Project Description

Walk along Elk Street between Chenery Street and Paradise Avenue in Glen Park and you will see an inviting green expanse with baseball diamonds, areas for soccer, archery, yoga and more. You may also see dog walkers, joggers, and parents with excited children all heading for those activities or perhaps the playground, to picnic, or to hike in Glen Canyon.

But you’ll also notice the field’s retaining wall, repeatedly stained, and scarred with graffiti.  Well-intentioned efforts by SF’s Recreation and Parks Department have added a pastiche of multi-colored patches. It’s a temporary fix.

Several Glen Park residents, seeking a longer-term solution that would beautify the area, approached Recreation and Parks proposing a mural. The department welcomed the idea.

The good news is that Glen Park has already achieved considerable recognition for its mural that celebrates the neighborhood’s history, located at the cul-de-sac of Burnside Avenue. The Elk Street Mural will be a sub-project of Burnside Mural+ (www.gpmural.com) and will build upon their expertise.

A community involvement process got underway in September 2024 and continued through the fall. The design reflects the community’s input.