Vallartas Taco Bar

Walking a very familiar neighbourhood, the Mission, again, but I continue to see things that are new or somewhat new to me. I have walked past this taqueria countless times. It's very near the BART station at 16th Street and Mission, and as it can be a rather dicey area in which to linger, I tend to pass on by incuriously. Today, however, I stopped to take a few photos of this storefront because of the beautiful art that graces the façade (which, of course, I have seen before, I just didn't give it much mind) , as well as the defunct market next door.

For the first time in quite a while, I took my Rolleicord camera with me as it was a pretty bright day and I had ISO 100 colour film in the camera. I fashioned my walking route so as to wind up at Photoworks to drop off my film. Photoworks used to be located no more than a hundred steps from my building, but due to a spike in rent (which also precipitated the closing of a liquor store next to it), moved a couple of blocks up the street.

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