Created in 2006 by the Precita Eyes Muralists, and the Community Mural Workshopof San Francisco, California

Sponsered by Precita Eyes Murals Project.Murals being painted on a fence alongside 17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets.

Bulgaria; Bulgarian: officially the Republic of Bulgaria is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.[from wikipedia]

VCA All Pets Hospital has been serving birds, cats, dogs, and exotic animals in San Francisco, California, since 1968. We understand and share your compassion for animals, and it is our goal to provide the highest standards of veterinary medical care for your pet. We provide our clients with the very best in complete diagnostics, surgery, dental care, chemotherapy and oncology, as well as vaccinations, wellness exams, and everything needed to keep your pets happy and healthy.[from all pets website]

One of the hearts from the "Hearts of San Fricisco" collection issued in 2004.

Precita Eyes received a $20,000 grant from AT&T to paint a new mural on the side of Impact Hub at 15th and Minna.[paraphrased from missionlocal.org]

The name of the organization comes from the fact that most of the muralists were from Precita Valley. Precita is a diminutive form of the Spanish word "presa," which means dam; the word "Precita" means little dam. The "Eyes" in the name are what we perceive the visual world with, our own eyes.[from wikipedia]

One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asis, built in 1776 by the Spanish. The Mission is historically one of the most notable center of the city's Chicano/Mexican-American community.[from wikipedia]

Mission Street is a north-south arterial thoroughfare in Daly City and San Francisco, California that runs from Daly City's southern border to San Francisco's northeast waterfront. The street and San Francisco's Mission District through which it runs were named for the Spanish Mission Dolores, several blocks away from the modern route.[from wikipedia]

San Francisco's Tenderloin District is one of the only neighborhoods in the city of San Francisco without a full-service grocery store, making access to fresh, affordable food a daily struggle for the many low-income residents of the Tenderloin. Over 30,000 residents, including families and children, live in the Tenderloin.[from tenderloin development website]

A cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured.[from wikipedia]

Mission Creek is a river in San Francisco, California. Once navigable from the Mission Bay inland to the vicinity of Mission Dolores, where several smaller creeks converged to form it, Mission Creek has long since been largely culverted. Its only remaining portion above-ground is the Mission Creek Channel which drains into China Basin.[from wikipedia]