Project Updates
Tenderloin Rec Center Play Area | Project update, July 2026
Thank you for your support throughout construction. This will be our last blog update for this project. For more information on Tenderloin Rec Center, including current hours of operation, please visit our…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Equity Action Plan community meetings on July 30 and August 4
Rec and Park and our partners hosted dozens of neighborhood circles in 2023 to listen for community priorities and gather community recommendations to create the Buchanan Street Mall Equity Action Plan. The Equity Action Plan identifies ways that the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | REMINDER: July 30-August 15, Kearny Street Traffic and Muni Changes
Partial closure of Kearny Street between Clay and Washington streets begins July 30-31. Full closure on August 1-2 and August 8-9. Partial closures again on August 3-7 and August 10-15. Follow posted signs and allow extra travel time. Traffic and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | REMINDER: Kearny Street Traffic and Muni Changes Start Next Week
KEARNY STREET TRAFFIC AND MUNI CHANGES Between Clay and Washington streets | Saturday, Aug. 1 – Saturday, Aug. 15. Local business access will remain available on the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgJackson Playground Improvements | Project update, July 2026
As part of the ongoing design process for the Jackson Playground Park project, Rec and Park will be conducting soil sampling on the fields at Jackson Park over a three-day period from Tuesday, July 28 through Thursday, July 30 during the hours of…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Community meeting update: Join us July 30, 5-8 p.m.
MEETING UPDATE – Due to an unforeseen conflict, the community meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, July 28 is now cancelled. We plan on rescheduling this meeting and will share details early next week. The second meeting that we announced will continue…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Save the Date: Grand Opening on August 13!
Save the date for the grand opening of the new Gene Friend Recreation Center (77 Harriet Street) on Thursday, August 13 at 11:30 a.m. The project completely rebuilt the former facility with a larger, modern recreation center featuring expanded…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMcLaren Park - Louis Sutter Upper Playground Renewal | Project update, July 2026
We are pleased to announce that this project is expected to break ground in January 2027. Please be advised that during construction, the entire play area will be fenced off and closed. Construction is expected to last about three months. We aim to have…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Construction update, July 2026
The renovated Buchanan Street Mall is really starting to take shape! Many of the park’s new paths have been paved, the new rain gardens are being dug, and more site furnishings have been installed on every block. The park’s new lawns were planted, so…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | REMINDER: Kearny St. pedestrian bridge demolition begins 7/31
As part of the Portsmouth Square project, the demolition of the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge will require full and partial closures of Kearny Street between Clay and Washington Streets in August 2026. These temporary traffic modifications are…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | REMINDER: Demolition of pedestrian bridge at Kearny St. begins 7/31
The main bridge demolition activities over Kearny Street and at the Hilton Hotel will begin on Friday, July 31. This work is expected to last one week through Monday, August 10, 5:00 a.m. For the duration of this work, expect work vehicles in the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | REMINDER: Monthly “office hours” start this Friday, July 10, 10a
Starting this Friday, July 10, 10 a.m., we will be hosting regular, open office hours every second Friday of the month at 10 a.m. Meet at the corner of Walter U. Lum Place and Washington Street. Join us at our monthly office hours to get…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgIndia Basin Waterfront Park | Construction update, July 2026
Last month, we celebrated a major construction milestone as all 57 foundation piles were installed for one of the park’s signature features, its future boathouse. Additional work this month includes removing unforeseen buried concrete and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgJapantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, July 2026
Night work starts again on July 6 and will continue intermittently throughout July 18. Weeknight work hours are 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. from Monday evening through Saturday morning. The work consists of leveling the mall entrance finish floor, preparing for…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGolden Gate Park - Blue Heron Boatshed | Project update, July 2026
Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park is a 12-acre lake with an island in the middle, where hundreds of park visitors come to boat every week. Unfortunately, the on-water boat storage shed where rental paddleboats and rowboats are kept is now in…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | Construction update, July 2026
Today’s crane work to remove and store large public art, monuments, and plaques at Portsmouth Square was completed successfully! All crane work and removal activities are now complete, and Walter U. Lum Place has been reopened. Thank you for everyone’s…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPrecita Park Improvements | Tile mural now complete! Celebration on Saturday, July 18, noon-1p
The tile mural on the Precita Park Restroom is now complete! Big thank you to the Precita Valley Neighbors and Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center for working with community volunteers to create a park feature that’s so colorful and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Construction update, June 2026
Construction work continues to progress at Buchanan Street Mall! We’ve installed many more segments of the Memory Walk’s decorative paving, and the site walls and playground footings between Turk and Eddy streets are now complete. We’ve also started to…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | Construction update, June 2026
Construction at Portsmouth Square is now in full swing! Crews erected construction fences around the park on June 10, and we’ve since made significant progress. We have begun demolition on the upper and lower levels of the plaza, including starting…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Construction update + Weekend Work Advisory for Saturday, June 27
We are excited to report that all of the permitting agencies, including Building, Electrical, Fire, Plumbing, and Accessibility, have inspected and signed off on the building being safe to occupy. We’re planning to use the month of July to have our…
Read on at sfrecpark.org$4 Million Federal Grant to Support India Basin Cleanup and Restoration
Funding will advance cleanup efforts as construction continues on the transformative waterfront park project…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgKezar Pavilion Renovation Project | Project update, June 2026
We are in the process of evaluating the proposals received for the CM/GC contract. We will make an announcement once the contractor is selected! We anticipate resuming the design phase of the project this Fall…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgSeven Park Projects Moving Forward Through Community Opportunity Fund
Transformative program empowers residents to help shape future of San Francisco’s parks…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgVision for New 5-Acre Waterfront Park at Embarcadero Plaza Moves Forward
Final concept design approved as legislation advances public-private partnership and funding plan…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgEmbarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Renovation | Concept design at Rec Park Commission, June 18
This Thursday, Rec and Park staff will be presenting the concept design for the Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Renovation Project to the Recreation and Park Commission for approval. This marks an important milestone for the project, and we want to…
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