This newly restored mural is on Langton Street between Folsom and Harrison in the South of Market area. Originally painted in 1995 by Precita Eyes it is called “Frisco’s Wild Side”. It took more than 70 participants to plan and paint depictions of endangered species in North America. The animals are found in fantastical settings of ancient civilizations and modern industrialization interwoven with and sometimes battling the animals’ natural habitats.
San Francisco residents and local school children helped to paint and create tile mosaics that were then embedded into the concrete relief elements that run the bottom length of the mural.
The mural sits on the back side of Maltby Electrical and this is their warehouse entrance. Between the tagging and the damage done by the trucks the mural had become extremely sad and tired. With money from Maltby Electric and lots of work from the local neighborhood the mural was restored and is a point of pride for the people that live on the street.
Despite it’s atrocious name – no local would ever call San Francisco “Frisco”, it is a wonderful mural.
The complexity of this mural is awesome. I’m shocked that it was tagged. Isn’t it kind of an unwritten rule that taggers stay off murals? I’m impressed the company ponied up money to restore this wonderful work.