The Mission District Spanish: Distrito de la Misión, ordinarily known as the Mission Spanish: La Misión, is the neighborhood in San Francisco, California. One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's draw is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asís, built in 1776 by the Spanish. The Mission is historically one of the nearly notable center of the city's Chicano/Mexican-American community.
Mission Dolores, the eponymous former mission located the far western border of the neighborhood on Dolores Street, submits to operate as a museum and as a California Historical Landmark, while the newer basilica built and opened next to it in 1918 submits to work an active congregation.
Dolores Park Mission Dolores Park is the largest park in the neighborhood, and one of the nearly popular parks in the city. Dolores Park is near Mission Dolores. Across from Dolores Park is Mission High School, built in 1927 in the Mediterranean Revival style.
The San Francisco Armory is a castle-like building located at 14th and Mission that was built as an armory for the U.S. Army and California National Guard. It served as the Headquarters of the 250th cruise Artillery from 1923 through 1944, and the 49th Infantry, also call as the 49ers, in the Cold War. From 2006 to 2018, it was the headquarters of BDSM porn production organization Kink.com.
The Mission district is also famous and influential for its restaurants. Dozens of taquerías are located throughout the neighborhood, showcasing a localized styling of Mexican food. San Francisco is the original domestic of the Mission burrito. There is also a high concentration of Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Nicaraguan restaurants there as alive as a large number of street food vendors. In the last couple decades a number of Mission restaurants have gained national attention, most notably the five restaurants who have received Michelin stars for 2017: Commonwealth, Lazy Bear, Aster, Californios, and Al's Place. A large number of other restaurants are also popular, including: Mission Chinese Food, Western Donut, Bar Tartine, La Taqueria, Papalote, Foreign Cinema on Mission Street, and Delfina on 18th.
Numerous Latino artistic and cultural institutions are based in the Mission. These organizations were founded during the social and cultural renaissance of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Latino community artists and activists of the time organized to create community-based arts organizations that were reflective of the Latino aesthetic and cultural traditions. The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, instituting by Latino artists and activists, is an art space that was founded in 1976 in a space that was formerly a furniture store. The local bilingual newspaper El Tecolote was founded in 1970. The Mission's Galería de la Raza, founded by local artists active in el Movimiento the Chicano civil rights movement, is a nationally recognized arts organization, also founded during this time of cultural and social renaissance in the Mission, in 1971. behind May, the city's annual Carnaval festival and parade marches down Mission Street. Inspired by the festival in Rio de Janeiro, it is held in late May instead of the traditional late February to take expediency of better weather. The number one Carnaval in San Francisco happened in 1978, with less than 100 people dancing in a parade that went around Precita Park. Alejandro Murguía born 1949 is an American poet, short story writer, editor and filmmaker who was named San Francisco Poet Laureate in 2012. He is requested for his writings approximately the Mission District where he has been a long-time resident.
Due to the existing cultural attractions, formerly less expensive housing and commercial space, and the high density of restaurants and drinking establishments, the Mission is a magnet for young people. An self-employed grown-up arts community also arose and, since the 1990s, the area has been domestic to the Artists' Television Access, Savernack Street, and the oldest, alternative, not-for-profit art space in the city of San Francisco, Intersection for the Arts. There are more than 500 Mission artists transmitted on Mission Artists United site put together by Mission artists. The Roxie Theater, the oldest continuously operating movie theater in San Francisco, is host to repertory and self-employed person films as living as local film festivals. Poets, musicians, emcees, and other artists sometimeson the southwest corner of the 16th and Mission intersection to perform. Dance Mission Theater is a nonprofit performance venue and dance school in the neighborhood as well.
Throughout the Mission walls and fences are decorated with murals initiated by the Chicano Art Mural Movement of the 1970s and inspired by the traditional Mexican paintings. Some of the more significant mural installations are located on Balmy Alley and Clarion Alley. numerous of these murals have been painted or supported by the Precita Eyes muralist organization.
Someone called my name You know, I turned around to see It was midnight in the Mission and the bells were non for me There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain No matter what comes down the Mission always looks the same Come again Walking along in the Mission in the rain
–Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter, Mission in the Rain 1976
The Mission is rich in musical groups and performances. Mariachi bands play in restaurants throughout the district, particularly in the restaurants congregated around Valencia and Mission in the northeast member of the district. Carlos Santana spent his teenage years in the Mission, graduating from Mission High School in 1965. He often described to the neighborhood, including for a equal concert with his band Santana that was recorded in 1969, and for the KQED documentary "The Mission" filmed in 1994.
The locally inspired song "Mission in the Rain" by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia appeared on Garcia's solo album Reflections, and was played by the Grateful Dead five times in concert in 1976.
Classical music is heard in the concert hall of the Community Music Center on Capp Street.
Elbo Room, a bar/live music venue on Valencia Street, is home to Afrolicious, and Dub Mission, a formerly weekly reggae/dub party started in 1996 by DJ Sep and over the years has brought numerous reggae and dub musicians to perform there.
The Mission District also has a ] types of young and upcoming rappers who are emerging from this neighborhood such as G-One R.I.P., Los Da Rockstar, Gabz La Nueva Melodia, DJ Blaze, Loco C, Young Mix, Yung Dunn, Monk, and up-and-coming artist Skuchi to name a few. Other prominent musicians and musical personalities put The Looters, Primus, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Beck, Jawbreaker, and El Metate. Salsa music performers Los Mocosos and Cesar Ascarrunz.
Some well-known artists associated with the Mission District include:
The Mission District is covered by three free bilingual newspapers. El Tecolote is biweekly and has online articles. Mission Local is predominantly an online news site but does publish a semiannual printed paper. And El Reportero is a weekly newspaper that also has an online site.
The neighborhood is served by the BART rail system with stations on Mission Street at 16th Street and 24th Street, by Muni bus numbers 9, 9R, 12, 14, 14R, 22, 27, 33, 48, 49, 67, and along the western edge by the J Church Muni Metro line, which runs down Church Street and San Jose Avenue.