One SF Mission Block: What Was, What Is
When I step foot onto the block of Mission between 21st and 22nd streets, I feel a sense of home,...
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Local History
Housing + Artists: SF Resident Talks Mission History
Looking back on decades-long struggles for housing, long-time Mission resident Tony Levine has...
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Long Term SF Resident Talks About Gentrification
In my search for long-time Mission residents, I didn’t have to go far. John Nuno, who was born in...
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The Changing Mission Has Been Changing for Decades
John, a who has been reading our coverage about the changes in the Mission wrote in and offered...
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True San Franciscans Gather to Spray Paint and Remember
This morning hundreds of people gathered at Dolores Park for one of the few celebrations...
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Grand Theater’s Art Deco Splendor Finds a New Face and Purpose in Tech Art
With two more days to go in its fundraising drive, the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts is making...
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Long-Time Artist Captures a Genteel Mission in Homie Boxes
Chances are, you’ve seen Cindy DeLosa’s work in windows around the Mission: small...
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Cesar Chavez (3.31. 27 – 4.23.93)
It’s hard to know how to honor Cesar Chavez, who was born 88 years ago today. So many people...
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Marshall Elementary Celebrates 100 Years
With elected officials, former and current teachers and some 265 students and many parents,...
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Where Does the Mission District End?
Let me narrow that question. Most on my mind these days is the Mission’s eastern boundary. The...
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Friends and Family Celebrate Sandy Cuadra
Frisco’s Finest lowriders lined up outside St. Peter’s Church Wednesday as friends and family of...
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Original Artists Reunite at Carnaval Mural
The photographer Lou Dematteis, who took the original photograhs of the 1979 Carnaval, which...
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Library Helps Latinos and Others Digitize History
On Saturday afternoon, Susan Goldstein, the City of San Francisco’s archivist, could be found in...
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The Mystery of the Lost Latino Pop Stars
A little bit of Shakira, Ricky Martin, Celia Cruz, Vicente Fernandez and other icons of Latin pop...
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Preserving San Francisco’s Latino Voices
If San Francisco city planners had known more about the former thriving North Beach Latino...
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Mission History Map
There’s a ton more history in the Mission and we’ll be adding new maps as the summer...
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18 Reasons: Tasting Seminar: Rose Wines and the Cheeses That Love Them
June 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wed
19
Brick & Mortar Music Hall: Dillingers, The Space Monkees, Fly By Train, Lee Vandeveer
June 19 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
