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In Park(ing) Day’s Seventh Year, Parklets Now a San Francisco Institution
When Park(ing) Day started in San Francisco seven years ago, setting up camp on a sliver of street space normally reserved for storing cars was a somewhat radical idea. But these days, evidence of the movement's continuing success can be seen year-round with more than 35 (and counting) semi-permanent, city-sanctioned parklets around the city.
September 20, 2012
New “Better Streets” Website Helps Residents Untangle City Bureaucracy
The San Francisco Better Streets Program launched a new website this week to provide a central source of information to help residents procure street improvements like traffic-calming measures, parklets, bike corrals, plantings, art installations, sidewalk fixtures, and permits for car-free events in their neighborhood.
May 16, 2012
Great Streets Project Quantifies the Impacts of Parklets
Nearly two years after the first parklet arrived in San Francisco, a new study provides an empirical assessment of reclaiming parking spots for public space.
January 5, 2012
Parklets Keep Popping Up Along Valencia, Divisadero and Columbus Corridors
At least fourteen parklets now grace sidewalks around the city in a movement that has taken San Francisco by storm since the first one was created in March of last year. Three of the newest ones have sprouted up in front of Cafe Abir near Divisadero Street, Tony's Pizza Napoletana next to Washington Square Park, and Four Barrel Coffee on Valencia Street, which has taken a unique design approach.
July 6, 2011
The City’s First Residential Parklet Springs to Life on Valencia Street
Amandeep Jawa (a.k.a. 'Deep) might be recognized by many San Franciscans as the man who can turn any street into a party as he glides by on his music-booming “Trikeasaurus." As an organizer of events that inject life into the street like the San Francisco Bike Party, he naturally jumped at the chance to create a beautiful social space outside his Valencia Street home with San Francisco’s first residential parklet.
June 20, 2011
Parklets Begin Sprouting Up on Polk Street
A parklet movement is springing to life along Polk Street. An installation completed last week in front of Crepe House near Washington has already been buzzing with activity while a second parklet began construction this week in front of Quetzal, a popular cafe with sidewalk seating on Polk Street between Sutter and Bush.
May 18, 2011
Oakland Hopes to Approve City’s First Parklet by September
As early as this September, Oakland residents won’t have to look west with parklet envy anymore.
May 10, 2011
Andres Power Helps Lead a Streets Renaissance One Parklet at a Time
City planners often get very little public recognition for the work they do, and can sometimes take the heat on a project if it doesn't prove politically popular. In the case of San Francisco's revolutionary Pavement to Parks program, the early resistance to reclaiming public space from cars to create convivial spaces for people has gradually subsided and parklets are now in heavy demand. None of it would have been possible without the hard work and determination of Andres Power, an urban designer for the San Francisco Planning Department.
May 9, 2011
Businesses Eager to Apply for Parklets as New Request for Proposals Issued
On upper Haight Street, where merchants were portrayed as proponents in a campaign that criminalized sitting on public sidewalks last year, Dave Mclean sees a public realm in need of more places for neighbors and visitors to gather. As the owner of two businesses on the street, he's ready to jump at the chance to create that space with two new parklets.
May 5, 2011