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SF's Newest Mini Park Opens TodaySF’s Newest Mini Park Opens Today
By - posted 7/20/2020
Brand New, New Parks, What's Closed / What's Open

Guy Place Mini Park, a new and peaceful open space amid the skyscrapers of Rincon Hill, is now open starting July 20th. Guy Place Mini Park is located at 4-8 Guy Place near 1st Street, just behind Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant. Located on Guy Place near the approach to the more...

A Newly Renovated 5-Block Park is Coming to Western AdditionA Newly Renovated 5-Block Park is Coming to Western Addition
By - posted 5/26/2020
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks

Buchanan Mall is an underutilized city park that runs through a five-block section of San Francisco’s Western Addition, adjacent to the African-American Arts and Culture Center, the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, and many apartment buildings. San Francisco has worked with local residents to plan, design, and build new park more...

Construction on SF's Newest 4.5 Acre Park has RestartedConstruction on SF’s Newest 4.5 Acre Park has Restarted
By - posted 5/24/2020
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks

Funcheap Needs Your Help Our goal is to stay open during the crisis and, more importantly, when we come out of this. If you love Funcheap, can you help us stay alive? Learn more at GoFundMe Construction on SF’s new “Francisco Park” has finally been restarted after being paused under the City’s more...

A 145-acre Golf Course in SF Has Been Turned into a Public ParkA 145-acre Golf Course in SF Has Been Turned into a Public Park
By - posted 4/28/2020
Bay Area Updates, Community, New Parks

Thanks to Business Insider for sharing the news that a closed public golf course in SF was turned into a public park to open more outdoor space. The 145-acre Presidio Golf Course was ordered to closed during the region-wide shelter-in-place order. Last weekend, the closed golf course instead served as a more...

An Amazing "Lighted Forest" is Coming to Golden Gate ParkAn Amazing “Lighted Forest” is Coming to Golden Gate Park
By - posted 2/25/2020
Brand New, New Parks, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow

An illuminating art installation in Golden Gate Park transforms Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of otherworldly shapes and ever-changing light every night. Related: GG Park’s Gorgeous “Lighted Forest” Extended Until April 4th – 2/26/21 2020 Winter Lights Around the Bay –  11/28/20 “Entwined,” by San Francisco artist Charles Gadeken, honors Golden Gate Park’s more...

Check Out SF's Awesome New ParkCheck Out SF’s Awesome New Park
By - posted 1/20/2020
City Discoveries, New Parks

The Francisco Park Conservancy and the SF Recreation & Park Department are co-hosting a Design Update Open House to share the latest designs of the new Francisco Park on the 4.2 acre site of an unused reservoir which sits on a slope in the Marina between Larking and Hyde Street and ending at more...