The Mission District usually gets the credit for having been home to Carlos Santana, but the truth of the matter is that Santana commuted to the Mission from Bernal Heights.
Specifically, according to longtime Bernal resident Peter Wiley, Santana lived in this house on Mullen Avenue. Here’s how Neighbor Peter guided me to it:
The house is on the north side of Mullen just east of the Franconia steps. There is a Franconia cul de sac that runs south from Mullen just east of the bend as you drive up (east) Mullen from Franconia. The first house to the east of the steps is an old storefront. The second house is a shingled cottage. Maybe not shingled. That’s the one. It is flanked to the east by a cottage that is set back from the street.
Neighbor Peter confirmed to Bernalwood that the home shown here was indeed the Santana House. Carlos, if you’re out there… care to chime in???
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Haha! I’ve lived on Precita for 20 years and you can’t believe the rumors that have circulated about which is the Carlos Santana house. We always thought it was around Precita and Bryant. Thanks for clarifying!
Whoever lives there, they definitely get the ugliest fence award!
i hope you have an amazing fence
Dear friends of mine live here, and yep, that’s the Santana house.
It’s true, this is the Santana house.
Soon after we moved in we received a royalty check addressed to Greg Rolie of Journey. We got the letter to him and he was kind enough to confirm that the Journey guys had lived in the downstairs, and Carlos and his girlfriend had lived in the upstairs, circa 1968/69.
— Rob (winner of the Bernal Fugliest Fence Award 2011)
Thanks for the confirmation! The NE corner of Bernal has been home to many a rock star, I’m learning. More details (and celebrity name-dropping) coming soon…
I’d forgotten about this pic …
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drive-design/3233101234/
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Bernalwood has taste and cool residents!
Maybe we can do a variation on the Tom Sawyer fence painting and have a remove and redo a more beautiful fence contest. I’m sure Rob and Susi would appreciate it.
Good idea! I just replaced a horrible fence at my place, otherwise I would have claimed the fugly crown myself.
Lol, sorry Rob! You do have a very cute house…. behind that fence!
Hey no problem, it’s a truly ugly fence and needs replacement. Just haven’t figured out yet what would look good. Suggestions welcome.
Bueno par guzar!
So Bernal residents are claiming Santana as their own! Mission resident feels compelled to chime in here…. Maybe he lived there for awhile but he created his music in the Mission. I live on Ramona in the Mission, and one of our long-time residents remembers hearing his band rehearse in a Ramona garage right near the corner of 14th Street.
Yes, that may well be true. As we noted… he commuted to the Mission from Bernal.
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