Tag: Tenderloin
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The Tenderloin – Humming With Life
The Tenderloin – San Francisco Hyde and Golden Gate This is panel one of a new mural on the U.S. Postal Service office building at the corner of Hyde and Golden Gate. It was done by Johanna Poethig, whose work we saw in The Tenderloin National Forest and Tutubi Plaza. This mural is titled humming with life. If…
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The Tenderloin – 20,000 Missing Seats
The Tenderloin – Market Street Junction – San Francisco 6th -Taylor – Market Street This fascinating piece is on the back side of Show Dogs Hot Dog Stand at the corners of 6th Street, Taylor and Market. The mural is an homage to those movie and performance art theaters (Strand, Unique, Embassy, Rialto, Granada, Regal,…
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SOMA, Tenderloin, Market Street, July 30, 2011
Bears Around San Francisco A while back I was walking in my own neighborhood, SOMA, (this is Berwick and Heron off of Harrison or 8th Streets) and in this little alley I came across this great big bear. Well as I was wandering The Tenderloin Forest, I came across this guy I knew I had seen this…
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Tenderloin – Alcazar Theater
Alcazar Theater – Tenderloin – San Francisco This is the center section of the Alcazar, it is flanked by two matching wings. In 1976, the Alcazar was awarded the highest rating for architectural significance in a survey of city buildings. Located at 650 Geary Street, between Jones and Leavenworth in the Tenderloin, it was built…
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Windows into the Tenderloin
Windows into The Tenderloin – San Francisco Mona Caron Wandering the Tenderloin area of San Francisco you will come upon this mural on the corner of Jones and Golden Gate by Swiss born, San Francisco based, artist Mona Caron. The project was spearheaded by the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District. The design was inspired…
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The Tenderloin National Forest
Still in the “Tenderloin National Forest”. The Alley is so narrow that getting the larger murals is pretty difficult, so I apologize for the quality of many of these, they just had to be taken on an angle to get them all into the frame. There is so little information available about the artists that…
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The Tenderloin National Forest
Steel Gate by Kevin Leeper I stopped short when I saw this beautiful gate. It is the entry to Cohen Alley off Leavenworth, near Eddy. This is the Tenderloin, an area of town that starts many a conversation. It has a fascinating history, if you are interested, head over to wikipedia. I was amazed at…
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Tenderloin – Fear Head Mural
Golden Gate and Market The Tenderloin This mural is entitled “Fear Head” it was installed as part of the Wonderland exhibit in 2009. The creators are Roman Cesario and Mitsu Overstreet. Wonderland was the brain child of a teacher at SF Art Institute, Lance Fung. Wonderland created a lot of interesting chatter in the blogsphere…