16th and Mission Bart Station

Colibri are hummingbirds. They are a medium to large species found in Mexico, and Central and northern South America.

16th Street Mission Station is a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station in the Mission District. It is used by the Richmond–Millbrae line, the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO line, the Fremont – Daly City line, and the Dublin/Pleasanton – Daly City line. It is an underground station.

This particular intersection of San Francisco is one of the most crowded and interesting places to visit.  It is not the safest or the cleanest, but you will truly find people from every walk of life, dressed in every imaginable outfit, carrying odd things, playing instruments, selling legal and illegal items, and sometimes just hanging out and catching some sunshine.

Victor Zaballa has other metal work in San Francisco. A prolific and fascinating artist Victor Zaballa is an Aztec originally trained in aeronautical engineering in Mexico City. He has lived and worked in San Francisco for a number of years where he is a popular and respected member of the artist community. He works in every medium including cut paper, painting, tile, steel, wood, and wire sculpture, puppet theater, and music composition, performance and musical instrument invention and construction. His performing group “Obsidian Songs,” has been heard in numerous venues throughout California.  He has had a kidney transplant and is a very loud voice in the Latina community for organ donation and education.

On May 17th 2003 the Plaza was dedicated to Victor Miller (1948-2002) “Founder and publisher of the New Mission New, the voice of the Inner Mission for over 20 years. Victor was a tireless advocate and watchdog for the community whose vision and journalistic skills provided the most perceptive and trustworthy observations of the Mission Neighborhood.”

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