission District 15th and Valencia This is the side wall of restaurant Pica Pica. Dan Plasma had originally painted a tiger mural on this wall, then over the course of a few days other aerosol muralists covered it over with their work. This made Mr. Plasma rather angry, so when he took the wall back…
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Lango in the Mission and SOMA
SOMA – San Francisco Mary at Howard Streets This piece was done by Lango, a tattoo artist here in San Francisco. I have tried to contact him to ask him about this mural, but according to a friend of his I met the other day he is extremely shy. I respect that, and figure his…
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Bernal Heights, San Francisco October 8, 2011
Bernal Height Mission District Noe Valley Transit Systems Due to a strong art commission in San Francisco we are fortunate to see art most everywhere. The fun thing is finding it when you least expect it. Our transit system has lots of art, but sometimes you just pass it by. This is at the corner…
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Mohamed Bouazizi in Clarion Alley
The Mission District Clarion Alley These two murals are by Daniel Doherty. Clarion alley is a famous mural alley that has been around for quite a long time in the Mission District. Once an artist is given space, and as long as it is maintained it, pretty much belongs to the artist.. There is a…
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Laura Campos – No One is Illegal
The Mission District – San Francisco 24th Street and Capp This mural entitled “No One is Illegal” is by Laura Campos. Laura was born in Mexico and grew up in Texas. While young, and not yet legal she was called an illegal alien on a regular basis. When she did become legal she was still…
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Lilac Alley
Mission District – San Francisco Lilac Alley Lilac Street runs parallel to Mission between 24th and 26th Streets. It is one of those alleys that serves no purpose other than the backs of businesses and the entry to garages. Several organizations use the buildings in this area as canvases. I counted the Lilac Mural Project…
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Mission Super Heroes
Mission District – San Francisco 19th and Mission Street This wonderfully whimsical wall is on the 19th Street side of a grocery at 2290 Mission Street. It was done by three artists, you can see their names in “bubble” style. KEB, WAND and BUTR. The skill in which they have recreated the various super heroes…
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The Mission District, San Francisco
The Mission District 1077 Valencia Street Ben Eine has shown up in this site before. This is done in his circus font. To quote his website:Ben Flynn, a.k.a. EINE, (Born 1970. London, England) shot to international fame when David Cameronpresented one of his works to President Obama as a gift on his first official state visit,…
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Outer Mission – Swoon
Outer Mission – San Francisco Hampshire and 24th Street This was done in 2008, and is showing it’s age. But the elegance of it is worth showing, even in its present state. Swoon is a street artist originally from Daytona Beach, Florida. She moved to New York City at age nineteen, and specializes in life-size…
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Amate Mission
Mission District – San Francisco 85 Bartlett Street “Amate Mission” This mural, by Oakland-based artist Jet Martinez, was created in partnership with The Mission Community Market, the SF Arts Commission “Streetsmarts” program, and the Mexican Museum. The title “Amate Mission” is a double entendre, according to Jet: 1. Amate style painting with a Mission District…
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Mission District Parklet
Mission District – San Francisco Parklets A parklet is a small urban park, often created by replacing several parallel parking spots with a patio, planters, trees, benches, café tables with chairs, and/or bicycle parking. Parklets are designed to provide a public place for citizens to relax and enjoy the atmosphere of the city around them,…
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Chor Boogie
Mid Market – San Francisco 2174 Market Street Mid market is a desolate stretch of abandoned store fronts and SRO’s. This long frontage of boarded up building has been covered by an artist known as Chor. This is not any random street painter, Chor has a worldwide body of work, including a commissioned piece for…
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The Mission & The Tenderloin
Tenderloin – San Francisco The Mission District – San Francisco Taken on Hemlock just off Polk The rabbit is by internationally know ROA. He has an amazing body of work that you can view at this website. Born in Ghent, Belgium, his start in the art world was like most graffiti artist, under bridges and on…
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Mission District- Balmy Avenue
Balmy Alley, Mission District, San Francisco. Part II. Part of the wooden cut out mural at the 24th end of Balmy Alley “The birth of a silence is written in the agony of a sigh” I continue with just a few more Balmy Alley murals today. There are many, many more and I again encourage…
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Mission District – Balmy Alley
Balmy Alley Inspired by Huichol Indian Yarn Paintings by Mia Gonzales, Susan Cervantes and Others 1991 This is the beginning of Balmy Avenue. It is runs between 25th and 24th streets in the Mission District, between Harrison and Treat. This block long alley is one of several great alleys in San Francisco with a highly concentrated…
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Mission District – Public Post
Valencia Street Between 16th and 19th, Mission District, San Francisco Valencia Street Post by Michael Arcega * Crafted out of steel and aluminum and painted with a durable urethane alkyd enamel, the ornamental crowns are sort of Victorian architecture that is intended to recall the neighborhood’s past history. The Department of Public Works added a…
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Mission – Woman’s Building
18th and Lapidge Mission This is The Goddess of Light and Creativity on the Woman’s Building in the mission district of San Francisco. Particularly at 18th and Lapidge. The building has two walls of a dramatic mural that pay homage to women. The murals were created by a team of seven San Francisco women and…
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Totem Phoenix
Financial District/SOMA 595 Market at Stevenson and 2nd Street Totem Phoenix by Dan Dykes * The piece is registered with the Smithsonian. The piece was done in 1988, is stainless steel and weighs one ton. Dan Dykes is a site-sensitive sculptor who works in a variety of media, including stone, bronze and stainless steel. His…