Balmy Alley murals

Balmy Alley is a concentrated block of community murals in the Mission District, begun in the 1970s and known for politically themed and culturally specific public art. Photographs of individual murals and the alley's colorful walls are frequently shared online and repurposed in social-media posts and image edits that circulate as memes about San Francisco street art and activist culture. The alley hosts rotating works created by local artists and collectives and is a documented site of Mission District mural history.