The Mission Stencil Story

I've been ignoring this for a while, because everyone else has been jumping on top of it as well.

But, I must remember the motto of the Painted Ground. Yes, the motto I just made up: "Record all the ephemeral street art before it fades or gets buffed. This is for the future generations!'

I'm thinking that the motto has to be refined a bit.

To date, I have 34 pictures of confirmed stencils from the Mission Stencil Story. An additional two in the set are unconfirmed. The final one has been buffed. We shall never know what it said. I'm working on finding more, courtesy of this map.

I had to go through a lot to get these. Including, climbing to the top of 20th Street and Sanchez to get the happy ending. They didn't make it easy on the readers, did they? Also, I got a lot of weird looks from Mexicans hanging out on Mission Street. I always get weird looks from Mexicans when I take pictures of graffiti. In addition to all taht, I had to evade a rather unattractive prostitute at 17th and Capp for one. In broad daylight, nonetheless!

The things I do for... Wait, why do I do this? So far, there is no monetary gain for it. Hint. Hint.

Bonus! You can e-mail its creator here.

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Pic courtesy of the San Francisco, CA.