Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Presidio

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Extending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 5, 2014 | 35 Comments

The nascent prospect of extending the Central Subway beyond Chinatown gained steam this week with the release of a preliminary city study [PDF] that lays out some conceptual proposals to bring the subway further into the city’s northern neighborhoods. North Beach neighbors, who are living with construction disruption as the tunnel’s drill is extracted in their backyards, […]

“Not a Freeway” — Re-Branding the Excesses of the $1.4B Presidio Parkway

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 11, 2014 | 47 Comments

When visitors land on the front page of the Presidio Parkway’s website, they see an animated pelican emerging from beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, gliding across green hills and blue skies. When the bird lands, you can “Meet Parker” with a click and learn all about the Presidio Parkway Pelican. The PR team for this […]

Section of Arguello Blvd in the Presidio Widened for Sidewalk, Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 13, 2014 | 38 Comments

City officials held a press conference yesterday to tout the widening of Arguello Boulevard in the Presidio to add sidewalks and bike lanes. Previously, the short stretch of road had only shoulders for people to walk and bike on, squeezing between guard rails and motor traffic. It’s one of the first projects to be funded […]

Presidio Launches Temporary Street Closure and Traffic Calming Study

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 29, 2009 | 9 Comments

Presidio Boulevard. Photo: Michael Rhodes In an effort to make the Presidio function less like a traffic shortcut and more like a national park, the Presidio Trust is trying out an idea that’s caught on in the dense city that borders it: a trial street closure. From today until October 27, Presidio Boulevard will be […]

Enviro, Preservation Concerns Drive Opposition to Presidio Main Post Plans

By Susan Vaughan | Apr 10, 2009 | 3 Comments

Flickr photo: 2composers Revised plans for the Main Post of San Francisco’s Presidio national park, which include construction of a contemporary art museum for the collection of billionaire businessman Donald Fisher, are still unsatisfactory, say many preservationists, environmentalists, and neighbors who attended a hearing on the new plans Tuesday night. Despite the fact that the […]