With only a day and a half to spend in San Francisco we spent the first afternoon meeting contacts involved with the San Francisco Parklet Program to get some background on the program and find out lessons learned. We spoke with Paul Chasan at the SF Planning Department who offered great insight into the goals of the program, and the guidelines that the city has developed. With over 40 parklets built in San Francisco we rented bikes which was a great way to see dozens of parklets and experience some of the bicycle infrastructure in San Francisco. While we were not able to see every parklet in one day, we were able to see a wide range of parklets in different neighborhoods. Below are some of the photos from the tour. The San Francisco Bike Coalition periodically offers parklet tours for a suggested donation of $5.
A small parklet outside of Darwin’s Cafe provides extra seating and visual interest to the street.
A simple and effective way to add street seating. [Check out http://www.streetseats.org for a gallery of street seats in New York].
A parklet in front of Blue Fig restaurant in the Mission District.
Trouble Coffee Co
“Deepistan” National Parklet in the mission district. The parklet is San Francisco’s first and only residential parklet.
A mobile parklet made out out a repurposed dumpster.
Powell Street Promenade.
Devil’s Teeth Bakery
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