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Tompkins Stairway Garden

Once a trash-covered hillside, San Francisco’s Tompkins Stairway Garden is now a safe and welcoming street park, featuring a drought-tolerant garden in year-round bloom and a colorful tiled stairway.

With support from SF Parks Alliance and dedicated attention from surrounding neighbors, the site is now a community greenspace and pedestrian corridor serving the Alemany Farmers’ Market and nearby schools and shopping districts.

Timeline: Completed summer 2019

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Neighborhood

Bernal Heights

Address

Tompkins Stairs, San Francisco, CA

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About

The project grew out of a longstanding effort, led by neighbors, to care for a small plot of open land and transform it from an eyesore into an inviting and inspiring community greenspace. Local firm, Arterra Landscape Architects, donated the garden design, and Andre Rothblatt’s tile design was inspired by the “Steps to Peace” painted by youth in a war-torn Syrian town.