This mural is painted on the side of 222 Hyde Street. I see it whenever I ride the 19 Polk outbound. It's also visible
from the 31 Balboa and anyone driving out Turk Street toward
Van Ness and the ocean.
It's
one of my favorites in the city because it's so raw and expressive.
Painted in February 2013 by New York artists How
and Nosm,
“...Self
Destruction is
a three-story narrative of lives like that of Calvin Gary, a longtime
street-seller at Hyde and Turk streets who, breaking from his
salesmanship, looked at Self
Destruction and
told me he thought How and Nosm were "damn good artists."
Gary's glowing critique is a tribute to the way that How and Nosm
portray tumult....”
(from
SFWeekly 'Know Your Street Art 9/2/14'. For more information about this mural, click here:
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© by Chris Enquist 9/28/15
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