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Embarcadero Bikeway Public Workshop (Fisherman’s Wharf to Broadway St.)
By Stan Parkford |
From SFMTA: The Project The Embarcadero Enhancement Project is a planning exercise to develop a conceptual design for a protected bikeway along The Embarcadero to improve safety and comfort for all. This Workshop This public design workshop will focus on The Embarcadero’s northern segment (Fisherman’s Wharf to Broadway Street) You’ll get to: Take part in […]
The Future of Fisherman’s Wharf
By Aaron Bialick |
From SPUR: The Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan presents a vision for a rejuvenated Wharf where pedestrians and cyclists will have the space to leisurely enjoy the numerous restaurants, shops, historic attractions and views of the Bay. Jefferson Street, the heart of the Wharf, will be redesigned as a pedestrian-priority street with wide spaces to […]
Fisherman’s Wharf Jefferson Street Redesign Community Meeting
By Aaron Bialick |
From SF Planning: The Planning Department would like to invite you to join us for a community meeting on January 25th. Come hear how the concept plan, developed during the public engagement process for the Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan, has progressed through the next phase of detailed design. Representatives from the Planning Department, Department […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Plans for a New Public Realm: Improving our parks, streets and plazas
By Valerie Carrasco |
"In the last few years, the San Francisco Planning Department has worked with communities to develop plans that rethink neighborhood parks, streets and plazas and how they are built and managed. These include the Better Neighborhoods Plans, the Mission Streetscape Plan, the Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan, Jefferson Street Redesign and the Showplace Square Open […]
Community Rallies Around Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan
By Matthew Roth |
Rendering of Jefferson Street at Powell Street. Images: Dario Schoulund/SF Planning Dept. After several years of planning, including intense negotiations between merchants, property owners and neighbors who didn’t always see eye-to-eye, the San Francisco Planning Department unveiled a comprehensive draft plan last week to revitalize public space and pedestrian amenities around Fisherman’s Wharf, the second […]
Construction Begins on Pedestrian-Friendly Redesign of Fisherman’s Wharf
By Aaron Bialick |
Crews began work yesterday on an overhaul of Jefferson Street in Fisherman’s Wharf that will expand pedestrian space, reduce the number of cars, and create a more welcoming public realm for the throngs of tourists that regularly crowd the street. Improvements on the first two blocks of Jefferson, between Jones and Hyde Streets, were fast-tracked […]