Neighborhood Parks Council: Kimball Park Volunteer Day

By Xanthe Asher
Mar 11, 2009

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Neighborhood Parks Council: Fillmore/Turk Mini Park Work Day

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Sunday Streets: Western Addition

By Abigail Shull | Sep 7, 2010

Sunday Streets Western Addition  On Sunday, September 19, Sunday Streets visits the center of the city, with a route that travels through the Western Addition, North Panhandle, Fillmore, and Japantown neighborhoods. This new route connects the Panhandle in GG Park with Farmer’s Market on Grove St, Hayward Playground on Golden Gate Ave. and Laguna, Kimball […]

This Week: SFBC Volunteer night, Temescal bike lanes, and Streetsblog Party!

By Roger Rudick | Dec 10, 2018

Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Volunteer Night. Stop by, chat with fellow members, and work together on group office tasks. Dinner is provided. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 5 p.m., SF Bicycle Coalition, 1720 Market, S.F. Tuesday Oakland City Council Hearing on Temescal/Telegraph. After 20 years of effort, one of the East Bay’s […]

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In Tenth Year of Park(ing) Day, Parklets Bloom on Six Continents

By Payton Chung | Sep 22, 2014

Cities on six continents celebrated Park(ing) Day on Friday, in its tenth year of temporarily transforming curbside space for cars into public spaces for people. Some of the pop-up parks that caught our eye this Park(ing) Day include: Providence pulled out all of the stops this year, with 32 parklets — and a pop-up protected bike lane down […]

Tonight: Tour Proposed New Public Spaces with Rec & Park

By Matt Baume | Oct 20, 2010

Get ready to peek into a possible future for San Francisco parks. This evening and next week, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will lead a tour of four properties being considered for purchase and transformation into parkland. The locations being considered are at 17th and Folsom; Palou and Phelps in the shadow of […]

SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Play in the City

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 13, 2009

"Come and see the plans for a new playground in Dolores Park! Designed by KLA Architects, the plan includes new play structures (the current ones are 30 years old) made of green materials, improved signage and a new drainage system. Nancy Gonzalez Madynski of Friends of Dolores Park Playground and Meredith Thomas of the Neighborhood […]