Street Murals in North Beach (Little Italy), SFO

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Jazz greats, honored in this mural (below) like Billy Holiday, Oscar Peterson, Loui Armstrong and many others greet visitors in North Beach with much enthusiasm to look forward to in terms of hearing jazz music being very much alive in this area; City Books' firewall (above) mural depicts Mexican life; right above, is on "Vesuvio" where there a volcanic eruption ate up the whole town centuries ago in this part of Italy; the whole town was covered with ash. I have been there in Vesuvius (in summer '97) and it is sad and tragic to see the remains of some Romans who suffered their fatal end. Their terror, struggle, and pain were preserved to these days when all was covered with ashes. In this part of San Francisco in Little Italy, one is made to remember that part of their history that remains to be a part of who they are, survivors for all times.