Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pavement to Parks

Streetfilms: San Francisco’s Pavement to Parks Revolution

By Bryan Goebel | May 17, 2010 | No Comments

When Streetfilms Director Clarence Eckerson visited San Francisco a few months ago, he was impressed by how the city has transformed some of its streets as part of our Pavement to Parks program: The Pavement to Parks program has launched an initiative that may someday alter the way many dense U.S. cities decide to treat […]

Eyes on the Street: Castro Plaza Slightly More Permanent

By Matthew Roth | Apr 26, 2010 | 6 Comments

The new concrete structures meant to frame the plaza. Seating will be added on the inside where the water mark is in the photo. Photos: Matthew Roth The pioneer Pavement to Parks plaza at Castro Street, 17th Street, and Market Street is about to celebrate its first birthday with a makeover that will bring it […]

Parklet in Front of Mojo Cafe is a Community Destination

By Matthew Roth | Apr 26, 2010 | 8 Comments

People enjoying the lingering sun at the Mojo Parklet on Saturday. Photos: Matthew Roth Though the trial sidewalk extension "parklet" in front of Mojo Cafe has been open for just over a month, it has quickly become a community meeting place and a boon for business. The trial permit for the space lasts six months, […]

Former Trash-Strewn Lot Becomes An “Off-Ramp Park”

By Michael Rhodes | Apr 14, 2010 | 15 Comments

Sixth and Brannan Park. Photos: Michael Rhodes San Franciscans don’t often spend their days contriving ways to spend more time near freeway off-ramps, especially when proximity to freeways can be a risk to your health, but the city’s newest park along the I-280 exit at Sixth and Brannan Streets may make you think twice about […]

Noe Valley Plaza Debate: It’s the Traffic, Stupid

By Matthew Roth | Apr 9, 2010 | 83 Comments

Signs like this hang from windows on streets all around 24th and Noe Streets. Photos: Matthew Roth Just outside St. Phillip’s Church in Noe Valley, where more than 100 people showed up last night to weigh in on the proposal to close Noe Street at 24th Street for two months to build a trial pedestrian […]

A Tale of Two Plazas

By Matthew Roth | Apr 6, 2010 | 24 Comments

Artist’s rendering of the proposed plaza on the south side of Noe and 24th Streets. Image: Planning Department. While public reaction to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Pavement to Parks plazas and parklets has been generally positive and the city is about to make the Castro trial more permanent, the proposal to close a Noe […]

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