Clarion Alley

[2] The street is notable for community and arts activity, including the Clarion Alley Mural Project, the American Indian Center[3] and Promotoras Latinas Comunitarias de Salud.

It was an IWW meeting hall, where Tom Mooney once attempted to organize railway workers.

[8][9] Notable residents included Terry Riley, The Cockettes, Lise Swenson of Artists' Television Access, and two of the artists, Rigo 23 and Aaron Noble, who were founding members of the Clarion Alley Mural Project.

Another of the early murals, painted by Scott Williams after research done by Fred Rinne, depicted native animals of the Mission District.

Clarion Alley was featured in the opening chapter of the fiction novel Dog Days by John Levitt.