The Clarion Call – Clarion Alley, Mission District, San Francisco, California

Clarion Alley is a small street in San Francisco between Mission and Valencia Streets and 17th and 18th Streets. Originally called "Cedar Lane," the alley’s name was changed around the turn of the twentieth century to Clarion Alley. The street is notable for community and arts activity, including the Clarion Alley Mural Project, the American Indian Center and Promotoras Latinas Comunitarias de Salud. The warehouse at 47 Clarion was originally known as the Woodmen Building with the main door at 3345 17th Street. It was an IWW meeting hall, where Tom Mooney once attempted to organize railway workers. Later, 47 Clarion was home to artists and musicians from at least the early sixties through 2001.