Here's what local commenters had to say about their Castro neighborhood favorites.

Amanda Lynn moved to the Mission on December 31, 1999, and has been adorning local buildings with bold, fantastical art ever since.

About 200 revelers of all ages gathered last night to help kick off holiday merriment in the Castro.

Modern city-dwellers can step into the roaring '20s at the new interactive theater experience, featuring a bar, gambling, vaudeville, and more.

Three "North Beach Legends" are being honored with new artwork around the neighborhood.

After more than five years in a tiny shop at Church and Market, the local jewelry maker has moved to 16th and Guerrero.

The exchange's all-female staff was required to memorize every customer's phone number and address—more than 3,000 of them.

Alex Hannah creates intricately detailed drawings of owls from his sidewalk studio outside Cal-Mart.

Divisadero was once home to a '60s-era experimental electronic music collective.

The grant will go toward the development of a two-year “full reuse and rehabilitation proposal.”

It sounds like an SNL sketch from the '90s, but not that long ago the Lower Haight boasted a bar that just served water.

Two months in, the Bay Area-centric gift shop is easing into the neighborhood comfortably.

With hopes of turning the area into a LGBTQ historic district, the activists plan to take their appeal to the Board of Supervisors next.