The Women’s Building
Founded in 1979, The Women’s Building, and its famous MaestraPeace Mural, is a well-known landmark of the Mission District. Located in a neighborhood internationally known for its rich collection of murals, MaestraPeace Mural stands apart for its grand scale and unified style.Originally painted in 1994, it daily attracts the awe and cameras of tourists from […]
The Buchanan Mall
The Buchanan Mall, located in the Western Addition, has transformed the five block parkland from a site of violence to a family-friendly space that promotes community and solidarity. The makeover of Buchanan Mall has brought events such as the Peace Festival and the Western Addition Backpack Giveaway & Health Fair. Lights and the globe installments, […]
The Avenue Theater Project
The Avenue Theater has been the literal and figurative heart of the Portola for more than 90 years. It sits in the geographical center of the neighborhood’s commercial corridor and is the tallest and most notable building around. Despite that, it has spent the last thirty plus years decaying and in disrepair. Over the past […]
Sustainable Magic of San Francisco
Sustainable Magic of San Francisco has been working to provide a unique community-building program for the residents of Parkmerced. The 50 Chumasero Memorial Garden (For Everyone Who Has Lived and Loved at 50 Chumasero) serves as a place that creates beauty, peace and harmony in an area of the City that has long been considered […]
Steven Oliver
Steven H. Oliver is President of the award-winning construction and development firm Oliver & Company based in Richmond, CA, which has built over a thousand buildings in the Bay Area, including the California College of the Arts in Oakland and San Francisco, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. His […]
Rick Laubscher
A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Rick Laubscher has long been involved in historic preservation and beautification activities in the City. A lifelong advocate of historic preservation, Rick serves as president of the non- profit Market Street Railway, a 1000-member advocacy and support group for San Francisco’s world-famous cable cars and the historic streetcars of the “F-line”, […]
Precita Eyes Muralists
Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. was established in 1977, founded by Susan Cervantes and Luis Cervantes with other artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. As an inner city non-profit community-based mural arts organization, Precita Eyes Muralists has played an integral role in the city’s cultural heritage and arts education, to enrich and transform urban environments […]
Peter Fortune
Peter Fortune has served on San Francisco Beautiful’s Board since 1992, when he volunteered for “much bigger, relentless challenges” after service on the City’s Citizen’s Tree Advisory Committee. Starting in 2012 he served the first of his two terms as SFB’s President. Raised in Chicago suburbia, he graduated from Yale University and spent a year […]
Knitting the Commons
The San Francisco Planning Department, Trust for Public Land and Knits for Life developed a large yarn tree-wrapping art installation to accomplish the goal of uniting the Civic Center area with playful, visual elements. Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project with the goal to ‘knit’ together the Civic Center Commons, the new name […]
Julia Brashares
Julia is the program manager for the Street Parks, and manages volunteer and clean-up events at Public Works. She is the only employee at Public Works working on street parks, which include over 200 existing projects. These projects empower residents to turn unused city land into truly unique community spaces, that reflect the needs and […]