Travel Reference
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Culture and community are constantly redefined here, by works like Sayuri Guzman's group portrait of Latinas
connected by their braided hair and Enrique Chagoya's post-9/11 dinosaurs escaping the TV and rampaging
through suburban living rooms.
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Mission Dolores
CHURCH
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The city's oldest building and its namesake, the Mission (originally Misión San Francisco
de Asís) was founded in 1776 and rebuilt in 1782 with conscripted Ohlone and Miwok
labor - a graveyard memorial hut commemorates 5000 Native laborers who died in
measles epidemics. Today, the original adobe is overshadowed by the adjoining 1913 ba-
silica, featuring stained-glass windows of California's 21 missions.
(
415-621-8203;
www.missiondolores.org
;
3321 16th St; adult/child $5/3;
9am-4pm Nov-Apr, to 4:30pm May-Oct;
22, 33,
16th St Mission,
J)
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Creativity Explored
ART GALLERY
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Brave new worlds are captured in celebrated artworks destined for museum retrospect-
ives, New York shows and Marc Jacobs handbags - all by local developmentally disabled
artists. Intriguing themed shows at this nonprofit gallery reveal fresh perspectives on sub-
jects ranging from superheroes to architecture, and openings are joyous celebrations with
the artists, their families and rock-star fan base.
(
415-863-2108;
www.creativityexplored.org
; 3245
16th St; donations welcome;
10am-3pm Mon-Fri, to 7pm Thu, noon-5pm Sat & Sun;
;
14, 22, 33, 49,
16th St Mission,
J)
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Potrero del Sol/ La Raza Skatepark
SKATING
Grab air with
Thrasher
magazine founders and fearless tweens blasting ollies off SF's best
concrete bowls. Downsides: the bathroom is sketchy and graffiti on the concrete can make
for a slippery ride. Wait for a clean area of the bowl to bust big moves, and yield to little
skaters.
Mission Skateboards
(
415-647-7888;
www.missionsk8boards.com
; 3045 24th St;
