Tag: clarionalley
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Flower Bathroom
For all the uniquely decorated bathrooms in San Francisco, this mural of oversized flowers is in an unexpected place: Roxie Theater’s small-screen “Little Roxie” theater. This mural has a way of jumping out at you as you use the restroom on your way out of the theater; not only have you gone from a dark…
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Mission mural roundup
It’s been too long since I posted about murals at home here in the Mission District. To fix that here’s some recent photos of murals in the neighborhood, starting with the Calvin and Hobbes one above across vacant storefronts. The image seemed familiar; after Googling around I found the original on this page, which claims…
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Schedule your day like a skater
Sure, you could go to the library or a bookstore and find a book about optimizing your daily schedule. But that would involve reading more than three words, and therefore is a sub-optimal use of your time. Instead, take the advice of the sticker I found on a wall in Clarion Alley and schedule your…
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Face sculptures in Clarion Alley
Much has been written on the mysterious Mayan-esque face sculptures that have been appearing over the city in recent months. The only clue is that if you pick them up and turn them over, they say “Bini” on the bottom. But of course, there is no real mystery here: as Mission Local reported, the painted…
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Clarion Alley updates
Here’s a few new pieces that caught my eye in the always-changing set of murals in Clarion Alley:
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Blurry Simpsons
Finally, a street art mural of the Simpsons that’s as blurry as my memories of a time when the show was still funny. UPDATE: The Simpsons have now come into focus. (Spotted in Clarion Alley.)
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Piece of human shit ruins Lone Star Swan mural
Lately Clarion Alley has been hit by wave after wave of vandalism. Yes, this is why we can’t have nice things. I’ve been curious as to how long it’d take before the wonderful Lone Star Swan mural would get defaced, and unfortunately I now have the answer. Over the past few days, some piece of…
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Raised by cats
It’s got to be tough being raised by wolves. But cats? You’ll spend the rest of your life acting like sort of a selfish jerk who’s obsessed with birds and laser pointers. (Spotted in Clarion Alley.)
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I am a Cybear now…
The above teddy bear recently appeared on Clarion Alley. Red and blue like a 3D comic, his speech bubble reads “I am a cybear now…” The poor teddy bear. Someone needs to sew his little button eye back on. Across the way on the pavement there’s a simplified version of the full painting:
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Sad note
I noticed this sad handwritten letter stuck to the side of a building on Clarion Alley the other day. It reads: My friend died last night. He was stabbed twice in the heart. He was dead before the abulence (sic) arrived. His name was Sol. He had an interview for admission to an art school…
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