history Archives - Mission Local

An artist with pastel pink hair and tattoos on her arms is seated on the couch with her dog, Hank. Around her is spray paint cans of every color; she is a spray paint artist.

Historic warehouse will sell, upending its artist community

by Annika Hom August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Emmy Lou Packard and Frida Kahlo posing for a photo

Who is Emmy Lou Packard?

by Carolyn Stein July 28, 2022August 30, 2022

Magdalen Asylum/St. Catherine's

The hidden, painful history of SF’s Magdalen Asylum

by Beth Winegarner July 1, 2022July 1, 2022

The outside front doors of Falla's discount store.

Mission mainstay Falla’s to close in July. Will it be reborn?

by William Jenkins June 15, 2022June 17, 2022

Neighborhood Notes: Ruth Asawa, Casa Sanchez, and a few cancelations

by Anlan Cheney January 7, 2022January 10, 2022

A faded neighborhood mural and its place in SF history

by Eleni Balakrishnan December 31, 2021March 1, 2022

For Mao survivors, the pandemic has been a cakewalk

by Yujie Zhou November 29, 2021February 14, 2022

Two men stand on a Mission street sidewalk. They are in work clothes; Jose Medina, left, holds a paintbrush, and Dan Danielson, right, holds a pain roller. They are standing in front of an abstract round shaped terazzo artwork inlaid in the cement with a 5 or 10 gallon bucket of clear sealant.

People We Meet: Terrazzo workers continue ancient tradition in SF

by Anlan Cheney November 26, 2021November 26, 2021

San Francisco’s corpse roads

by Beth Winegarner October 30, 2021October 30, 2021

Neighborhood Notes: Free college, food for a cause, curated gallery hopping, community art stroll, and more

by Anlan Cheney October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

Betita Martínez

“The heart insists on it.” Odes to Betita Martínez, the Chicana pioneer dedicated to political activism

by Annika Hom July 13, 2021July 14, 2021

The city beneath my feet

by Aife Murray March 26, 2021March 29, 2021

It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission

by Elizabeth Creely May 25, 2020August 13, 2021

Living in the Past: The ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco’ mansion is my home

by Julian Mark July 12, 2019September 29, 2020

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