Project Updates
Gene Friend Rec Center | Weekend Work Advisory for Saturday, September 27
Weekend Work Advisory: Please be advised that our contractor will have a roofing crew on site this Saturday. We anticipate minimal noise or other disruption to neighbors. This work will help us get the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPrecita Park Improvements | Project update, September 2025
Construction will be starting soon! This project will add a prefabricated, single-stall, all-gender accessible restroom, as well as related site improvements, including a drinking fountain, trash receptacle, and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgKoshland Park Community Garden Renovation | Project update, September 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the third and final community meeting about the design for the Koshland Park Community Garden Renovation. A clear theme that we heard from these meetings is that the redesign should prioritize creating a…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Harriet Street Utility Work Recommences on Wednesday + Continues Next Week
Construction work in the roadway on Harriet Street will resume on Wednesday, September 24, and extend into next week. There is no planned weekend work. This work will install a new utility connection to the facility. We expect the impacts to be similar to…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgStern Grove Playground Renovation | Construction update, September 2025
We are super excited that the playground is now open to the public! Thank you to everyone who supported this special project. Over the next few months, you will continue to see our contractor on-site periodically to make adjustments and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgSouth Sunset Clubhouse | Construction update, September 2025
Our contractor has been working diligently to remove and replace a damaged, underground storm drain line on the east side of the building. Replacing this long length of clay pipe is a priority, so we can begin paving work and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Construction update, September 22, 2025
Our contractor is continuing to work on replacing the lateral sewer lines, including installing new sewer vents for easier maintenance for the park and adjacent properties. Also, they are continuing to map and verify existing underground…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgIndia Basin Waterfront Park | Construction update, September 2025
Construction at India Basin Shoreline Park (IBSP) is anticipated to begin on Tuesday, September 23. The park will be closed and fenced through early 2028, with construction noise, intermittent street and sidewalk closures, and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgJapantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, September 22, 2025
The plaza entrance to the West Mall has now returned to the route adjacent to the building. The gate and temporary pathway that had routed pedestrians through the center of the construction site is now closed. This route to the West Mall entrance that…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgHerz Recreation Center | Construction update, September 2025
We’re getting close! The gym is nearly finished, all the outdoor fitness equipment has been installed, and we’re focused now on some of the final activities needed to complete the project, including installing furnishings, surfacing near the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgTenderloin Rec Center Play Area | Groundbreaking Event on October 1 at 9:30 a.m.
Join Rec and Park for a groundbreaking event at the Tenderloin Children’s Playground (570 Ellis Street) on Wednesday, October 1 at 9:30 a.m. The celebration marks the beginning of a new era for this popular neighborhood play space, which will…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgTenderloin Rec Center Play Area | Construction update, September 2025
Construction will be starting soon! This project will transform the playground into a nature-based, multi-functional space that balances active play, nature exploration, and quiet relaxation. The project will prioritize accessibility, functionality and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgJackson Playground Improvements | Project update, September 2025
We’re excited to share that we recently completed 50% Design Development, a significant milestone in the design process. We expect to have the final design completed by the end of next year. And BIG THANKS to the Friends of Jackson Park for…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Harriet Street utility connection work will extend into next week
Work in the Harriet Street roadway to complete the new utility connection is now expected to extend into next week. There is no planned weekend work. We appreciate your patience with this unanticipated extension. This work has increased impacts to…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgStern Grove Playground Renovation | Stern Grove Playground Transformed into Tree House Village
Beloved Sunset District play space reopens as whimsical, nature-inspired retreat.
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGolden Gate Park - Botanical Garden Access Improvements | Construction update, September 2025
We’re excited to report that the Friend Gate (North Gate) is now open again! Work around the Friend Gate was Phase 2 of this project and included construction of new stairways and ramps, pathway paving work, and installation metal handrails around the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgStern Grove Playground Renovation | REMINDER! Playground Ribbon Cutting on September 10, 3:30 pm
Come out for the reopening of Stern Grove Playground on Wednesday, September 10 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature brief remarks, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and the debut of the new, nature-based play area of the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgKoshland Park Community Garden Renovation | Community Meeting on September 9
Join Rec and Park, Trust for Public Land and TS Studio for a community meeting on planned improvements to Koshland Park. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 9 at 6 p.m. in the park’s community garden (Page and Buchanan streets), where the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuena Vista Park Improvements | Project update, September 2025
We’re pleased to report that we’ve made good progress in the project’s planning and design. We attended a Buena Vista Neighborhood Association meeting in July and shared the following key design updates. The current scope for the project would include…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Harriet Street Disruptions for Utility Connection Work
The contractor team will be making a new utility connection in the Harriet Street roadway next week, September 8-12. This work is expected to include more impacts to traffic and parking than has been typical throughout the course of…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBernal Heights Playground | Construction update, September 2025
Construction is underway! The new playground equipment has arrived, and installation is scheduled to begin later this month. The contractor is currently working to disassemble and remove the old equipment. Once the new equipment and play surfacing are…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgRossi Pool Earns LEED Platinum Certification
In 2022, Rec and Park completed a full renovation of Rossi Pool (600 Arguello Boulevard), featuring several upgrades to make the facility more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable. These features earned the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMcLaren Park Trails | Construction update, September 2025
Work is continuing on University Hill in McLaren Park, between Louis Sutter Playground and the courts near Mansell. The new ribbon trail is almost complete, with the finishing touches and accessibility inspections scheduled for this week and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Construction update, September 2025
We’re happy to share that the final segment of cured-in-place sewer lining was completed on August 29, officially wrapping up our planned night work. A big thank you to our nearby neighbors for your patience, we know night work can be disruptive. Although…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgSouth Sunset Clubhouse | Construction update, August 2025
Our contractor has completed most of the new structural footings and poured the rear retaining wall. Installation of new storm drain infrastructure is now in-progress. In the course of work, we encountered a damaged drain line on the east side of the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgJapantown Peace Plaza Renovation | Construction update, August 29, 2025
This month, you’ve seen the existing Geary Blvd wall was stripped of its tiles and being strengthened while the new wall form work is being built. This wall will mitigate traffic noise and visuals from the plaza. Other construction highlights include…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Construction update, August 2025
We’ve made substantial progress on the exterior framing, and we are now starting the installation of the roofing. Unfortunately, this past weekend, there was another break-in at the construction site. We are working together with the contractor to…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGolden Gate Park | Construction begins soon on Stanyan Street Sidewalk Improvements
We are excited to announce that the Stanyan Street Sidewalk Improvements Project will be starting construction soon. This project will upgrade existing sidewalks and driveway aprons at the parking lot entrances on the west side of Stanyan between…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgStern Grove Playground Renovation | Playground Ribbon Cutting on September 10
Come out for the reopening of Stern Grove Playground on Wednesday, September 10 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature brief remarks, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and the debut of the new, nature-based play area of the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMission Bay Future Parks Project | Project update, August 2025
We are excited to share that the Mission Bay Future Parks Project is moving ahead with the design phase. A RFQ was released in early August, and a design team should be selected by mid-October. The project includes two distinct areas: 1) the final three…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgRachele Sullivan Park | Project update, August 2025
We want to share an important update about the future Rachele Sullivan Park. In recent years, the development impact fees that traditionally support capital projects in the parks have shrunk considerably due to slower development rates and…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgTwin Peaks Trail Improvement Project and Promenade Project | Construction update, August 2025
We’re excited to announce that the Crestline Connector Trail is now complete and open to the public! This new connector not only restores access between Crestline Drive and the Twin Peaks summit but also serves as the final piece of the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGolden Gate Park - Botanical Garden Access Improvements | Construction update, August 2025
Phase 1 of the project is now complete and open to the public! Phase 1 involved pathway improvements in the southeast section of the gardens (Mesoamerican Cloud Forest), including paving work and installation of concrete ramps and metal handrails. This is…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | REMINDER: Workforce Development Community Meeting, this Thursday, 8/21 at 2pm
REMINDER: Workforce Development Community Meeting, this Thursday, August 21 at 2pm at Rosa Parks Senior Center on Buchanan Mall (at Golden Gate Ave.). Come learn more about job opportunities, training, and employment support. For the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMcLaren Park | McLaren Park Vision Plan Update + 2020 Bond Funding Allocations at Commission on 8/21
Please join us (in-person or online) for a presentation of the Vision Plan Update and 2020 Bond Funding Allocations at Recreation and Park Commission. This Thursday, August 21st at 10am. The McLaren Park Vision Plan (2018) has guided our…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMayor Lurie Breaks Ground on Final Phase of India Basin Waterfront Park Project
Project Continues Mayor Lurie’s Work to Foster Vibrant Public Spaces, Support Bayview Community…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMcLaren Park Trails | Construction update, August 2025
Our contractor has finished grading for accessibility at the ribbon trail on University Hill. They have installed several salvaged granite benches along the route to take advantage of the sweeping views over the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Construction update, August 2025
Construction is currently focused on specialized sewer work, surface demolition, and careful investigations to locate and protect existing utilities. The project team has completed the second of three 48-hour sewer lining operations, where a…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBernal Heights Playground | Construction update, August 2025
Bernal Heights Playground is now closed for the duration of construction: August 11 through Late 2025. Construction of the new playground begins this week. This playground renewal project includes replacing all play equipment and playground surfacing by…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | REMINDER: Night work scheduled for August 11 and 12
DAY AND NIGHT WORK REMINDER: Sewer and construction work will be continuous for 48 hours from August 11-13. This includes two evenings of night work (August 11 & 12). The contractor will…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Saturday work scheduled for August 9
NOTICE OF WEEKEND WORK: There will be on-site construction work this Saturday. The contractor will follow all noise ordinance requirements. DAY AND NIGHT WORK REMINDER: Sewer and construction work will be continuous for 48 hours from August 11-13. This…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgIndia Basin Waterfront Park | India Basin Shoreline Park Groundbreaking on August 19
Join the partners of the India Basin Waterfront Park project—the Trust for Public Land, San Francisco Foundation, A. Philip Randolph Institute, San Francisco Recreation and Parks, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community—for the groundbreaking on…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Workforce development update, August 7, 2025
For the past two years, we have partnered with Success Centers, a hyper-local community-based workforce nonprofit dedicated to connecting local Western Addition and Fillmore residents with trade job opportunities, training, and employment support for…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgKimbell Athletic Field Renovation | Athletic Fields Reopen After Renovation Project
We’re excited to share that the renovation project at Kimbell Playground (1901 Geary Boulevard) is now complete! As part of the project, the synthetic turf on these fields was replaced after 14 years of use. Additional improvements include…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Night work scheduled for August 11 and 12
Notice of Night Work: Please be advised that there will be 48 hours of continuous construction activity from Monday, August 11, 7 a.m. to Wednesday, August 13, 7 a.m. Work will be performed on the sewer between Turk St. and Eddy St. Sewer lining work must…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgStern Grove Playground Renovation | Construction update, August 2025
There has been an unforeseen delay in the installation of the safety surfacing at the playground. This will push the playground’s reopening to sometime in September. We will follow up with more information once an opening date is…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgMcLaren Park Trails | Park ready for Jerry Day!
The biggest event of the year is happening at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater this Saturday, and the McLaren Trails project is reopening the Upper Reservoir parking lot to accommodate the crowds. The contractor has completed the ADA van parking space in the…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgBuchanan Street Mall | Workforce development update
Thanks to the nearly thirty people who stopped by office hours yesterday. Rec and Park and Success Centers staff shared information about the various workforce development initiatives that are in place on the Buchanan Street Mall Renovation project as…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgGene Friend Rec Center | Construction update, July 2025
The structural steel frame of the building is in place, and the contractor team is working on the roof decking and starting to frame exterior windows. Site work includes installation of the new storm drainage system. This past weekend, there was…
Read on at sfrecpark.orgPortsmouth Square Improvements | Project will be advertised for bids again in fall 2025
Earlier this year, we announced that the Portsmouth Square project was advertised for construction bids from March 12 to May 21, 2025. Unfortunately, all the bid proposals submitted by qualified contractors exceeded the project’s budget. The significantly…
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