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Update on Banksy's in San Francisco 02/2012, by magpie on Feb 10, 2012 20:24:58 GMT 1, Hello; first post here. I thought I'd post an update on the current state of Banksy's in San Fran as the most current one I could find was from over a year ago.

We found the one in Chinatown by accident; I was actually grooving on the Dragon mural that surrounds it at first, and looked at the Doctor saying to my wife, "doesn't that look like a Banksy?". So we googled it and found out that yes it was, and that there were 5 others in town too! So you can guess what we did for the next 5 hours. Instead of sightseeing like all the other tourists, we went Banksy hunting. The threads about these haven't been updated in a while, and several are gone, so here's their current state.

Peace Heart Doctor, Chinatown 720 Grant Ave. (at Commercial St.):



I love this shot of the tourist standing in front of it taking a photo of something else:



Bird Singing in Tree (masked painter was done by Blek le Rat)
Empty parking lot at Mission and Erie Streets.



Glitter Rat, side of Regency Ballroom 1300 Van Ness Avenue:




Airstrike, Columbus and Broadway St intersection (above Italian restaurant)





Osama in Marin Headlands has worn away from the elements; face not visible, and partially covered




All the others are gone:
Marker Rat in Haight St, This Will Look Nice on Valencia St., No Trespassing on Mission St, and the Skull and Crossbones Rat on Howard St.

Hello; first post here. I thought I'd post an update on the current state of Banksy's in San Fran as the most current one I could find was from over a year ago.

We found the one in Chinatown by accident; I was actually grooving on the Dragon mural that surrounds it at first, and looked at the Doctor saying to my wife, "doesn't that look like a Banksy?". So we googled it and found out that yes it was, and that there were 5 others in town too! So you can guess what we did for the next 5 hours. Instead of sightseeing like all the other tourists, we went Banksy hunting. The threads about these haven't been updated in a while, and several are gone, so here's their current state.

Peace Heart Doctor, Chinatown 720 Grant Ave. (at Commercial St.):



I love this shot of the tourist standing in front of it taking a photo of something else:



Bird Singing in Tree (masked painter was done by Blek le Rat)
Empty parking lot at Mission and Erie Streets.



Glitter Rat, side of Regency Ballroom 1300 Van Ness Avenue:




Airstrike, Columbus and Broadway St intersection (above Italian restaurant)





Osama in Marin Headlands has worn away from the elements; face not visible, and partially covered




All the others are gone:
Marker Rat in Haight St, This Will Look Nice on Valencia St., No Trespassing on Mission St, and the Skull and Crossbones Rat on Howard St.