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Tag: Haight

  • Alebrijes in the Haight

    1301 Haight Street * *   Jet Martinez, whose work is all over San Francisco is responsible for these colorful frogs.  It is titled Bosque de Alebrijes. This is what Jet said on his Facebook page: Alebrijes are small animal figurines decorated with beautiful colors and patterns. They are really incredible on their own, but what…

  • A Swiss Gentleman paints in the Haight

    665 Haight Street This piece is by Romanowski.   Born and raised in Basel, Switzerland he is a DJ and painter. According to All Music Romanowski considers sneaking into his mother’s liquor cabinet and record collection his introduction to the DJ lifestyle. Booze and Beatles albums gave way to old school rap and early electronica, a combination he spun…

  • A Ross – Ziegler Collaboration

    435 Duboce Duboce Triangle/ Lower Haight Ian Ross and Zio Ziegler * * * * After these two worked together on a juxtaposed mural South of Market, it was an obvious step to combine forces.  The result is truly fabulous.  Obviously a temporary installation while construction is occurring behind this, but you have to love the…

  • Haight Ashbury – Murals

    Haight Ashbury There are murals everywhere in the Haight, these are just a few of the better ones.  Haight and Masonic by Lango Jimi Hendrix by an unknown artist.  This mural is at 1524 Haight Street, the home of Jimi Hendrix when he lived in San Francisco.  It is now Ashbury Tobacco Center. This doll…

  • The Haight – Listen to this wall.

    Haight and Schrader On the wall of 540 Schrader According to the Listen to This Wall website – “Listen to This Wall is an initiative to bring a creative antidote to the ever increasing visual noise that crowds our urban landscape. Working with artists and designers to produce original works that offer new ways of…

  • The Haight – Buggin Out

    RAI Care Center Haight and Shrader * * * Buggin’ Out by Fresh Paint, was inspired by the relationship between the evolution of insect species and the evolution of aerosol lettering. Both may have once originated at a single source, yet through time altered their forms when migrating and adapting to different regions and their…

  • The Haight in Murals

    RAI Care Center Haight and Schrader * * * This mural in the Haight Asbury district was dedicated to the rich history of the Haight Ashbury. It focuses on the elements born from the Summer of Love, and the movement sparked in 1967 towards a more peaceful society. It is located on the corner of…

  • Lower Haight – Murals

    The Lower Haight 650 Haight Street * * * * Painted by Sam Flores, these were commissioned by the eight owners of the building.  They replaced murals done by small children in the same places, and while we all know it is important to encourage children in their art, I saw the originals and these…

  • SOMA & The Haight – EL Mac

    SOMA – San Francisco The Haight – San Francisco This is on the corner of Russ and Howard Streets, South of Market. Miles “Mac” McGregor.  Goes by The Mac or El Mac.  According to his own website El Mac was “born in Los Angeles in 1980 to an engineer and an artist, Mac has been creating…