Parks

Since opponents of Prop. K can't drive on it, may as well make it into a park too

Plus some Streetsblog grousing about a massive, missed opportunity

Keynote speaker addresses everything you wanted to know about parks and rec and its place in modern cities

Amidst all the bad news about COVID, transit's funding crisis, etc. a little bit of happy

In the time of Covid, the Presidio Golf Club has become the Presidio People’s Park. Let's keep it that way.

Nobody's going to give San Diego County an award for park planning -- we hope! -- on its "Waterfront Park project," which is more accurately described as the "subsidized garage project."

A plan to convert parking lots under the Central Freeway near Duboce and Valencia Streets into a skate park and dog run is moving forward, but it won't include basketball courts or a children's playground as originally envisioned by residents.

Mansell Street, which runs through McLaren Park, is poised to get a two-way bikeway and a walking and jogging path separated from motor traffic under a plan approved by the Recreation and Parks Commission last week.

City planners continue developing a vision for a network of lush, pleasant streets prioritized for walking and biking between the city's parks and waterfronts. Staff from the SF Planning Department plans to present its draft network [PDF] for the "Green Connections" project at an open house next Wednesday, October 3, and the public is invited to weigh in on the selected routes.