Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Western Addition

  • Moya del Pina at Acme Brewery

    Moya del Pina at Acme Brewery

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    The Boardroom at the old Acme Brewing Company 762 Fulton Western Addition Moya del Pina is responsible for these murals at the Acme Brewery murals in He completed them inn November 1935 between commissions at Coit Tower for the Public Works of Art Project  (PWAP) in 1934, and a series of Bay Area Post Office…

  • The Acme Brewing Company in San Francisco

    The Acme Brewing Company in San Francisco

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    762 Fulton Western Addition On March 12, 1917, the San Francisco Call-Bulletin reported: “Six San Francisco breweries, facing financial loss, or insolvency, through proposed legislation regulating manufacture of maltuous drinks, have pooled their interests into one association for the manufacture and distribution of beers and malts. The body is to be known as the Acme-National…

  • The Art and Architecture of San Francisco’s Universalist Church

    The Art and Architecture of San Francisco’s Universalist Church

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    1187 Franklin   The modern portion the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco was built in the 1960s and designed by Charles Warren Callister of the architectural firm of Callister, Payne, and Rosse. The church is a grand display of architectural beauty in its simplest form. The highlight of the Church is the elegant and historic…

  • Log

    Log

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    Corner of Webster and Golden Gate Avenue Park behind the Rosa Parks Senior Center Western Addition I have driven past this park one thousand times and have always wondered about this tree stump.  Then one day my dear friend Netra Roston told me about an artist named Sargent Johnson. Sargent Johnson was not a stranger…

  • Thomas Starr King

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    Franklin between Starr King and Geary Japantown/Western Addition/ Fillmore Due to the lack of land their are very few bodies actually buried within the City of San Francisco.  This is why the Sarcophogus of Thomas Starr King is so unusual. Thomas Starr King, a young, inexperienced Unitarian minister, came to San Francisco in 1860 when…

  • St Markus Kirche

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    St Marks Cathedral 1111 O’Farrell Street Fillmore/Japantown/Western Addition  Germans starting flocking to the San Francisco Bay area during the gold rush of 1849 . The dedication of the present church building in 1895 marked three decades of effort by German immigrants to establish Lutheranism in California. Rev. Frederick Mooshake from Goettingen University arrived in 1849 to…

  • Win Ng

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    Maxine Hall Health Center 1301 Pierce Street Western Addition This mural, by Win Ng, is 10′ x 6′ and made of ceramic tiles.  The mural depicts various elements of medical science.  The mural was installed in 1968. Win Ng (1963-1991)  was born in Chinatown, San Francisco. He studied at Saint Mary’s Academy and the City College of San Francisco and San…

  • Knights Templar Building

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    2135 Sutter Street Western Addition This steel reinforced building with brick exterior walls trimmed in lots of terra cotta was designed by Matthew O’Brien and Carl Werner in the architectural style known as the Jacobean Phase of Medieval Revival. It was built in 1905 and 1906-1907. The building has been home to two institutions, the Knights…

  • Street SmARTS Mural at 485 Scott Street

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    485 Scott Street Western Addition/NOPA Marina Perez-Wong (aka Micho P. Wong) is an artist participating in Community Arts and Education’s StreetSmARTS program. As a native San Franciscan, Marina bridges the gap between the fine art world and the public with site-specific works of San Francisco’s Mission District. Marina is the recipient of many awards including…

  • Heart Song for Japan

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    485 Scott Street Western Addition/NOPA * This mural, titled Heart Song for Japan was done by Marina Perez-Wong in 2011. Marina, who also goes by Micha P-Wong has several murals around San Francisco, and is a participant in the Street SmARTS program in San Francisco.

  • Western Addition – Athletics at Hamilton Rec Center

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    Western Addition Steiner and Post Streets Hamilton Rec Center Athletics by Mary Erkenbrack – Ceramic Tile 1955 This glazed ceramic tile mural is of male figures engaged in athletic activities. This tile mural sits between two painted murals names Blues Evolution I and Blues Evolution II . This tile mural has been on the walls…

  • Western Addition – Northern Police Station

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    Western Addition Turk and Fillmore Streets Northern Police Station * * * This cast concrete panel by Horace Washington depicts the cultural diversity of the Western Addition and its architectural history. The panel also features the likeness of police officers of the past. The piece is part of the San Francisco Arts Commission collection and…

  • The Fillmore Center – Hard Bop

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    The Fillmore Center Western Addition * Hard Bop by John Atkin Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or “bop”) music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing. In 1942, during World War II, President Roosevelt signed…

  • Western Addition – Blues Revolution Part II

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    The Western Addition Post and Steiner Hamilton Pool and Rec Center * * * The Blues Revolution Part II by Santie Huckaby This is Part II of the Blues Revolution.  You can see Part I here.  Santie Huckaby was born in Ohio, and has spent 40 years in San Francisco working as a professional musician,…

  • Western Addition – The Blues Evolution

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    The Western Addition Post and Steiner Hamilton Pool and Rec Center * * * * The Blues Evolution by Santie Huckaby Part I Sponsored by the Blues R&B Foundation. The Blues and R&B Foundation has this to say about the mural. We’ve received a lot of wonderful comments and support from the community concerning our mural.…

  • Western Addition – World Walls for Peace

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    Western Addition Page and Buchanan Street * In 1999, with consultation and training from the organization, World Walls for Peace, residents of the Western Addition became participants in a Peace Empowerment Process. Volunteers taught a program in two elementary schools and over fifty community based organizations, focusing on tolerance, understanding, and non-violence. Participants learned ways…

  • Western Addition – Blue Wall

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    Western Addition San Francisco Geary and Fillmore Streets This is Geary Street in San Francisco.  On the left is Japantown and on the right is the Western Addition. The Fillmore street overpass has stretches of blue glass on either side.  This installation is titled 3 Shades of Blue by Mildred Howard. The piece is a…

  • Western Addition – Sunnyside Conservatory

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    Sunnyside Conservatory 236 Monterey Boulevard The Sunnyside Menagerie is a collaboration between Scott Constable and Ene Oseteraas-Constable.  They have a company called Wowhaus.  They described the creatures: “The concept behind our menagerie is to complement the Victorian sense of wonder and discovery by suggesting plausible creatures that might inhabit the gardens surrounding the building. The…

  • Western Addition – Pastime

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    Western Addition – San Francisco Corner of Franklin, Page and Market Street It is no secret that I consider graffiti to be an art form.  Do not confuse that with tagging, (those single color scribbles) or bombing (just really, really large tags) which fall into a whole other category.  But the question is, where does…