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Laguna Honda Hospital Mural Project: Phase Three
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
Designed and Directed by: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe
Project in collaboration with: Laguna Honda Hospital patient and staff, residents from District 7, and many artist volunteers.
Funded by: District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee's Participatory Grant
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
Designed and Directed by: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe
Project in collaboration with: Laguna Honda Hospital patient and staff, residents from District 7, and many artist volunteers.
Funded by: District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee's Participatory Grant
Description
NARRATIVE : LAGUNA HONDA MURAL
The mural starts at the bay, with humpback whales leaping out its waters. A now-extinct California grizzly roams the beach, where sea shells like these were collected by Ohlone Indians. A bank of fog rolls over the ocean under the gaze of a great blue heron. The sand dunes that once spread across the western side of the city are covered with dune tansy and coastal buckwheat. The green hairstreak butterfly, now facing extinction, needs these plants to feed its caterpillars.
A golden eagle soars over the dunes toward Lake Honda, the body of water -- now a reservoir -- that gives Laguna Honda Hospital its name.
Framed by tall tule reeds, the laguna wraps around the bus shelter. Black-tailed deer drink from its waters. A grass hut with traditional Ohlone basket patterns stands at the center.
On the other side of the bus shelter, swimming ducks form an arrow of ripples in the water. The lake becomes a creek where an Ohlone canoeist glides through the rushes. As the creek flows into grasslands and flowering meadows, Monarch caterpillars feed on milkweed, lilac and yellow pansies. A California mountain lion stands on a boulder pierced by holes carved by the Ohlone to grind acorns. California poppies lay a colorful carpet for raccoons and California quail, as a migrating flock of Canadian geese fly overhead.
The landscape shifts to the Twins Peaks tunnel, whose construction opened the western edge of San Francisco to urban development. The old train disappears into farmland. Cypress trees planted by Adolph Sutro blanket the foreground, with forget-me-nots and pink flowering currant in the foreground, along with birds and native Mission Blue and Monarch butterflies.
The train emerges from the Forest Hill muni station into Midtown Terrace, with its rows of homes, Tudor-style architecture and the Forest Hill clubhouse.
From Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower, we see protestors at the 2018 march on climate change in downtown SF and beyond out to the Pacific Ocean. Rays of a bright sunrise turns streets turn into roots, representing a dendrite nerve cell to symbolize Laguna Honda Hospital's extensive work with patients recovering from nerve damage.
A crew of SF Urban Riders clears the trail so people can hike, bike or relax in this scenic spot. The trail is surrounded by tall redwoods, pictured as we want to imagine them thriving in the future.
Roots turn into a street that leads to Clarendon Avenue. The SF Department of Public Works' goats graze on overgrown brush. A great horned owl flies into a canyon of California blackberry bushes, fallen trees and a lone coyote.
Many native plants are edible or medicinal, including the cantharellus Californicus mushrooms, candy cap mushrooms, yerba buena, yellow colored goldenrod, the tiny white rattlesnake weed, the purple splendid mariposa lily, California nutmeg, California dandelions and the recently re-discovered Franciscan manzanita, which was believed to be extinct.
Among indigenous cultures, Allen’s hummingbird symbolizes rapid change; the blue-eyed darner dragonfly represents transformation and renewal. These hover over delicate rosehips, medicinal flowers symbolizing good health and living life to its fullest.
Notable San Franciscans and community leaders populate the mural, including LGBT political activist and former SF city supervisor Harry Britt, who rests on a bench next to a bush of pink rhododendrons. Environmental activists and historians work nearby, restoring native plants framed in flowers and insects
At the far end of the wall, California dandelions scatter in the wind as their seeds dance among a flock of birds. The variety of birds -- all commonly seen around the hospital, including ravens, prairie falcons, California gulls, red-tailed hawks and green parrots -- represents the diversity of San Francisco's residents. The birds escort the viewer from the present to the future, and represent freedom, perspective, migration and change.
The mural starts at the bay, with humpback whales leaping out its waters. A now-extinct California grizzly roams the beach, where sea shells like these were collected by Ohlone Indians. A bank of fog rolls over the ocean under the gaze of a great blue heron. The sand dunes that once spread across the western side of the city are covered with dune tansy and coastal buckwheat. The green hairstreak butterfly, now facing extinction, needs these plants to feed its caterpillars.
A golden eagle soars over the dunes toward Lake Honda, the body of water -- now a reservoir -- that gives Laguna Honda Hospital its name.
Framed by tall tule reeds, the laguna wraps around the bus shelter. Black-tailed deer drink from its waters. A grass hut with traditional Ohlone basket patterns stands at the center.
On the other side of the bus shelter, swimming ducks form an arrow of ripples in the water. The lake becomes a creek where an Ohlone canoeist glides through the rushes. As the creek flows into grasslands and flowering meadows, Monarch caterpillars feed on milkweed, lilac and yellow pansies. A California mountain lion stands on a boulder pierced by holes carved by the Ohlone to grind acorns. California poppies lay a colorful carpet for raccoons and California quail, as a migrating flock of Canadian geese fly overhead.
The landscape shifts to the Twins Peaks tunnel, whose construction opened the western edge of San Francisco to urban development. The old train disappears into farmland. Cypress trees planted by Adolph Sutro blanket the foreground, with forget-me-nots and pink flowering currant in the foreground, along with birds and native Mission Blue and Monarch butterflies.
The train emerges from the Forest Hill muni station into Midtown Terrace, with its rows of homes, Tudor-style architecture and the Forest Hill clubhouse.
From Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower, we see protestors at the 2018 march on climate change in downtown SF and beyond out to the Pacific Ocean. Rays of a bright sunrise turns streets turn into roots, representing a dendrite nerve cell to symbolize Laguna Honda Hospital's extensive work with patients recovering from nerve damage.
A crew of SF Urban Riders clears the trail so people can hike, bike or relax in this scenic spot. The trail is surrounded by tall redwoods, pictured as we want to imagine them thriving in the future.
Roots turn into a street that leads to Clarendon Avenue. The SF Department of Public Works' goats graze on overgrown brush. A great horned owl flies into a canyon of California blackberry bushes, fallen trees and a lone coyote.
Many native plants are edible or medicinal, including the cantharellus Californicus mushrooms, candy cap mushrooms, yerba buena, yellow colored goldenrod, the tiny white rattlesnake weed, the purple splendid mariposa lily, California nutmeg, California dandelions and the recently re-discovered Franciscan manzanita, which was believed to be extinct.
Among indigenous cultures, Allen’s hummingbird symbolizes rapid change; the blue-eyed darner dragonfly represents transformation and renewal. These hover over delicate rosehips, medicinal flowers symbolizing good health and living life to its fullest.
Notable San Franciscans and community leaders populate the mural, including LGBT political activist and former SF city supervisor Harry Britt, who rests on a bench next to a bush of pink rhododendrons. Environmental activists and historians work nearby, restoring native plants framed in flowers and insects
At the far end of the wall, California dandelions scatter in the wind as their seeds dance among a flock of birds. The variety of birds -- all commonly seen around the hospital, including ravens, prairie falcons, California gulls, red-tailed hawks and green parrots -- represents the diversity of San Francisco's residents. The birds escort the viewer from the present to the future, and represent freedom, perspective, migration and change.
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Laguna Honda Hospital Mural Project: Phase Two of Three
©2017 Precita Eyes Muralists
Designed and Directed by: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe
Project in collaboration with: Laguna Honda Hospital patient and staff, residents from District 7, and many artist volunteers.
Funded by: District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee's Participatory Grant
©2017 Precita Eyes Muralists
Designed and Directed by: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe
Project in collaboration with: Laguna Honda Hospital patient and staff, residents from District 7, and many artist volunteers.
Funded by: District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee's Participatory Grant
DESCRIPTION:
Laguna Honda Mural Project: Phase Two Narrative
The next phase of the Laguna Honda Mural Project will cover 5 ft by 160 ft of the retaining wall from the left side of the original mural extending all the way to the end of the wall past the bus shelter. Residents of District 7 voted to fund Phase 2 of the Laguna Honda Mural Project through Norman Yee’s Participatory Budgeting Grant. The mural will not only create a more inviting and colorful area for pedestrians and people waiting for MUNI but will also depict the area surrounding the hospital pre- development with the natural habitats, flora and fauna. The existing mural is already a source of pride for the neighborhood and an educational tool. As community muralists Yukako Ezoe and Elaine Chu will continue to share the rich nature and history of this historic section of San Francisco with its residents and commuters through research and community input. We have led workshops with residents, staff and neighbors of Laguna Honda and neighborhood associations.
Beginning from the far left of the mural is the ocean with Humpback Whales leaping out of the bay waters. Roaming on the beach is a California Grizzly Bear and a Clapper Rail. California Grizzly Bears are now extinct due to settlement and during the Gold Rush many were killed. The beach sand turns into vast sand dunes which much of West of Twin Peaks was originally. Various sea shells collected by the Ohlone Indians are depicted and a Great Blue Heron looks to the ocean with the fog rolling behind him. The plants that one can find around the sand dunes are Dune Tansys and Coastal Buckwheat. The nearly extinct Green Hairstreak Butterfly needs the Coastal Buckwheat to survive and to lay their eggs. Their caterpillars are very picky eaters and feed almost exclusively on Coastal Buckwheat. A great Golden Eagle soars over the sand dunes heading to Lake Honda which begins to arche around the center of the bus shelter.
Laguna Honda Hospital is named after Lake Honda which is now a reservoir for the city. The Lake arches along both sides of the bus shelter mimicking the arch found in the original mural. Along the lake are tall tuile grass that frame the arched lake. On the left side is a herd of Black Tailed Deer drinking from the lake water. Many Ohlone Indians in the region hunted them at the time. The ripples extend through the water creating a pattern of color. In the center of the lake is an Ohlone tule hut. The viewer of the mural is actually looking at the outside from inside the hut built thatched with Tule Reeds which the Ohlone (First people of the California Bay Area) lived in. A fire pit is in the center which symbolizes the resilient spirit of the Ohlone Indigenous people. The columns that frame the hut depict traditional Ohlone basket patterns and Soap Plant, which was used to create baskets, with decorative Tule Reeds in the background. From the right of the bus shelter the arch of Lake Honda extends with a family of ducks swimming forming an arrow of ripples in the water. The lake then turns into a creek with an Ohlone Indian canoeing through the tall grass. The creek then flows through and nourished the grassland and flower meadow. Almost extinct, Monarch Butterflies feed and change from caterpillar to butterfly on Milkweed, Lilac, and Yellow Pansies. The creek then passes behind a California Mountain Lion and Garden Snake. The boulder that the Mountain Lion is standing on has deep holes carved in it where Ohlone Indians would grind acorns. Mountain Lions were good luck to be dreamed prior to deer hunting, so they can achieve hunting practices like them. The flowers turn into California Poppies growing abundantly in the foreground with a family of raccoons in the background. In the sky is a flock of migrating Canadian Geese flowing into the mural behind a vast sky. The creek continues and connects the mural with the creek in the original mural. Surrounding the creek are Shrubs and a family of California Quail walking toward the original mural.
The next phase of the Laguna Honda Mural Project will cover 5 ft by 160 ft of the retaining wall from the left side of the original mural extending all the way to the end of the wall past the bus shelter. Residents of District 7 voted to fund Phase 2 of the Laguna Honda Mural Project through Norman Yee’s Participatory Budgeting Grant. The mural will not only create a more inviting and colorful area for pedestrians and people waiting for MUNI but will also depict the area surrounding the hospital pre- development with the natural habitats, flora and fauna. The existing mural is already a source of pride for the neighborhood and an educational tool. As community muralists Yukako Ezoe and Elaine Chu will continue to share the rich nature and history of this historic section of San Francisco with its residents and commuters through research and community input. We have led workshops with residents, staff and neighbors of Laguna Honda and neighborhood associations.
Beginning from the far left of the mural is the ocean with Humpback Whales leaping out of the bay waters. Roaming on the beach is a California Grizzly Bear and a Clapper Rail. California Grizzly Bears are now extinct due to settlement and during the Gold Rush many were killed. The beach sand turns into vast sand dunes which much of West of Twin Peaks was originally. Various sea shells collected by the Ohlone Indians are depicted and a Great Blue Heron looks to the ocean with the fog rolling behind him. The plants that one can find around the sand dunes are Dune Tansys and Coastal Buckwheat. The nearly extinct Green Hairstreak Butterfly needs the Coastal Buckwheat to survive and to lay their eggs. Their caterpillars are very picky eaters and feed almost exclusively on Coastal Buckwheat. A great Golden Eagle soars over the sand dunes heading to Lake Honda which begins to arche around the center of the bus shelter.
Laguna Honda Hospital is named after Lake Honda which is now a reservoir for the city. The Lake arches along both sides of the bus shelter mimicking the arch found in the original mural. Along the lake are tall tuile grass that frame the arched lake. On the left side is a herd of Black Tailed Deer drinking from the lake water. Many Ohlone Indians in the region hunted them at the time. The ripples extend through the water creating a pattern of color. In the center of the lake is an Ohlone tule hut. The viewer of the mural is actually looking at the outside from inside the hut built thatched with Tule Reeds which the Ohlone (First people of the California Bay Area) lived in. A fire pit is in the center which symbolizes the resilient spirit of the Ohlone Indigenous people. The columns that frame the hut depict traditional Ohlone basket patterns and Soap Plant, which was used to create baskets, with decorative Tule Reeds in the background. From the right of the bus shelter the arch of Lake Honda extends with a family of ducks swimming forming an arrow of ripples in the water. The lake then turns into a creek with an Ohlone Indian canoeing through the tall grass. The creek then flows through and nourished the grassland and flower meadow. Almost extinct, Monarch Butterflies feed and change from caterpillar to butterfly on Milkweed, Lilac, and Yellow Pansies. The creek then passes behind a California Mountain Lion and Garden Snake. The boulder that the Mountain Lion is standing on has deep holes carved in it where Ohlone Indians would grind acorns. Mountain Lions were good luck to be dreamed prior to deer hunting, so they can achieve hunting practices like them. The flowers turn into California Poppies growing abundantly in the foreground with a family of raccoons in the background. In the sky is a flock of migrating Canadian Geese flowing into the mural behind a vast sky. The creek continues and connects the mural with the creek in the original mural. Surrounding the creek are Shrubs and a family of California Quail walking toward the original mural.
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Laguna Honda Hospital Mural Project: Phase One of Three
"150 Years of Dedicated and Compassionate Service to the Community Mural"
© 2015 Precita Eyes Muralists
5’ x 200’, acrylic on stucco
Mural Director: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe in collaboration with Laguna Honda Hospital staff and patients, Forest Hill community and the Midtown Terrence community.
Funding: Tides Foundation (Anonymous Donors) Zellerbach Family Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation
Location: Laguna Honda Blvd, SF CA
"150 Years of Dedicated and Compassionate Service to the Community Mural"
© 2015 Precita Eyes Muralists
5’ x 200’, acrylic on stucco
Mural Director: Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe in collaboration with Laguna Honda Hospital staff and patients, Forest Hill community and the Midtown Terrence community.
Funding: Tides Foundation (Anonymous Donors) Zellerbach Family Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation
Location: Laguna Honda Blvd, SF CA
Description
BACKGROUND
The proposed mural project that we seek approval for is a collaboration between Precita Eyes Muralists and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. The mural project will transform the entrance of the hospital and a 200‘ section of the long, undulating retaining wall which borders the campus across from the Forest Hill Muni station from its current monochromatic green into a panorama of images. These images represent the organization’s nearly 150 years of providing skilled, compassionate health care to San Franciscans in need as well as the colorful story of the west side of the city. This project is as a collaboration among residents at Laguna Honda, the outpatients, its staff and the residents of the West Twin Peaks neighborhood. Precita Eyes Muralists have guided the participants through the collaborative community process, including theme development, and drawing out ideas into a composite sketch. There have been multiple community workshops to ensure the mural represents everyone from the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association and Midtown Terrace Association. Workshops have also been held at Laguna Honda for its staff and residents. From the combined community input the muralists have developed a scale drawing and color scheme for review and approval.
NARRATIVE The mural composition begins in the center which is also where the entrance gate is located that leads to the stairs to Laguna Honda Hospital. The arch that bends above the entrance is repeated and mimicked in the mural. The arch element in the mural composition contains patterns that are found throughout the older hospital building architecture. The arch also contains images of the hospital’s history past and present. Nurses and doctors are depicted from the past on the left of the entrance and current nurses and residents are depicted on the right. Laguna Honda Hospital will soon be celebrating its 150th year anniversary and that history is a focal point in the center of the mural. The left of the mural (100 ft) depicts the landscape of the area and its beginnings. The far left starts with sand dunes that fold into green trees and hills to the San Miguel Rancho where the lone building built was Laguna Honda Hospital once an Almshouse. The landscape then opens into the Twins Peaks Tunnel which opened up the West Side of San Francisco for development. The old train then disappears into more landscape and farmland. Cypress Trees planted by Adolph Sutro blanket the foreground where native birds rest on the branches. The composition then leads back to the center arch with native flowers, such as forget-me-nots and pink flowering currant, and butterflies, such as Mission Blue and Monarch butterfly, framing the edges. The right of the mural (100ft) focuses on the current look of the West side of the city. The architecture of this neighborhood is very unique and specific to the area. Midtown Terrace’s similar shaped rows of homes are depicted which leads to the beautiful trees and landscape of Forest Hill. The old train that disappeared on the left side of the mural comes out of the underground Forest hill station, new and modern. The houses depicted on the far right are one of oldest Tudor house in Forest Hill, Forest Hill Clubhouse made by famous architect Bernard Maybeck, and the second oldest house in Twin Peaks. The composition then leads to Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower where the viewer overlooks the downtown grid of San Francisco, the ocean and into the future.
The proposed mural project that we seek approval for is a collaboration between Precita Eyes Muralists and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. The mural project will transform the entrance of the hospital and a 200‘ section of the long, undulating retaining wall which borders the campus across from the Forest Hill Muni station from its current monochromatic green into a panorama of images. These images represent the organization’s nearly 150 years of providing skilled, compassionate health care to San Franciscans in need as well as the colorful story of the west side of the city. This project is as a collaboration among residents at Laguna Honda, the outpatients, its staff and the residents of the West Twin Peaks neighborhood. Precita Eyes Muralists have guided the participants through the collaborative community process, including theme development, and drawing out ideas into a composite sketch. There have been multiple community workshops to ensure the mural represents everyone from the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association and Midtown Terrace Association. Workshops have also been held at Laguna Honda for its staff and residents. From the combined community input the muralists have developed a scale drawing and color scheme for review and approval.
NARRATIVE The mural composition begins in the center which is also where the entrance gate is located that leads to the stairs to Laguna Honda Hospital. The arch that bends above the entrance is repeated and mimicked in the mural. The arch element in the mural composition contains patterns that are found throughout the older hospital building architecture. The arch also contains images of the hospital’s history past and present. Nurses and doctors are depicted from the past on the left of the entrance and current nurses and residents are depicted on the right. Laguna Honda Hospital will soon be celebrating its 150th year anniversary and that history is a focal point in the center of the mural. The left of the mural (100 ft) depicts the landscape of the area and its beginnings. The far left starts with sand dunes that fold into green trees and hills to the San Miguel Rancho where the lone building built was Laguna Honda Hospital once an Almshouse. The landscape then opens into the Twins Peaks Tunnel which opened up the West Side of San Francisco for development. The old train then disappears into more landscape and farmland. Cypress Trees planted by Adolph Sutro blanket the foreground where native birds rest on the branches. The composition then leads back to the center arch with native flowers, such as forget-me-nots and pink flowering currant, and butterflies, such as Mission Blue and Monarch butterfly, framing the edges. The right of the mural (100ft) focuses on the current look of the West side of the city. The architecture of this neighborhood is very unique and specific to the area. Midtown Terrace’s similar shaped rows of homes are depicted which leads to the beautiful trees and landscape of Forest Hill. The old train that disappeared on the left side of the mural comes out of the underground Forest hill station, new and modern. The houses depicted on the far right are one of oldest Tudor house in Forest Hill, Forest Hill Clubhouse made by famous architect Bernard Maybeck, and the second oldest house in Twin Peaks. The composition then leads to Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower where the viewer overlooks the downtown grid of San Francisco, the ocean and into the future.