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'''The [[Maestrapeace on the Women's Building Women's Building]] on 18th Street in the Mission''' | '''The [[Maestrapeace on the Women's Building| Women's Building]] on 18th Street in the Mission''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
"Consistently what was most subversive in community murals was their process. The actual, physical reality of people assembling to make decisions about their neighborhood was a galvanizing democratic experience." | "Consistently what was most subversive in community murals was their process. The actual, physical reality of people assembling to make decisions about their neighborhood was a galvanizing democratic experience." | ||
''-- Timothy W. Drescher, from his essay in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture, a City Lights Anthology | ''-- Timothy W. Drescher, from his essay in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture,'' a City Lights Anthology | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 7 August 2008
The Women's Building on 18th Street in the Mission
Photo: Chris Carlsson
"Consistently what was most subversive in community murals was their process. The actual, physical reality of people assembling to make decisions about their neighborhood was a galvanizing democratic experience."
-- Timothy W. Drescher, from his essay in Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture, a City Lights Anthology