HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
FIRST HEARING TO INITIATE LANDMARKING OF
CASA SANCHEZ & MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS
DOCUMENTING LATINO CULTURAL ASSETS
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AGENDA ITEMS

10. 2020-009613DES
2778 24TH STREET (CASA SANCHEZ BUILDING) – located mid-block on north side of 24th Street between York and Hampshire streets, Lot 018, in Assessor’s Block 4210 (District 9). Consideration to Initiate Landmark Designation of Casa Sanchez Building (2778 24th Street) as an individual Article 10 Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. The Casa Sanchez Building (2778 24th Street) is significant for its association with the development of San Francisco’s Latino business community during the 20th century. A multi-generational family owned and operated company, Casa Sanchez was founded by Roberto and Isabel Sanchez in 1924 with a popular “Mexicatessen” that sold a variety of prepared Mexican foods and the first mechanized tortilla factory in the city. ……

2868 MISSION STREET (MISSION CULTURAL CENTER) –located on the west side of Mission Street between 24th and 25th Street, Lot 007, in Assessor’s Block 6516 (District 9). Consideration to Initiate Landmark Designation of Mission Cultural Center (2868 Mission Street) as an individual Article 10 Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. Mission Cultural Center (2868 Mission Street) is significant in the areas of Social History, Art, Performing Arts, and Ethnic Heritage: Hispanic for its association with the social and ethnic history of the Mission District as a predominately Latino enclave, along with the development of Latino arts in San Francisco in association with California’s Latino cultural center movement of the 1970s.