In 2018, Resilient Bayview (RBV) hosted its second Neighborfest. This event, funded by the Department of Public Health, featured local bands and the Navy’s 32nd Street Brass Band, a 30 vendor health and resilience resource fair, Big Shaker Earthquake Simulator, inflatable slide, Play Streets’ Kids’ Zone, a free lunch, CPR training sessions, and health screenings. [...]
Al fresco dining not only provides additional revenue for restaurants and cafes, outdoor seating becomes a zone of streetlife with families and friends coming together for a meal. In the Fillmore, benches line The Snug’s outdoor walls providing a casual corner for patrons to eat and drink, while Al’s Place in the Mission features a [...]
Icicle lights over the Peter Macchiarini Steps are a new art installation intended to both attract visitors to these steps at night, and increase safety for local residents traversing Broadway Ave. in North Beach. Installed by Top of Broadway Community Benefit District and North Beach Business Association, lighting has been a priority for these organizations [...]
The Hayes Valley Basketball Court received a colorful facelift in 2019 with the help of former Warriors star Kevin Durant’s Charity Foundation’s “Build it and They Will Ball Initiative.” Durant’s foundation supports fun basketball court resurfacings throughout the world, granting the Hayes Valley Basket Court $99,500 to fund street artist Apexer’s art, resurfacing, and new [...]
A neighborhood staple along Ocean Avenue, Gary Ng’s Auto 280 has been in business for over 25 years. To spruce up the auto shop’s facade, the Ocean Avenue Association worked with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to get an installation commissioned by muralist Amos Goldbaum through the SF Shines program. “Ocean Avenue North [...]
The first Thai New Year Block Party in the Tenderloin featured traditional Thai food, performances, neighborhood games and more, and came to life through the efforts of local businesses, the Tenderloin Community Benefit District and Sunday Streets. Sunday Streets’ mission to create temporary open space and recreational opportunities aligned with the neighborhood’s desire to host [...]
“Everyone Deserves a Home,” a mural on the Windsor Hotel’s facade facing Boeddeker Park, was created through months of community outreach and collaboration to create a design truly reflective of the neighborhood. Partially funded by the Community Challenge Grants program, the coalition of Delivering Innovation Through Supportive Housing, Friends of Boeddeker, muralists 1AM and Tenderloin [...]
Site Unseen was a public art initiative, sponsored by the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, that brought art and programming to alleys in downtown San Francisco. Sites Unseen partnered with established and emerging cultural institutions flanking Annie, Clementina, Jessie East, Lapu Lapu, Minna, Natoma, and Shipley streets, to bring dynamic installations, performances and interactive exhibits [...]
Art can be seen in unexpected places in the Sunset District - The Public Bench Project in Inner Sunset and Utility Box Art on Ocean Avenue are community inspired projects bringing art to small, everyday objects we see on the street. With support from then Supervisor London Breed, The Public Bench Project had deployed over [...]
After a decade of planning, Fern Alley has been transformed into a community space through the removal of parking spaces, widened sidewalks, new pedestrian lighting and colorful street and sidewalk markings. Public Works worked closely with Lower Polk Neighbors to redesign the alley to foster community gatherings and improve safety with new lighting, widened sidewalks, [...]
