Chinatown is chock a block with murals, and this is one of my favorites. It is titled Dragons Gate and is by Wes Wong and Lost One. According to their website Fresh Paint they are “a San Francisco based mural painting company offering a fresh take on aerosol wall painting.” They are young, and their work shows that link from youth based tagging to professional mural execution”
You can find Dragon’s Gate on the corner of Trenton and Pacific Avenue.
This mural was sponsored in part by SFAC StreetSmArts Program.
Wentworth Street between Jackson and Washington presently holds these two murals. The first is here thanks to the Art in Store Fronts Project (a San Francisco Arts Commission Program) and is painted by Robert Minervini. Robert received his MFA from the San Francisco Arts Institute in 2009 and lives in San Francisco. His works can be seen on his own website. This mural is entitled “If these Walls Could Talk” and was done in collaboration with Adopt-An-Alleyway youth volunteers. It is a montage of images generated by interviews with local residents and the history of Wentworth Street.
This is also on Wentworth alley, painted by Adopt-An-Alleyway youths. It is a depiction of the “living room of Chinatown” Portsmouth Square.The mission of the Adopt-An-Alleyway (AAA) Youth Project is to have high school students monitor and organize clean-ups to beautify Chinatown’s forty-one (41) alleyways, provide services to the Chinatown community, and to help these youth develop leadership skills.
They also run an Chinatown Alleyway’s Tour.
Chinatown has three times more alleys than streets and they all are worth exploring. The locals have done an amazing job in cleaning up the alleys and giving tourists a reason to go down them, with markers, history walks and little finds like this. By the way, Wentworth Street is nicknamed Salty Fish Alley because of the many dried seafood stores that filled it in the early 1900’s.
Awesome shots! Love the 3rd mural.
the dragon is real piece of art
What fabulous art work
These work of art are just gorgeous and unique too. I haven’t seen any like these before. The 2nd one looks 3D.
The murals are amazing! Very cool 😀
Strange beasts living in your fair city!
You are reminding me that I reallt ought to visit Toronto’s Chinatowns!
Those first murals are great.
You captured some great artpieces. The dragon is my favourite
The artwork, your pictures, and the history is just fascinating!
Teresa
Cool shot.. Happy SOOC Sunday.
I LOVE the dragon climbing through the wall, amazing. Adopt-an-alleyway sounds like a great way to brighten up otherwise dull areas.
Hi there,
Thank you for sharing this information and encouraging people to stroll through the alleyways of San Francisco’s Chinatown! There are a lot of hidden gems and untold stories to discover in these narrow lanes.
In case you were still wondering, the second mural located in Wentworth Alleyway is painted by the Adopt-An-Alleyway youths. It is a depiction of the living room of Chinatown: (the near-by) Portsmouth Square. If you’re curious to find out more about the rich history of Chinatown and the stories of the community, I’d highly recommend checking out Chinatown Alleyway Tours! Run by the youths from Adopt-An-Alleyway =)
Thanks again for highlighting this small but precious community!
The dragon is wonderful! So is the Adopt-an-Alleyway program… Sure wish I’d see something this cool right here in China!
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