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Fence Surrounded By Industry
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A mural on a long fence cheered up the neighborhood. Surrounded by industrial buildings, this mural celebrated food and life.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:49:23 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0111
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Humanesque Tree, Bird and Sun Over Night Water
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One section of the mural featured a human-like tree from behind which a bird flew trailing a subdued rainbow contrail, and on the other side of which a warm sun floated over a nighttime ocean.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:49:27 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0113
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Monster Butterfly and King Sized Watermelon
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A monster butterfly hovered over people tending a garden, while in a neighboring garden a man displayed a king sized watermelon.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:50:03 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0114
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Artists Were Finishing A Tree
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Three artists had gathered to finish painting a tree on the fence. The tree was a woman with branches for hair.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:50:08 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0115
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A Man Painted Water
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A man painted water on the fence. Cows walked on a path that gradually transformed into a river.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:50:29 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0116
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Huge Sun and Huge Wheat
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A huge sun on the fence floated next to a group of people surrounded by huge wheat. Words that began in the center and then spiraled out, "Ahi Viene El Sol here Comes The Sun Hissss Sacred Water...."


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:50:40 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0117
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The Mural Was A Full Block Long
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This mural occupied the entire length of a city block from Florida all the way down to Alabama.


17th Street At Alabama Street Mural external link San Francisco   •  Bean Soup Literary Mural Project external link   •  Sponsored by Precita Eyes Muralists external link   •  17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 12:50:50 Sunday 19 January 2014)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 30 January 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_0118
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