Postcard from the streets of San Francisco

July 5, 2012 in Places,United States

Wandering in San Francisco on a sunny Friday morning, I stumbled over a Banksy in Chinatown. My day was officially made, and I was reminded of how vivid and joyful the multi-cultural San Francisco streets can be.

Banksy peace & love mural in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

I’m not usually a huge fan of protecting street art, Banksy or otherwise: the constant evolving of a wall is what I love most about public art. However, I think that the Chinese dragons surrounding this “War and Peace” is the perfect example of the best of San Francisco street art.

Sacramento Street with fancy shoes in San Francisco, California, USA

Hometown love.

T-shirt wall on sunny day in SOMA, San Francisco, California, USA

A giant T-shirt wall in SOMA.

Paint out of drainpipe street art in SOMA, San Francisco, California, USA

Be weird street art in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

A good reminder to the residents of San Francisco: be weird.

Styrofoam birds in North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA

 

Fancy pants sticker street art in Financial District, San Francisco, California, USA

Banksy street art in North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA

After I tweeted excitedly about my first Banksy discovery, someone replied and told me to keep my eyes open nearby in North Beach: bang! Another one!

  • LostInCheeseland

    Love every single one. 

  • http://mslistologist.com Annette | Bucket List Journey

    That t-shirt wall is amaze-BALLS!!

  • camorose

    Thanks lady!

  • camorose

    So cool, right?!

  • http://lamyerda.com/ Riz

    Street wall art is cool! Love the shoes! :)  

  • http://freedomabroad.me/ Freedomabroad

    Were those actual book? Or wooden carvings?

  • http://www.tortugabackpacks.com/ Fred Perrotta

    Great pics. You took cool art and make it look even better. Makes me proud to be a San Franciscan!

  • http://waegook-tom.com/ Waegook Tom

    That first photo of the dragons is super cool! Loving the colours. Also, the t-shirt wall – love it! We have a building here in Korea covered in doors (?!?) that I really want to go and see.

  • camorose

    Thanks–my favorite jeweled flats!

  • camorose

    They appeared to be styrofoam boxes!

  • camorose

    Yay glad you liked it! There are still so many places I need to explore in SF that are supposed to have awesome street art!

  • camorose

    That door building sounds amazing–I would love to check that out!

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