Asian Art Museum
In 2003, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the Asian Art Museum with a Beautification Award. The museum, located at 200 Larkin Street, is world class specialist museum that activates the Civic Center area. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has been honoring San Franciscans who make special contributions to the unique character and beauty of our City […]
Alice Fong Yu School Garden
In 2003, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the Alice Fong Yu School Garden with a Beautification Award. This garden is standard-setting space that beautifies its surroundings while teaching students to become stewards of their environment. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has been honoring San Franciscans who make special contributions to the unique character and beauty of our […]
16th Street BART Plaza
In 2003, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the 16th Street BART Plaza with a Beautification Award. BART, with various funding sources, worked extensively with the community and merchants to transform a dirty, vandalized station area into a colorful plaza in the Mission District. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has been honoring San Franciscans who make […]
McKinley Square Park
In 2000, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the restoration of McKinley Square Park as a wonderful urban oasis on Potrero Hill with a Beautification Award. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has been honoring San Franciscans who make special contributions to the unique character and beauty of our City with the Annual Beautification Awards.
Luggage Store Living Wall (2010)
$3,000 to the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation to install plants above the facade of the Luggage Store, an art space at 1007 Market. A Living Wall is an innovative way to add greenery and beauty to an urban environment. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful […]
Linden Alley (2010)
$3,800 to the Neighborhood Parks Council to support the Linden Living Alley project (should this be a hyperlink to a map), which installed seating, landscaping, and traffic calming features in a blighted alleyway. Today the alley is a beloved community gathering place for neighbors to relax, interact, and enjoy a cup of San Francisco’s own Blue Bottle […]
650 Eddy Landscaping (2011)
$4,500 to Community Housing Partnership to install permeable landscaping at 650 Eddy. Permeable landscaping improves communities through beautification, habitat creation, and by allowing water to infiltrate into the ground rather than flooding the storm drains. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through […]
McLaren Park Landscaping (2010)
$3,800 to Help McLaren Park for installation of landscaping at the Gambier Street entrance. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities […]
Ord Triangle (2004)
$4952 for beautification of Ord Triangle Park. The park is a median that has been reclaimed and is maintained by neighborhood volunteers. SF Beautiful funded irrigation and pathway supplies to improve the infrastructure of the garden. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. […]
Visitacion Valley Neighborhood Tree Planting (2005)
$5000 to Friends of the Urban Forest of Visitacion Valley neighborhood tree planting. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities build […]