BACKGROUND The proposed mural project that we seek approval for is a collaboration between Precita Eyes Muralists and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. The mural project will transform the entrance of the hospital and a 200‘ section of the long, undulating retaining wall which borders the campus across from the Forest Hill Muni station from its current monochromatic green into a panorama of images. These images represent the organization’s nearly 150 years of providing skilled, compassionate health care to San Franciscans in need as well as the colorful story of the west side of the city. This project is as a collaboration among residents at Laguna Honda, the outpatients, its staff and the residents of the West Twin Peaks neighborhood. Precita Eyes Muralists have guided the participants through the collaborative community process, including theme development, and drawing out ideas into a composite sketch. There have been multiple community workshops to ensure the mural represents everyone from the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association and Midtown Terrace Association. Workshops have also been held at Laguna Honda for its staff and residents. From the combined community input the muralists have developed a scale drawing and color scheme for review and approval. NARRATIVE The mural composition begins in the center which is also where the entrance gate is located that leads to the stairs to Laguna Honda Hospital. The arch that bends above the entrance is repeated and mimicked in the mural. The arch element in the mural composition contains patterns that are found throughout the older hospital building architecture. The arch also contains images of the hospital’s history past and present. Nurses and doctors are depicted from the past on the left of the entrance and current nurses and residents are depicted on the right. Laguna Honda Hospital will soon be celebrating its 150th year anniversary and that history is a focal point in the center of the mural. The left of the mural (100 ft) depicts the landscape of the area and its beginnings. The far left starts with sand dunes that fold into green trees and hills to the San Miguel Rancho where the lone building built was Laguna Honda Hospital once an Almshouse. The landscape then opens into the Twins Peaks Tunnel which opened up the West Side of San Francisco for development. The old train then disappears into more landscape and farmland. Cypress Trees planted by Adolph Sutro blanket the foreground where native birds rest on the branches. The composition then leads back to the center arch with native flowers, such as forget-me-nots and pink flowering currant, and butterflies, such as Mission Blue and Monarch butterfly, framing the edges. The right of the mural (100ft) focuses on the current look of the West side of the city. The architecture of this neighborhood is very unique and specific to the area. Midtown Terrace’s similar shaped rows of homes are depicted which leads to the beautiful trees and landscape of Forest Hill. The old train that disappeared on the left side of the mural comes out of the underground Forest hill station, new and modern. The houses depicted on the far right are one of oldest Tudor house in Forest Hill, Forest Hill Clubhouse made by famous architect Bernard Maybeck, and the second oldest house in Twin Peaks. The composition then leads to Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower where the viewer overlooks the downtown grid of San Francisco, the ocean and into the future.