Let’sPlaySF!
A Campaign for San Francisco Playgrounds
OUR STORY
Let’sPlaySF! is a partnership between the SF Recreation & Park Department and SF Parks Alliance. The Campaign supports the transformation of 13 of San Francisco’s most timeworn playgrounds into dynamic hubs for creativity and family life.
Public funds, combined with contributions from generous donors like you, will ensure that this initiative transforms all 13 playgrounds by the end of 2023.
20,000
Children
All children deserve a safe, imaginative place to play outside. The renovated Let’sPlaySF! playgrounds will change the lives of the 20,000 children who live within a 10 minute walk of these play- grounds – and thousands of others – by giving them modern, safe play spaces where their brains and bodies can thrive.
EQUITY
These playgrounds were selected by a citizen task force based on presence of unhealthy chemicals in playground wood, with priority given to playgrounds in low-income neighborhoods dense with children.
Learn more about the selection process through this State of Play Report and this Final Task Force Report.
The 13
Playgrounds
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“Play is how children develop executive function, cognitive abilities and gross motor skills. The opportunity for play at school is diminished so neighborhood playgrounds are increasingly important in helping children get exercise and develop these skills.”
Nooshin Razani
Pediatrician and Play Advocate
Director, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Center for Nature and Health
PROGRESS
Ten playgrounds have been completed, with the rest in the community engagement or design phase. All playgrounds are expected to be completed in 2024.
Completed in January 2019 and now open!
Filbert Street & Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
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Completed in November 2019 and now open!
Ashbury Street & Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
O’Farrell Street & Larkin Street
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Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
801 Shields Street
San Francisco, CA 94132
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Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
670 Brunswick Street
San Francisco, CA 94112
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Photo credit: Groundworks Office
Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
West Portal Recreation Center
San Francisco, CA 94127
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Completed in fall 2020 and now open!
200 John F. Shelley Drive
San Francisco, CA 94134
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Completed in July 2021 and now open!
12th Avenue and Rockridge Drive
San Francisco, CA 94116
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Completed in September 2021 and now open!
1343 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
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Currently under construction
Anticipated completion in 2024
18th Avenue and Lake Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
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Concept plans have been approved
Target completion 2024
Buchanan & Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94115
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Currently in the community engagement and concept design phase
Target completion 2024
630 Sloat Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94132
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Completed in August 2023 and now open!
1701 Visitacion Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94134
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PROGRESS
Seven playgrounds have been completed, with the rest in the community engagement or design phase. All playgrounds will be completed by 2022.
Completed in January 2019 and now open!
Filbert Street & Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in November 2019 and now open!
Ashbury Street & Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
O’Farrell Street & Larkin Street
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
801 Shields Street
San Francisco, CA 94132
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
670 Brunswick Street
San Francisco, CA 94112
Click on the photo to learn more.
Photo credit: Groundworks Office
Completed in summer 2020 and now open!
West Portal Recreation Center
San Francisco, CA 94127
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in fall 2020 and now open!
200 John F. Shelley Drive
San Francisco, CA 94134
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in July 2021 and now open!
12th Avenue and Rockridge Drive
San Francisco, CA 94116
Click on the photo to learn more.
Completed in September 2021. Now open to the public!
1343 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
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Anticipated completion in Early 2023
18th Avenue and Lake Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
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Concept plans have been approved
Target completion Spring 2023
Buchanan & Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94115
Click on the photo to learn more.
Currently in the community engagement and concept design phase
Target completion, fall 2023
630 Sloat Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94132
Click on the photo to learn more.
Currently in permitting and design development phase
Target completion early 2023
1701 Visitacion Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94134
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“I think the best thing that happens on a playground is that the neighbors get to know each other. The children are making friends and the parents are talking to each other. A new playground shows that people care and are willing to invest in a community and make it better.”
Edna James
Community Advocate
Donations of $250,000 and above will be recognized onsite at all 13 playgrounds. Please contact Sonia Gonzalez Banks at development@sfparksalliance.org or 415.830.5568 for further information.