Whitewashed Mural Reveals the Role Street Art Plays in the Survival of the Mission’s Culture

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Precita Eyes mural painted over on 24th and Folsom. Photo by Lola M. Chavez/KALW/Crosscurrents

By Gabriel Greschler and Laura Waxmann, KALW/Crosscurrents

In the world of street art, painting over somebody else’s work — especially one connected to the local community — is sacrilegious.

This past June, Precita Eyes, a veteran muralist group in the Mission district, stumbled upon one of its murals being whitewashed.

That day, Laura Waxmann, a reporter for Mission Local, says she received a text from one of her friends at Precita Eyes.

Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.

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