Good news, La Lenguans — the San Jose-Guerrero Park is next on the list of the city’s “Pavement to Parks” plaza. Basic sketch of the space from Gillian at Greening Guerrero (tree size may vary…)
Note this should actually *increase* the number of parking spots.
Expect to see something like the new space at 17th & Castro:
This new plaza saw heavy use this weekend, according to SF.Streetsblog.
And what do I want next? Well how about Valencia Street Park? The 26 Valencia is going away, but I figure we keep one lane open for the 67 Bernal and the businesses on the east side of the street, and to provide ambulance access to St. Luke’s. I broke out my 90s era cropping and internet skillz to build the finely rendered before/after park below from Google Earth. This is hovering over the Mission/Valencia intersection looking north towards Cesar Chavez. (Note – this is my idea, nothing official yet…)
(Guess which park I spliced in there?)
Note lots of room for street food carts in both parks!
May 18, 2009 at 6:28 pm
[...] obviously am in favor of a Valencia Street Park. It would make for a better [...]
May 18, 2009 at 7:16 pm
[...] Tuesday May 19, at 2:00 p.m. 101 Grove Street, Room 300. There’s also a look at the San Jose-Guerrero “pavement to parks” plaza plan, with a link to a detailed sketch at the San Jose/Guerrero coalition. Be sure to check out [...]
May 18, 2009 at 7:48 pm
[...] día martes 19 de mayo a las 2:00p.m., en la calle Grove #101, sala 300. También hay un vistazo al plan de la plaza San José Guerrero titulado “parques en vez de pavimento,” con un enlace a un bosquejo detallado en la Coalición San José/Guerrero. No se olvide de ver el [...]
May 20, 2009 at 11:41 am
Awesome! Let’s do the whole city! (But leave room for that supercool bike lane/curb cut-out off Tiffany.)
July 9, 2009 at 3:16 pm
[...] Once the 26 Valencia goes away, I want Valencia St Park. (Skinny park, skinny jeans — see, it all makes [...]