Langton Alley in the city.....
Langton Alley in San Francisco is a long, narrow one-way street, not unlike any other alley in the city's south of Market Street area. Its gutters are lined with crumpled trash, its sidewalk spotted with urine. Between the towering walls lies a drab sensation of facelessness you're no longer walking in any distinct city until the alley's end, next to a freeway on ramp, where beaconing from above is what has quickly become the most beloved graffiti street mural in the city. This one has been up for months and it stands untouched. Two airbrushed portraits dance across the walls, the words "REST IN PEACE" standing boldly atop the memorial. "Nobody's gonna mess with this," says a young girl nearby, one of many who have come from out of town to visit this alley. She takes a few pictures and adds, "You don't touch Mac Dre."