Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parks and Rec

Poof! San Francisco’s Mason Street Has Become a Temporary Park

By Matthew Roth | Aug 3, 2009 | 10 Comments

Cross sections of tree stumps for seating on Mason Street. Photo: SurfaceWork A coalition of community volunteers, pro-bono landscape architects and personnel from several city agencies this weekend swooped in to North Beach to transform the roadway of Mason Street between Columbus Avenue and Lombard Street into a temporary park in conjunction with the two-month […]

SF Approves Trial Closure of Mason Street In North Beach

By Matthew Roth | Jul 13, 2009 | 11 Comments

Mason Street triangle will be future home of North Beach Branch Public Library. Photo from corner of Lombard St and Columbus Ave. Courtesy: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. San Francisco’s traffic managers last week approved a trial closure of one block of Mason Street in North Beach from August 1st to September 27th to test what […]

Seeking Accountability for Poor Curb-Ramp Installation on Park Presidio

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 12, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Susan Vaughan In early April, Caltrans contractors replaced the sidewalk curb ramps along Park Presidio, but left without ensuring a smooth transition between the clean, new curb ramps and the road pavement. Instead, they filled in the spaces between the curb ramps and the roads with bumpy, uneven black asphalt – or they left […]