Clarion Alley
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Clarion Alley is a small street between Mission and Valencia Streets and 17th and 18th Streets in the Mission District in San Francisco, California. It is notable for the murals painted by the Clarion Alley Mural Project.[1]
Originally called "Cedar Lane," the alley's name was changed around the turn of the twentieth century to Clarion Alley.[2] The street is notable for community and arts activity, including the Clarion Alley Mural Project, the American Indian Center[3] and Promotoras Latinas Comunitarias de Salud.[4]
47 Clarion
The warehouse at 47 Clarion was originally known as the Woodmen Building with the main door at 3345 17th Street. It was an IWW meeting hall, where Tom Mooney once attempted to organize railway workers.[5][6][7] Later, it was home to artists and musicians from at least the early sixties through 2002.[8][9] Notable residents included Terry Riley, The Cockettes, Lise Swenson of Artists' Television Access, and two of the artists, Rigo 23 and Aaron Noble, who were founding members of the Clarion Alley Mural Project. 47 Clarion was demolished in 2001, and a parking lot for the condominium project on 17th Street replaced it. It became a symbol of the neighborhood's gentrification.
