Pennsylvania Garden

Pennsylvania Garden

In 2010, San Francisco Beautiful gave a Beautification Award to the Pennsylvania Garden, a volunteer-created project that transformed a blighted lot in Potrero Hill into a garden. Creative vision, ingenuity, knowledge of horticulture and the inspirational leadership of Annie Shaw and a group of volunteers have transformed a leftover freeway “no man’s land” into an extraordinary […]

Mint Plaza

Mint Plaza

In 2010, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the Mint Plaza revitalization project with a Beautification Award. This former alley is now a public pedestrian plaza, donated to the City by the Martin Building Company, and maintained and managed by the non-profit Friends of Mint Plaza. With movable chairs for frequent events, this sophisticated design provides a new […]

La Playa Park

La Playa Park

In 2009, San Francisco Beautiful recognized La Playa Park with a Beautification Award. 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. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has […]

Clementina Cares

Clementina Cares

In 2009, San Francisco Beautiful recognized Clementina Cares with a Beautification Award. 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 […]

Visitacion Valley Greenway

Visitacion Valley Greenway

In 2008, San Francisco Beautiful gave a Beautification Award to the Visitacion Valley Greenway Project, a re-purposed blighted property that was converted into a public park. This series of six publicly-owned parcels functions as an outdoor classroom and recreation area beautifying the landscape and uniting the diverse groups of Visitacion Valley. Park features include a native plant […]

Golden Gate Music Concourse

Golden Gate Music Concourse

In 2008, the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse received a Beautification Award. The Music Concourse is a destination for locals and visitors alike as they come to Golden Gate Park to visit the De Young Museum, Academy of Sciences, and Japanese Tea Garden. Thanks to the efforts of the City and volunteers the Music Concourse […]

Parklets (2012-14)

Parklet

SF Beautiful partners with the SFSU and the SF Planning Department to study the impacts of the parklets program and recommend improvements. 2014SF Beautiful intern Sida Li tested the draft Parklet survey tool designed to determine the standards by which parklets are determined to be healthy, safe, clean, and green. A recommended plant list will be completed to support […]

Message Poles (2005)

Message Poles

$2200 to the Brooks Park for teaching message poles. 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 their capacity to raise […]

UN Plaza – Play, Pause, Connect (2014-15)

Pause, Play, Connect

UN Plaza is named after the United Nations, whose charter was signed in San Francisco, just two blocks away. Fulton Street at Hyde Streets were closed to create this 2.5-acre pedestrian space in the 70s as a part of the Market Street Reconstruction Project which coincided with building of the Market Street BART stations in San […]