The Mission District - Mission Street Itself

Mission Street and 22nd Street
(Looking West)

The view from the corner of mission as you look down 22nd.  That's Twin Peaks on the horizon.

On 22nd street Near Mission
(Looking West)

Mount Sutro and Sutro Tower as seen from the Eastern half of the city.  Not really on Mission street, but I wanted to show you what you would see if you were walking down Mission and happened to look down 22nd street.

On Mission between 17th and 18th streets
(Looking NorthWest)

What this picture cannot provide, about this particular part of Mission street,  is the smell.  By this time of day, the faint smell of sun-cooked decay is pretty detectable, unfortunately.  The area of 16th and Mission, and the  surrounding blocks, I like to avoid if possible.  You walk around and you suspect something shady is happening here and there, in some of the groupings and casual handshakes of people passing each other on the street.  Again, in my experience, trouble is only there if you're looking for it.  Otherwise, I have not been bothered, or hassled in any way.  Mainly, you will see in this piece of Mission street, some office workers, tons of foot traffic going in & out of the kinds of stores you see above, families towing children, singles checking each other out, and the occasional shady conversation or shady character.  Now, just to show you what a difference a block makes, in this very block (on the other side, on Valencia street) resides the famous fine-dining VietNamese restaurant The Slanted Door, so famous it was visited by President Clinton during his stays in SF.  Also not far from here, about two blocks, is my beloved crepe place Ti Couz (highly recommended).
 

 

22nd And Mission
(Looking Southeast)

Homeless man sitting in the vestibule to a closed shoe store as bus riders debark their bus and the rest of Mission street is reflected in the glass.