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  • 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…

  • Professor Wangari Maathi

    Haight and Pierce Street * * * The main character of this mural is Professor Wangari Maathi. Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. Wangari Maathai obtained a degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in…

  • 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…

  • Lower Haight Part IV

    Lower Haight Love in the Lower Haight This is the last of the new items added to Love in the Lower Haight. Artist: Dee Jae Pa’este Artist Unknown Artist Unknown

  • Lower Haight – Love in the Lower Haight

    Lower Haight Ursula Young This is on the corner of Laguna and Haight Streets.  It is part of the Love in the Lower Haight Project.  I have showcased a few artists in this area before.  Started in October 0f 2010 the project is on the walls of a UC campus slated for demolition, as long…

  • 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…

  • Hayes Valley – Picasso’s Family

    Hayes Valley/Western Addition Haight and Buchanan * * This is titled Picasso’s Family and City Life.  It is by Laura Campos, who is known for her work depicting aliens around San Francisco. I thought this to be especially poignant.

  • Lower Haight

    Lower Haight – San Francisco Oak and Scott Streets * This mural was painted by San and Escif. Escif is a 28 year old artist from Valencia Spain.  San is 29 and from Madrid.  Earlier this year they traveled up and down the coast of California creating street art.  All of their inspiration culminated in…

  • Oddities in San Francisco

    915 Fulton Street This is Ron Henggeler’s Tower at 915 Fulton Street in San Francisco.  Ron is a collector, he started building this 45 foot tower after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.  He wandered down to where they were tearing up the Fell Street Freeway exit and scavenged the rebar, the tower grew from there.  Ron…

  • Love in the Lower Haight – Silly Pink Bunnies

    Silly Pink Bunnies and Love in the Lower Haight. In October of 2010 the long wall on the corner of Haight and Laguna that surrounds a series of buildings that once housed the UC extension campus became a mural collective. Called “Love in the Lower Haight,” the mural stretches 100 feet up Haight Street from Laguna…