Friends of Duboce Park and Duboce Triangle
In 2007, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Friends of Duboce Park and Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association, 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.
24th Street Mini Park
In 2007, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the 24th Street Mini Park 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.
Yerba Buena Gardens
In 2006, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Yerba Buena Gardens with a Beautification Award. In the heart of SOMA and near the Financial District, Yerba Buena Gardens is a formal green space amidst bustling convention, visitor and business enclaves and a growing residential population. The Redevelopment Agency created Yerba Buena Gardens as a center for recreation, relaxation […]
Quesada Gardens Initiative
In 2006, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Quesada Gardens Initiative with a Beautification Award. This block of Quesada in the Bayview is a postcard San Francisco street. On a hillside, its two narrow traffic lanes are separated by a sloping median. It should have been idyllic except for its proximity to 3rd Street in the heart of […]
Octavia Boulevard
In 2006, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Octavia Boulevard with a Beautification Award. Octavia Boulevard is a wide and leafy open expanse where cars people and plants coexist. Physically, the arrangement of traffic lanes, parking lanes, medians and parks is unprecedented in San Francisco. It resembles the best boulevards in Europe, but they are rare even there. It […]
Candlestick Point Beautification Project
In 2006, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the Candlestick Point Beautification Project with a Beautification Award. Beyond the vast stadium parking lot are views of the bay and downtown San Francisco. This hidden area of the City features fine weather, steep slopes, and unique houses. A few years ago, it was also host to criminal elements and its […]
16th Avenue Tiled Steps
In 2006, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps 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.
Sylvester House Restoration
In 2005, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Sylvester House Restoration with a Beautification Award. In 1978, Linda Blacketer found the abandoned and dilapidated Sylvester House (built in 1865) in the Bayview. Her goal was to restore the house to its original condition — not just to modernize its interior behind a classical façade. It took many years of […]
Shotwell Greenway
In 2005, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Shotwell Greenway with a Beautification Award. Plant SF’s Jane Martin and her neighbors on Shotwell Street were concerned about illicit activities occurring at all hours in and between the cars parked on the street and sidewalks. Jane created a pilot project for “greening” the sidewalks with cut-out areas, rocks and low […]
San Francisco Zoo
In 2005, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the San Francisco Zoo with a Beautification Award. The San Francisco Zoo has been revitalized by the implementation of its new master plan. Improvements include new and expanded areas for the animals and a level entry on the Great Highway that is accessible to all. The animals may have benefited […]