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A slow sideways wander at night — lights, projections, bikes dressed in light.
Sideways movement, public play, and a little civic mischief.
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Imagination Mile
A living arts-and-technology corridor for San Francisco. Where artists, builders, neighbors, and future culture meet.
What is Imagination Mile
Imagination Mile is an emerging community effort to activate a living stretch of San Francisco along the Columbus corridor through art, technology, culture, and neighborhood participation.
- -A real corridor connecting artists, technologists, and neighbors
- -Recurring rituals and gatherings that shape public life
- -Shared storytelling across places, people, and ideas
- -An open invitation to participate, host, or collaborate
- -A foundation for future immersive and AR experiences
Next gathering
Imagination Mile: Art + Tech Community Gathering
Thursday, September 24 · 6:30 PM–8:30 PM - 530 Washington St, San Francisco, CA 94111
An open working session for artists, founders, technologists, educators, local businesses, community voices, and cultural organizers who want to move Imagination Mile from ideas into action. Doors at 6:30 with light snacks, and we start at 6:45. Two questions carry the night. What can we do to make San Francisco thrive, amazing, and weird, in one sentence we can say out loud? And what first public act do we run in the corridor? The main conversation closes at 8:00; stay if you want, and join the Discord to keep building between gatherings.
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Artist
Show work, propose projects, shape public space.
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Technologist
Build future layers — web, AR, physical/digital.
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Neighbor
Attend, invite, host, walk the corridor.
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Venue Partner
Offer a space. Storefronts, studios, backrooms.
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Volunteer
Help run rituals, events, and logistics.
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Sponsor / Partner
Fund or co-create. Business, school, civic.
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Rituals
Recurring cultural formats along the corridor.
Imagination Mile Salon
A recurring gathering of artists and builders.
Corridor Walk
A guided tour of the places and people along the mile.
Storefront Spotlight
Activating windows, doorways, and in-between spaces.
Family Creativity Night
Creativity as a public ritual for kids and parents.
Future Layer Walk
Speculative AR overlays on real streets.
The corridor
A stretch of San Francisco where art, technology, and neighborhood life overlap. Places, people, and public rituals along one walkable mile.
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Gatherings hosted
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Artists featured
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Spaces activated
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Collaborations started
Join the Mile
Tell us who you are and how you would like to take part. We will be in touch with gatherings and ways to participate.
Want to talk before the next gathering? Join the Discord.
Looking for founding collaborators
We're opening the door to artists, venues, businesses, schools, and civic partners who want to shape the first year of the Mile.
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