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More Osage Lane, but possibly Orange Alley too

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When I walked around the Mission District back in February, I walked Osage Lane and Orange Alley one after the other.  Later that day when I was sorting my photos, I messed up where one set of pictures ended and the next set started.  It’s possible that the photos that I posted a week or so ago were not just Osage Lane either!  (Mission District: Osage Lane) The two laneways run parallel to each other, one on the east side of Bartlett Street and the other on the west side.

below: Someone is a Gladys Knight and the Pips fan with a quote from their song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, “Trying to get back to a more simple place in time….”

fence with street art including text that is a quote from Gladys Knight and the Pips, Trying to get back to a more simple place in time

below: A Cheech and Chong themed mural celebrating the famous comedy pair.  Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong rode the free loving, hippie era to success with stand-up routines, records, and films based largely on drugs/cannabis and other counterculture subjects.

cheech and chong mural

below: “My name is…” a 2022 mural by Precita Eyes Muralists.  Directed by Flavia E. Mora.  Assisted by Teresa Benson. In collaboration with 6th and 7th grade arts electives students at Synergy School.  It’s a mural that touches on most social justice issues of the day – Missing Equity, Land Back, Black and Trans Lives Matter, Equality, and Reproductive Rights.

black lives matter mural

below: Only some heads remain.

pale green mural with people that has been tagged over in blue so that just the heads of the original are visible

red mural with people that has been tagged over in blue and white so that just the heads of the original are visible

street art mural, tag throw up in many parallel lines in mostly purple

mural of a woman with long hair, holding a bouquet of flowers

below: Frija, Goddess of Fertility with her antlers and long white hair.

goddess of fertilty Fija sign over door and under an image of a woman with long white hair, a crown of antlers,

below:  Faded.

large mural

below: Pablo A. Medina, “There is so much love in this city”.

two large murals in an alley, one is text - there is so much love in this city

below: All in green – a large tree….  and a hand on a paint roller… and everything in between.

mural on a garage front mostly in greens,

garage door with street art mural, green and white, people''s faces with text throw up

below: A colourful fellow with whiskers and button-like eyes, in a mural painted by Sune Nesu.  It also has a little glowing halo; is this a memorial to a lost friend?

mural that is an abstract animal shape with big ears and button-like eyes, whiskers, in geometric shapes, many colours, artist is sune nesu

1984.yo mural of a young man with a hat on

below: San Francisco under the window with the Golden Gate bridge in the background.

on a wood building, drawing of cityscape, window above the art

street art, throw up looks like rock or cracking concrete, with a skull

older faded stickers on a metal pole, one is a hello my name is sticker, and the other shows the upper body of a football player in blue uniform, number 98, with helmet on

poles and walls in alley covered with graffiti and street art

below: Cheer up!

cheer up graffiti sticker on metal pole, sad clown with a red nose

below: Forever in our hearts.

memorial mural, forever in our hearts, thux,

graffiti and street art on a door and surrounding walls in an alley, mission district

below: Oranges!

orange tree with lots of ripe fruit behind a fence covered with abstract street art

magnolia tree full of pink blossoms and a large prickly pear cactus plant sidewalk,with word orange stamped into it

Photos taken February 2025

Mission District – Osage Lane

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osage lane, mission district, san francisco

There are many pop culture references to be found in this lane!

below: Animal from the Muppets

part of a street art mural, Animal from the Muppets, with a green hat that says anemal, also words on painting that say RIP Lord,

below: A row of cartoon characters on a bright red fence – Bart Simpson, Hello Kitty, Speedy Gonzales, Pokemon, and what looks like a giant green pickle.

bright red fence painted with some cartoon characters, Bart Simpson, Hello Kitty, Pokemon, and Speedy Gonzales

below: Rapheal from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

teenage mutant ninja turtle mural, with red masked turtle, Raphael, wearing clunky gold necklace

below:  South American influences

below:  mmm

street art on buildings and fences in osage lane in san francisco

below: Mama Imelda from the movie “Coco”
street art mural of mama imelda from coco

below: Sonic

street art painting of sonic character, with long blue hair, and big white hands

street art painting of a blond boy with blue headband, with a large bowl of food, probably a manga character, naruto?

below: California Love

white faced character, California Love, SF symbol,

below: “All thru California …

part of all thru california street art mural

below: … Mission be Kracking, a recent painting by H2DAK about surviving fires and earthquakes!part of all thru california street art muralbelow: Money flies at 2982

street art painting on a blue door, bundle of dollar bills with yellow wings flying away, number beside door is 2982
pink and blue swirly street art mural

black and white and grey tones, portrait of a young woman, with long dark hair,

graffiti on a garage in Osage Lane, San Francisco

below: Bird sticker. Bird, May 1984 – July 2021

sticker on a pole, picture of a young man with word bird written in red, two dates, a tribute sticker by the looks of it

below: More stickers – Cheers!

two stickers on a pole, one with sad clown that says cheer up