Japantown Peace Plaza Expansion Joint Replacement

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, May 27, 2025

While waterproofing and concrete pours continue in the plaza, work on the underside of the plaza is also happening in the garage. Construction highlights include Plaza/Pagoda Work: Strengthening the Pagoda concrete ring beams and columns, Installing Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, April 29, 2025

We hope everyone enjoyed the Cherry Blossom Festival this month! Our contractor is continuing to pour the concrete footings and waterproof the plaza. Construction highlights include demolition of the entrance path against the Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, March 27, 2025

Plaza surfaces have more waterproofing (see all those stripes on the plaza slab and reinforcements) and planter concrete foundations are being formed to pour concrete walls next month. Waterproofing work continues on the concrete slabs near Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, March 10, 2025

We’ve made headway on the waterproofing and are switching the detours to the Post Street Mall entrances mid-March! Please follow signs leading into each of the mall entrances. Detour entrance to the East Mall will be adjacent to the building Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, February 7, 2025

When the rain slows down waterproofing work, our contractor focuses on preparing various mock-ups for approval. Our Pagoda mock-up will receive Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FPR) wrapping and tension rods this month. This will be evaluated by the design team Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, January 17, 2025

Saturday Work scheduled for January 18 and January 25 to catch up from holiday rain delays. No night work in January. Waterproofing work continues on the concrete slabs near Post Street East Mall entrance and behind the fences of the current Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, December 24, 2024

The recent rains are testing our newly installed waterproofing! To date, 80% of the waterproofing substrate preparation and 50% of the waterproofing assembly have been completed, and they are performing beautifully! East Mall: Entrance from Post Street Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, December 9, 2024

Continued Construction Updates for December at Japan Center Malls: East Mall: Entrance from Post Street – Detour through the center of the Plaza until mid-January when a temporary path will be installed alongside the building. West Mall: Entrance from Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction Advisory - Notice of Night Work in December

Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates: December 2-6 and December 9-13. Night work will be performed during the hours of Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, November 20, 2024

Continued Construction Updates for NOVEMBER into DECEMBER. EAST Mall: Entrance from Post Street – Detour through the center of the Plaza until a new temporary path alongside building is installed in mid-December. WEST Mall: Entrance from Post Street Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, November 4, 2024

The concrete slab below the pagoda has been waterproofed, and the five-story scaffolding is almost completed! Check out the reinforcements (all those vertical sticks being installed in photo) for the future terraced seating. Continued Construction Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, October 21, 2024

Get your last glimpses of the Pagoda before it is covered in scaffolding! The shoring installed in the garage supports the scaffolding in the plaza. Please be advised of the following construction updates since our last update earlier this month Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, October 2024

Please be advised of the following construction updates: EAST Mall Entrance from Post Street–The current detour through center of Plaza remains through October. We will begin to use a temporary path that runs alongside the building in November. WEST Mall Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, September 2024

Demolition work continues! The pagoda scaffolding will be installed this Fall and remain into Summer 2025. To prepare for the scaffolding, the contractor will be installing supports in October/November directly beneath the scaffolding Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction Advisory - Notice of Night Work in August

Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates between August 19 and August 30 Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction Advisory - Notice of Night Work in August

Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates between August 19 and August 30 Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza | Construction Advisory – Notice of Pedestrian Detour Adjustment

Please be advised – Starting this week, the entrance to Japan Center East from Post Street will be adjusted to direct pedestrians through a protected path, more toward the middle of the block/plaza, just west on Post Street. Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, July 2024

Major demolition is now 55% completed. The plaza surface surrounding the pagoda has been removed exposing the original and historic base and clearing the way for Pagoda scaffolding in the future. All the previous plaza features have been removed and Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza | Construction Advisory – Notice of Night Work in July

Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza | Construction Advisory – Notice of Night Work

Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, June 2024

We’re pleased to report that major demolition is now 40% completed. In the past few weeks, demolition focused on removing the plaza surfacing near the pagoda and west side of the plaza. The crew is working to expose the structural slab, surface beams, and Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, May 2024

Construction on Japantown Peace Plaza has begun! The plaza is now closed, and mobilization is in full swing. This month you can expect to see (and hear) construction activities such as: Adjustments to the perimeter barricades to accommodate Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction Has Begun! Look for pedestrian detours

Construction on Japantown Peace Plaza has begun! Thanks to everyone who was able to join our groundbreaking celebration last Saturday. Now that construction has begun, construction activities you can expect to see this week include Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Groundbreaking Saturday, April 27, 2-4 pm

Please join us as we celebrate the start of construction with a Groundbreaking Celebration this Saturday, April 27, 2024, 2-4 pm! Construction will start the week of April 29, 2024. Thank you for all your Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction Begins Soon!

We’re excited to report that construction will soon begin on the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Project. Since our last update, the construction contract was certified, meaning the contractor and sub-contractors have completed all Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction contract awarded!

Recreation and Park Commission awarded the construction contract for Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation to Plant Construction on December 21, 2023. Thank you to the Japantown Task Force Executive Members that voiced their Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction bids opened

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation bids were opened in a Public Works virtual meeting on October 18, 2023. Public Works Contract Administration is reviewing Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction bid opportunity now advertised!

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation bid has been advertised! Please share with Read on…

Nancy Pelosi Secures $3 Million in Funding for Japantown Peace Plaza

On Wednesday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that she had secured $3 million in federal funding for the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Project, which will install new paving, plantings, informal seating and Read on…

Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Upcoming Opportunities to Provide Public Comment

We wanted to share that there are a few upcoming opportunities to provide input into the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Read on…

What is happening at the Peace Plaza? Why is this work needed?

• The edges of the plaza have some water leakage that affects the parking garage below.
• This construction seeks to replace the waterproofing material along the expansion joints, which connect the malls and the plaza together.
• This is preliminary work that comes before the larger Peace Plaza renovation project that is being led by Mike Degregorio, RPD Capital Project Manager; the funding for this project is separate from the 2020 bond.

How and when will this work impact access at the Peace Plaza?

• The work is relatively low impact; it is an infrastructure maintenance task, not a new park nor renovation.
• Construction will commence begin 11/3 and proceed through 12/28, dates are subject to change.
• Work on the West Mall will run the month of November, 2020 and work on the East Mall will occur in December, 2020; dates are subject to change.
• Construction work hours are typically 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM; for specific areas like mall entrances and ADA ramps, work hours will start and end earlier in the day to mitigate disruptions during business hours.
• As dates change and specific closures are scheduled, information will be shared with the community and on-site with signage.

Who will be affected by this work?

• ADA access throughout the plaza will be provided with signage and marked detours as needed; the goal is to maximize ADA access throughout the duration of the project.

• The two primary groups affected will be: 1) regular park users, as the edges of the plaza will be fenced off and a ramp down to Geary will be closed for a few hours on a couple days, and 2) the businesses in the malls, as the work will temporarily limit (but not close) access through the main doorways off the plaza.

• Construction will fully coincide with “Picnic on the Plaza” and “Restaurants on the Plaza”, or any other permitted events.

• The area of disturbance be localized to either side of the plaza only one portion at a time; construction crews will minimize fenced and screened work areas as much as possible, minimizing impacts on all typical public use and permitted events.

• Access throughout the SFMTA parking garage below the Peace Plaza will not be affected.