Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sunday Streets

Help Oakland Name Its Own “Summer Streets”

By lilyb | Jun 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

A night scene from Oakland’s Uptown Unveiled. Photo: Living in the O We were excited to welcome two dynamic Oakland, CA, groups to the Livable Streets Community this week: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) and TransForm. Inspired by the success of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets, WOBO wants to launch its own East Bay version and […]

Mission Merchants Approve of Sunday Streets

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 9, 2009 | 12 Comments

The massive Sunday Streets in the Mission two days ago was touted by organizers and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office as an event that would bring shoppers to the neighborhood and improve sales in a very difficult economy. After walking the route and speaking with the owners and managers of nine businesses, I think it’s safe […]

Packed Mission Sunday Streets Raises the Question, “Why Not Every Week?”

By Matthew Roth | Jun 8, 2009 | 26 Comments

Voguing for the camera, with proud parents behind. Photos: Matthew Roth Massive crowds came out to the Mission yesterday to enjoy the first of two Sunday Streets events, packing Valencia Street and 24th Street with families, dog walkers, and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Organizers were thrilled with the turnout and seemed only to […]

Mission Sunday Streets Will Showcase Merchants and Cultural Centers

By Matthew Roth | Jun 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

Mission Cultural Center board member Eva Sandoval at a Sunday Streets press conference in the 24th and York Streets mini park in the Mission. Photo: Matthew Roth The first of two Mission Sunday Streets is this weekend, opening up wide swaths of car-free space away from the city’s edges and in busy neighborhood streets where […]

Mission Sunday Streets Expected to Draw Largest Crowds Yet

By Matthew Roth | May 20, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr Photo: nocturalperambulations When tens of thousands of people come out to the first of two Sunday Streets in the Mission on June 7th, they will find a route that winds through some of the densest pedestrian streets in San Francisco, a route that at just over two miles is half as long as previous […]

Celebrating San Francisco With a Sunday Streets Bicycle Ride

By Matthew Roth | May 11, 2009 | 6 Comments

Biker baby looking cool. Photo: Matthew Roth The second of six Sunday Streets was a great success as thousands of people got out on a glorious sunny day to pedal, blade, run, skate, and stroll along the waterfront from AT&T park down to India Basin and the Bayview Opera House. By coincidence, my father was […]

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