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San Francisco Mission District was viewed as a Latino neighborhood through much of the 1960s and 1970s. However, the Mission today is both the nexus of the Chicano and Latino community and a neighborhood of artists and hipsters. Mexican, Peruvian, Salvadorian and other Latin American restaurants are pervasive throughout the neighborhood. An independent arts community also arose and since the 1990s, the area has been home to the Mission School art movement. Many studios, galleries, performance...
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San Francisco Mission District was viewed as a Latino neighborhood through much of the 1960s and 1970s. However, the Mission today is both the nexus of the Chicano and Latino community and a neighborhood of artists and hipsters. Mexican, Peruvian, Salvadorian and other Latin American restaurants are pervasive throughout the neighborhood. An independent arts community also arose and since the 1990s, the area has been home to the Mission School art movement. Many studios, galleries, performance spaces, and public art projects are located in the Mission.
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