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Packed Mission Sunday Streets Raises the Question, “Why Not Every Week?”
By Matthew Roth |
Voguing for the camera, with proud parents behind. Photos: Matthew Roth Massive crowds came out to the Mission yesterday to enjoy the first of two Sunday Streets events, packing Valencia Street and 24th Street with families, dog walkers, and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Organizers were thrilled with the turnout and seemed only to […]
Sunday Streets Inspires Throngs of Revelers, Business Booms
By Matthew Roth |
Photos: Bryan Goebel. With the fourth Sunday Streets in the Mission over the past two years recently completed, the verdict is in and the community is very happy with the results. In addition to the tens of thousands of people coming out to enjoy the sun and open streets while pedaling and strolling, the events […]
Kick Back at Sunday Streets in Bayview, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill
By Aaron Bialick |
July’s second Sunday Streets event returns to the Bayview, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill neighborhoods this weekend, running from Mission Bay to the Bayview Opera House. For the third year in a row, the car-free event will connect with the Bayview Music Festival. Of course, there’s going to be a lot more happening all the way up […]
Sunday Streets 2011 Begins This Weekend on Embarcadero, “Rain or Shine”
By Aaron Bialick |
This weekend, San Franciscans will walk, run, play, bike, and relax on the city’s main waterfront during the first Sunday Streets of the year. It’ll take place along the Embarcadero from Fisherman’s Wharf to China Basin, right where Sunday Streets began in 2008. “We’ll be out there rain or shine,” said Sunday Streets organizer Susan King. “Everybody’s planning […]
Dreaming of Pedestrian Heaven on San Francisco’s Oldest Street
By Michael Rhodes |
Enjoying a car-free Grant Avenue at Noodle Fest. Photo: Michael Rhodes Could San Francisco’s first and oldest thoroughfare become the city’s first true pedestrianized street? Since the day in 1835 when William Richardson drew the first map of Yerba Buena that included just one street, called "Calle de la fundacion" — Foundation Street, which ran […]
Sunday Streets Bayview/Dogpatch
By Aaron Bialick |
Sunday Streets is a series of events put on by the City of San Francisco in partnership with the non-profit Livable City, to encourage health, community and fun, inspired by similar events in cities throughout the world. A Sunday Streets event creates a large, temporary, public space by closing off stretches of a neighborhood’s streets […]