Bay Area/ San Francisco/ Arts & Culture
Published on November 04, 2016
Housing Protest Leaves Ghostly Installation At Site Of 22nd & Mission FirePhotos: Rose Garrett/Hoodline

Multiple tipsters have alerted us to a new installation at 22nd & Mission, which appeared yesterday as part of a protest against ballot propositions P and U, which protesters view as anti-housing, as well as Q and R, which address tent encampments and crime issues.

Mission Local reports that the 150-person protest blocked Mission Street from 21st to 24th streets for two hours last night. Protesters marched with signs, banners, and tents to the 22nd & Mission intersection, where white furniture was installed to symbolize a home on the street.

Photo: Jessica Park/Hoodline
PHOTO: JESSICA PARK/HOODLINE

This morning, vestiges of the protest remained at the corner of 22nd & Mission, where a clothesline has been strung across the construction site on the northwest corner of the street.

The 60 items of clothing are intended to represent the 60 tenants displaced by the destructive fire that gutted the building in early 2015, according to Maria Zamudio, an organizer with Causa Justa, as reported by Mission Local. "They're the spectres of the displaced," reads a sign posted above a makeshift altar on the corner.

Here's the scene at the site today:

For more on the protest, check out Mission Local's story from last night

Thanks to tipsters Patrick G., Jason H., and Marcos V. 

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