Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pavement to Parks

Powell Street Promenade Enlivens the ‘Heart of San Francisco’s Downtown’

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 13, 2011 | 20 Comments

San Francisco cut the ribbon on an innovative public space “in the heart of downtown” today that will greatly improve the pedestrian realm in the Union Square shopping district. Hundreds of people spilled into the two-block Powell Street Promenade on Powell between Ellis and Geary for the official grand opening. “Two-thirds of the millions of […]

Powell Street Promenade Taking Shape, Ribbon-Cutting Set for Wednesday

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

The Powell Street Promenade, billed as the marquee project of San Francisco’s Pavement to Parks program, is starting to take shape along two blocks of Powell Street near Union Square, and will be officially unveiled to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Ed Lee on Wednesday. Crews, who plan to work through the […]

Parklets Keep Popping Up Along Valencia, Divisadero and Columbus Corridors

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 6, 2011 | 6 Comments

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 […]

The City’s First Residential Parklet Springs to Life on Valencia Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2011 | 32 Comments

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 […]

“Tortured Path” of North Beach Library Project Comes to a Close

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 8, 2011 | 12 Comments

Nearly two years after San Francisco reclaimed a short block of Mason Street in North Beach as a trial plaza, the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday approved the environmental impact report for the planned expansion of the North Beach Public Library. The unanimous vote came as a relief to the majority of neighbors and some […]

Oakland Hopes to Approve City’s First Parklet by September

By Ruth Miller | May 10, 2011 | 12 Comments

As early as this September, Oakland residents won’t have to look west with parklet envy anymore.

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