StreetUtopia North Beach
View southeast across North Beach from Russian Hill. StreetUtopia is a new community organizing effort centered in North Beach. Launched by Hank Hyena and Phil Millenbah at an inaugural event in early...
View ArticleDreaming of Pedestrian Heaven on San Francisco’s Oldest Street
Enjoying a car-free Grant Avenue at Noodle Fest. Photo: Michael Rhodes Could San Francisco's first and oldest thoroughfare become the city's first true pedestrianized street? Since the day in 1835 when...
View ArticleThe Broadway Tunnel: One of SF’s Meanest Streets for Biking and Walking
The Broadway tunnel's pedestrian path. Photo: Michael Rhodes The Broadway tunnel, stretching from Hyde Street in Russian Hill to Powell Street in Chinatown, is one of the scariest places in San...
View ArticleEyes on the Street: Rebar Crews Grace Columbus Ave. with Second Parklet
The Rebar crew assembles the parklet. Photo: Aaron Bialick Within a span of just a few hours, a new parklet has transformed a part of Columbus Avenue in North Beach. Fronting Caffe Roma, it’s the...
View Article“Tortured Path” of North Beach Library Project Comes to a Close
One proposal for re-purposing Mason Street as a park between the new North Beach Branch Public Library and Joe DiMaggio Playground. Courtesy Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Nearly two years after San...
View ArticleFirst Walking Sunday Streets a Hit in Chinatown and North Beach
Thousands of people enjoyed a car-free Grant Avenue through Chinatown, North Beach and Telegraph Hill yesterday. Photos by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco’s Grant Avenue, the city’s oldest street, was...
View ArticleSunday Streets Returns to Chinatown (But Not North Beach) This Weekend
Photo: throgers/Flickr Sunday Streets returns to Chinatown this weekend with a car-free route running along Grant Avenue and east toward the Embarcadero. It’ll be Sunday Streets’ second run in...
View ArticleThe Sky Didn’t Fall: Block of Mason Street Now Permanently Closed to Cars
Photo: Tony Wessling Putting another nail in the coffin of falsely-predicted traffic jams, a block of Mason Street has been permanently closed to motorists for the construction of a plaza as part of...
View ArticleCalls for North Beach Central Subway Station Intensify as Plans Evolve
Central Subway planners got the green light from the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors today to pursue a new plan that could cut down on the expected construction disruption in...
View ArticleCentral Subway Pagoda Deal Will Take $9 Million From Muni Operating Funds
Updated 2/23 A deal struck by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to extract tunnel drills at the site of the abandoned Pagoda Theatre will cost the agency an estimated $9.15 million. While the...
View ArticleColumbus Safety Plans Vetted By Community, Opposed By Merchant Leader
The SFMTA is looking to implement plans based on the concepts approved in a Columbus Avenue study three years ago, such as this vision for the Green and Stockton intersection, but removing traffic...
View ArticleSFMTA Considers Restricting Cars on Crooked Lombard Street
Photo: Aaron Bialick The “crookedest street in the world” block of Lombard Street is a world-famous tourist attraction, but the resulting car traffic causes congestion and safety problems and may lead...
View ArticleSFMTA to Create Sansome Street Contra-Flow Lane for Muni’s 10, 12 Lines
A new contra-flow lane for transit and commercial vehicles on Sansome would eliminate a detour for Muni’s 10-Townsend line [PDF]. Image: SFMTAThe SFMTA plans to install a contra-flow transit lane for...
View ArticleExtending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf?
The nascent prospect of extending the Central Subway beyond Chinatown gained steam this week with the release of a preliminary city study [PDF] that lays out some conceptual proposals to bring the...
View ArticleMayor Appoints Livable Streets Proponent Julie Christensen as D3 Supe
Julie Christensen, a leading North Beach advocate for wider sidewalks and a Central Subway extension, has been appointed as the new District 3 Supervisor by Mayor Ed Lee. Photo: Juan Carlos Guerrero,...
View ArticleNorth Beach Meeting on Sidewalk Bulbs Gets Tense; SFMTA to Paint Demos
A public meeting in North Beach became tense yesterday as residents and firefighters opposed to basic street safety measures continued to assert that sidewalk bulb-outs are dangerous. To appease...
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