This May, we welcomed a new Slow Street to the network, considered a name change to a SF parks landmark and celebrated a renovation project on the beach. In case you missed it, read on!

SFMTA directors OK new Slow Streets in SoMa, reject Glen Park plan

Although Chenery was not added to the Slow Streets network this time, we’re glad to see SOMA gain new Slow Streets at Lapu-Lapu, Rizal, Tandang Sora, Bonifacio, and Mabini streets!

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San Francisco’s Decrepit China Beach To Get a Long-Overdue Facelift

The old rusting bathhouse is finally getting its makeover moment, with $25 million set to update what hasn’t been touched since 1954!

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SF leaders back name change for Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake

SF Supervisors have called on the Recreation and Park Commission to find a new moniker for the Lake, removing the namesake of an antisemite. We hear Blue Heron Lake is an option…

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From hidden hilltops to epic playgrounds, mini parks are SF’s best-kept secret

Spy Muriel Leff (which we recently renovated) and the much loved Turk & Hyde in this list, as well as some lesser known gems throughout the city.

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How a San Francisco Housewife Gave Birth to a National Park

Amy Meyer’s determination to create ‘a park for the people, where the people are’ led to the nation’s first urban national park right here in the San Francisco Bay.

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