Beautification Awards Overview
Since the early 1970s, the Beautification Awards have recognized individuals, organizations, community groups, and businesses that improve the quality of life in San Francisco. Nominated project have improved the City’s physical environment and has enriched the life of the community. To be eligible, projects must be located in San Francisco and visually or physically accessible to the general public. Nominations are submitted in the spring, and the Awards Committee makes its recommendations to San Francisco Beautiful´s Board of Directors, which selects the winners at its July board meeting.
Here's a complete list of Beautification Award winners since the program began in the early 1970s.
The awards are presented annually at San Francisco Beautiful´s Beautification Awards Dinner, which takes place in the fall. The 2009 Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, October 29th at the Westin St. Francis on Union Square. The 2010 Beautification Awards nominations are now being taken. The Awards dinner brings together community leaders, activists, and philanthropists to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the award winners. The dinner also serves as a fundraiser for San Francisco Beautiful, drawing sponsors from corporations, foundations, and private individuals.
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Here's a (partial) list of our 2009 sponsors and auction donors.
2009 San Francisco Beautiful Beautification Awards
: "Saving Our City: Beauty has a Place"
La Playa Pocket Park: This pocket park along La Playa at 48th Avenue in the outer Sunset has transformed a litter-filled median strip into a quiet respite. This project was created and is maintained by neighbors and those at the Java Beach Cafe.
ClementinaCares: The landscaping and ongoing maintenance of Clementina, Tehama and Gallagher Alleys in the South of Market was implemented and is maintained by a coalition of neighborhood entities known as ‘ClementinaCares’. Trees, murals, lighting and regular street and sidewalk cleaning have made this area into a family-friendly neighborhood.
Piers 1 1/2, 3 & 5: The restoration of these historic pier structures has created a commercial development space with public waterfront access. The project is the effort of San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC and the Port of San Francisco.
SPUR Urban Center: San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association designed and funded the building of a place for the facilitation of public engagement and debate regarding civic and urban design issues important to the future of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The passage of Prop J (2008) creating a Historic Preservation Commission: For the efforts of a coalition who organized themselves as ‘Citizens for Smart Planning’ to draft, fundraise and campaign for the passage of the measure. This award receives the SFB Robert C. Friese Award for Neighborhood Conservation.
Superintendent Brian O'Neill, In Memoriam: The SFB Lifetime Achievement Award to former head of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year. O’Neill championed many projects including the Crissy Field restoration and was known for his ‘friend-raising.’
 Take a self-guided tour of
San Francisco Beautiful's 2008 Beautification Award sites.
Read the Beautification Awards narrative as presented by Executive Director Leigh Ann Baughman at the Awards Ceremony.
Here's a list of the 2008 sponsors and auction donors. If you would like to sponsor the dinner, please download this sponsor reply form.
View Dee Dee Workman's 2007 Beautification Awards presentation and see Robin Chiang's illustrations of the Beautification Award sites.
View Dee Dee Workman's 2006 Beautification Awards presentation and see
Robin Chiang's illustrations of the Beautification Award sites.
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