SPUR Walking Tour: Parks and parklets tour

"Join Andres Power, manager of the City’s Pavement to Parks
program, on a walking tour of the city’s street parks and “parklets.”
Pavement to Parks has been working with community groups around the city
over the last year to trial new green community spaces on underused
streets and parking spaces. Learn more about the newly renovated Castro
Plaza, the city’s first “parklet” on Divisadero, and other innovative
projects. The tour is organized by the San Francisco Great Streets
Project, an initiative of SPUR"

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SPUR Walking Tour: Valencia Street parklets

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From SPUR: Building on the success of the Pavement to Parks program, new parklets are transforming parking spaces into public places throughout the city. Join Andres Power of the Planning Department for a tour of the newest parklets on Valencia Street and talk with the parklet hosts and designers about how these community-led projects are helping […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Aaron Bialick |
This week, the Board of Supervisors questions the mayor on the next SFMTA chief, city staffers discuss Market Street, and three walking tours explore parks and parklets. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SF Board of Supervisors meets. Supervisors will ask the Mayor Ed Lee questions regarding the next SFMTA Executive Director, […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Abigail Shull |
This week is all about getting out of the house and out of the car. Discover parklets in your neck of the woods and cruise to work on your bike for Gas-Free Friday. Then, get ready for the weekend as Sunday Streets rocks the Mission all over again. Here are this week’s highlights: Today: The […]

PARK(ing) and Parklet Day: Reclaiming the Curb for People

By Bryan Goebel |
Tomorrow, at locations all over the Bay Area, people will reclaim the curb for PARK(ing) Day and re-imagine slices of the urban landscape usually reserved for automobile parking. It will also mark a milestone for San Francisco’s groundbreaking Pavement to Parks program, as the interagency effort to transform parking spaces into parklets shifts focus to […]