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streets, it is situated high on
a hill with a good view of the
city center.
Dolores Park is popular during
the day with tennis players,
sunbathers, and dog walkers,
but after dark can draw drug
dealers. Above the park to the
south and west, the streets rise
so steeply that many turn into
pedestrian-only stairways.
Here are some of the city's
finest Victorian houses,
especially on Liberty Street.
festival (see p50) . This event,
held annually in late spring,
is the high spot of the year.
Guided tours of other murals,
some with political themes, are
given by civic organizations
(see p245) . There is also an
outdoor gallery with murals in
Balmy Alley (see pp142-3) , near
Treat and Harrison streets.
Sculpture commemorating soldiers in the
Spanish-American War
q Dolores Street
Map 10 E2. @ 22, 33, 48. v J.
Lined by lovingly maintained
late Victorian houses (see pp76-7)
and divided by an island of palm
trees, Dolores Street is one of
San Francisco's most attractive
public spaces. The broad straight
boulevard runs for 24 blocks,
parallel to Mission Street,
forming the western border of
the Mission District. It starts at
Market Street, where a statue
in honor of Spanish-American
War soldiers is overwhelmed
by the hulking US Mint.
The Mission High School, with
the characteristic white walls
and red tile roof of Mission-style
architecture, is on Dolores Street,
as is the historic Mission Dolores
(see p139). The street ends near
prosperous Noe Valley.
e Mission
Cultural Center
for the Latino
Arts
2868 Mission St. Map 10 F4.
Te l 821-1155 (Events Hotline: 643-
5001; Box Office: 643-2785). @ 12,
14, 26, 27, 48, 49. v J. 24th St.
Gallery: Open 10am-5pm Tue-Sat.
7 missionculturalcenter.org
This dynamic arts center
caters for the Latino
population of the Mission
District. It offers classes and
workshops and stages theatrical
events and exhibitions. Chief
among these is the parade held
in November to celebrate the
Day of the Dead (see p52) .
Noe Valley Ministry
t Noe Valley
@ 24, 35, 48. v J.
Noe Valley is known as
“Noewhere Valley” by its
residents, who are intent on
keeping it off the tourist map.
It is a comfortable neighbor-
hood mainly inhabited by
young professionals. Named
after its original land-grant
owner, José Noe, the last
alcalde (mayor) of Mexican
Yerba Buena, the area was
first developed in the 1880s
following the completion of a
cable car line over the steep
Castro Street hill. Like many
other areas of San
Francisco, this once
working-class district
underwent wholesale
gentrification in the
1970s, resulting in
today's engaging mix
of boutiques, bars, and
restaurants. The Noe
Valley Ministry, at 1021
Sanchez Street, is a late
1880s Presbyterian
church in the “Stick
Style” (see p77) , with
r Carnaval Mural
24th St and South Van Ness Ave.
Map 10 F4. @ 12, 14, 27, 48, 49, 67.
v J. 24th St.
One of the many brightly
painted murals to be seen on
walls in the Mission District, the
Carnaval Mural celebrates the
diverse people who come
together for the Carnaval
w Dolores Park
Map 10 E3. @ 22, 33. v J.
Originally the site of the city's
main Jewish cemetery, Dolores
Park transformed in 1905 into
one of the Mission District's few
large open spaces. Bounded by
Dolores, Church, 18th, and 20th
Detail from the Carnaval Mural
 
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