Say Hello to “Unity Plaza”

San Francisco is getting a new plaza on Ocean Avenue next to City College with tons of trees, benches and a photo display highlighting the area’s history. The area is expected to be a new community gathering space for farmer’s markets and festivals.

The area, dubbed, “Unity Plaza” is expected to be completed in 2015 but here’s some images of what they’ve got planned to get you dreaming of new, green open spaces a year in advance.

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SFMTA announced “Unity Plaza” as the official name for the public plaza on Ocean Avenue next to City College.

In September a contest was held to name the plaza and nearly a hundred entries were received. To choose a name, a group of citizens representing the various communities surrounding the plaza met and reviewed the submissions. After a thorough multi-step process, they chose Unity Plaza as the name for the new public space. The Unity Plaza name was submitted by Ms. Chaeneice Evans.

Unity Plaza will be sixty-five feet wide and two hundred-ten feet in length and will include a row of trees, benches, pedestrian level lighting, a domed play structure, and photography displays depicting the history of the area. It will serve as an attractive pedestrian link between Muni’s K Ingleside Line on Ocean Avenue, the City College campus, the reconfigured Phelan Loop bus terminal and an affordable housing development sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Housing.

The Unity Plaza Project is a key component of the Balboa Park Station Area Plan. The plan was the result of more than 10 years of neighborhood-driven planning that involved significant community and stakeholder input. Construction is expected to start in early 2015 and be completed about 9 months later.