The Murals of Balmy Alley

Balmy Alley contains one of San Francisco’s densest concentrations of street murals, with more than thirty works covering nearly every available surface, from garage doors to fences. The paintings range from tributes to figures such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Archbishop Óscar Romero to current, locally grounded commentary on issues like neighborhood change and gentrification.