Windows into the Tenderloin is a mural in, for, and about the Tenderloin District in San Francisco, CA.

The project was spearheaded by the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, who invited Mona Caron to create a public mural at the North-East corner of Jones and Golden Gate. The design was inspired by research and meetings with neighborhood residents, communities and organizations over the summer and fall of '08. The mural was painted in '09, and dedicated in March 2010.


the painting:

The mural has seven "windows" that show various views of the neighborhood and different references to local history.
Countless details in the painting were spontaneously inspired by ongoing direct contact with the local population. Among other things, they include over 250 little figures based on real people of the neighborhood.
The mural also includes an area featuring tiles created by artists working at Hospitality House Community Art Center, and by children at the Boys and Girls Club across the street from the mural.


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** Click here for Mona's panel by panel tour of the mural! **

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a moment of the opening party, March 5th 2010. Click to see more images of the opening.


the mural's contributors:

Mona Caron, mural artist
Lisa Ruth Elliott, project manager, artist's assistant

Mural volunteers: Eric and Nikki Gunn Rodenbeck, Paz de la Calzada, Anne-Marie Russo, Sona Aggarwal, Rebecca Whipple Silverstein, David Stern-Gottfried, Leslie Terzian Markoff, Kathleen Joyce, John Nuņez, and Meegan Barnes.

Special contributors: Kay Weber, Rick Darnell, Robert Chambers, Jeff Marshall, Niki Savage, Cole Kirklighter, Miguel Patricio.

Tile artists: Norma Galvez, Lauren Alden, Joel Turtle  Webber, Tom Jirasek, Miguel Patricio, Charles Blackwell, Kira Kwong, Susan Horne, Rick Darnell, Winnie Phan, Alaa Yahya, Somiah Yahya, Jaqueline Alfaro, DJ Pinto, Matthew Pinto, Jaymee Vaughn, Leila Yenti, Jenny Li, Jazlyne Hernandez, Xalli Guillen, Abdulla and Anmar Folly.

Special thanks to
Elaine Zamora and Joseph Leon, The NOM/TL CBC District Identity Streetscape Improvements Committee, Peter Field, Mark Ellinger, Dina Hilliard, Eric and Nikki Gunn Rodenbeck, Nick Kasimatis, Joel Pomerantz, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The San Francisco Arts Commission, The Jack Sen Benevolent Association.

A project of the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, San Francisco's Community Challenge Grant Program,
and the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

The mural is dedicated to all who live in the TL.

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Take a closer look in the panel-by-panel tour!