Arts & Entertainment “Roller-Skating Engineer's” Public Bench Project Spawns 210 Inner Sunset Benches To Date Local “roller-skating engineer” Chris Duderstadt has made it his mission to outfit his Inner Sunset neighborhood with as many community benches as possible.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Newest Park Just Opened Right Next to Chase Center, Featuring Steel Beams From the Old Bay Bridge SF’s newest park has some retro charm in the form of benches and beams from the disassembled old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, as the $32 million Bayfront Park just opened Tuesday right next to the Chase Center.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Opens to the Public This Weekend, At Long Last After breaking ground nearly three years ago, the pandemic-delayed Presidio Tunnel Tops park is making its big debut on Saturday and Sunday, with special events — and hopefully pretty decent weather.
SF News SF Parks Alliance Announces 'Heart Your Parks' Campaign Featuring Social Distancing Hearts When Dolores's social distancing circles debuted, they were the butt of countless jokes — but their ingenuity is undeniable. This month, SF Parks Alliance is putting a light-hearted spin on those chalked circles as part of a new fundraising drive to show appreciation for our city's green spaces.
Arts & Entertainment Rec And Parks Denies 'Summer Of Love' Concert Yet Again, But The Hearing Was Hilarious Will promoter and old-school hippie Boots Hughston ever catch a break? The 68-year-old has been trying to get the city and County of San Francisco to let him produce a free concert in
Arts & Entertainment Get Ready For Alamo Square's Post-Makeover Unveiling On Wednesday After a year and a $5.3 million renovation that's just a few months behind schedule, Alamo Square Park finally reopens Wednesday, having been purposefully kept fenced off until the Bay to Breakers
SF News Jane Kim Calls For Needle Disposal Boxes In Public Parks Progressive Supervisor Jane Kim has been somewhat pointed in her criticism of the Recreation and Park Department for its reticence to install needle disposal boxes in public parks, the Examiner reports. Rec and
SF News Sick Of Wasting Your Dog's Poo, SF Launches Program To Compost It For dog owners across the city, it's a familiar routine: Stand around while your canine poops, try not to stare lest someone walk by and think you're a weirdo, lean over with a
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best Places To Run In San Francisco Although running up and down San Francisco's hills may be hard on the knees, the views it affords are easy on the eyes. Another plus: Cool, consistent weather makes for good running conditions
SF News San Francisco's Newest Dog Park Cost $305,000 And Features Artificial Turf San Francisco's dogs have a new place to do their business this week, as city officials yesterday opened a brand new play area complete with fences and artificial turf. Bay City News reports
SF News Rec & Parks' Capital Committee Votes On Buying SoMa Land For New Park San Francisco's Recreation and Parks Department has struck a deal with Ares Commercial Properties to potentially buy five parcels of prime SoMa land on 11th Street between Minna and Natoma Streets that together
SF News Today Is The Summer Solstice, And It's Going To Be A Warm One Bringing a bit of cheer to our Monday morning is the fact that today is the summer solstice — the longest day of the year and the first official day of summer. What's more,
SF News Completed Mission Bay Park Fenced Off For Months Due To Red Tape A brand new Mission Bay park is surrounded by fences — locked up and off limits to the community — even though work on the park was finished months ago. The reason? Well, it's complicated,
SF News Tourists Dismayed At Fences Around Alamo Square; Also The City Is Removing 10 To 12 Trees We all got the memo that Alamo Square would be closing this month for a nine-month renovation, and the fences went up all around the one-block park just in time to keep Bay
SF News Alamo Square Will Close For Nine Months Starting May 10th Alamo Square Park, perhaps the most photographed of San Francisco's many green spaces thanks to its prettily painted Victorian and downtown views, will close to the public beginning next Tuesday, May 10, for
SF News Nancy Pelosi Weighs In On Dogs On Beaches Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, it would seem, has a (figurative) dog in this fight. The San Francisco Representative to Congress has weighed in on the public battle currently being waged between dog owners and
SF News Lightsaber Battle Causes Thousands Of Dollars In Damages, Brings Out Organizers' Dark Side Last month's Star Wars opening brought with it plenty of opportunities to celebrate all things Jedi, most notably that large-scale lightsaber battle on December 18 in Sue Bierman Park. The event, organized by
SF News Is San Francisco Rec & Parks Giving Your Dog Cancer? Dog owners across San Francisco are gathering in opposition to the latest threat to face their furry companions — the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. It seems the city department regularly uses an
Arts & Entertainment Alamo Square Was Once 'A Primeval Forest Of Rocks' Fought Over By Land-Grabbers The history of certain pockets of real estate in San Francisco is fascinating, and young historian Griffin Estes has pulled together a pretty thorough timeline of tidbits for Hoodline about how Alamo Square
Arts & Entertainment The 11 Best Dog Parks In San Francisco San Francisco is known, apocryphally, as the city where dogs outnumber children. And just as kids benefit from going to the playground to get some fresh air, exercise, and socialization, so does your
Arts & Entertainment Video: Seattle Dog Takes Public Transit To Park By Herself Ahhhh... This is amazing. A Seattle dog has learned to ride public transit by herself after not wanting to wait around for her human to take her to the dog park, which is
SF News A Year Later, SF's Free WiFi For 32 City Parks Finally Kicks Off Well over a year after San Francisco announced a partnership with Google to put free WiFi in San Francisco parks, the service is finally ready for launch. As reported in July of 2013,
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Dolores Park... Mr. Allan Hough of Mission Mission brings your attention to the current state of Dolores Park. Chilling. Fret not as this is just the lower half of the park. The upper section (featuring
Arts & Entertainment The 12 Best Places To Enjoy The Outdoors In SF (That Aren't Dolores Park) Dolores Park is done. It's also partially closed for repairs. And with that, it's time to find somewhere else to go on blistering days. But where? Revised from our 2013 list, here are
Arts & Entertainment Video: Daredevil Walks Tightrope Near Land's End He won't tell you where this high-line tightrope is, strung between a cliff and a rock outcropping over the ocean's edge near the Golden Gate Bridge, but we can tell you right now
