Parks in the News
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Articles in BOLD mention the San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA) or Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) in the article.
December 2011
December 13: Dog walker regulations considered by S.F. | SF Gate
December 10: SF to roll on 3rd permanent skate park with grant | SF Gate
December 6: Period Piece: A walk in the (man-made) woods | SF Bay Guardian
December 1: No injunction for Sharp Park Golf Course frogs | SF Gate
November 2011
November 30: Trees take root in the Tenderloin | KALW News
November 29: Whose park? Proposal to build a large artificial turf soccer complex in Golden Gate Park sparks controversy | SF Bay Guardian
November 4: Waterfront playground proposal slides closer toward reality | SF Gate
November 3: Golden Gate Park on 2 wheels: | SF Gate
October 2011
October 21: JFK Bikeway Gets Final Approval From Rec and Parks Commission | Streetsblog
October 18: Supe Wiener Pushes More Bureaucracy, Fees For Dog Walkers | SF Appeal
October 15: S.F.’s redo of Sue Bierman Park wastes opportunity | SF Gate
October 15: Dog Lobby Has Political Bite in San Francisco | Bay Citizen and New York Times, Bay Area Edition
October 12: Transbay Tower plan raises shadow debate | SF Gate
October 8: SF’s Largest Urban Farm To Celebrate 20 Year Anniversary Today | SF Appeal
October 8:SF school politics keeping kids from having any fun | SF Examiner
October 7: JFK Bikeway Project Faces One Last Hurdle Before December Arrival | SF Streetsblog
October 4: The Park That Almost Never Was | NBC Bay Area
October 4: A park grows in the Embarcadero | SF Gate
September 2011
September 28: Park Officials Look to Keep the Free Farm Stand | Mission Loc@l
September 28: Supes Give Green Light to More Green Space In The Mission | SF Appeal
September 18: Golden Gate Park fundraiser to aid San Francisco green space | SF Examiner
September 16: PARK(ing) Day invites participants to rethink urban land use | Downtown DEVIL
September 15: A park with personality | The Bay Area Reporter
September 13: Candidates Talk Streets and Parks at Mayoral Forum | Streetsblog
September 12: Golden Gate Park Windmill To Get Refurbished Dome Monday | SF Appeal
September 8: Groups Applaud Legislation to Restore Sharp Park and Partner with National Park Service | National Parks Conservation Association
September 6: Making Play a Priority: Non-Profit Organization KaBOOM! Announces List of 151 “Playful City USA” Communities | CSRwire
September 2: Where the playgrounds are: America’s Most Playful Cities | USA WEEKEND
September 1: New Chinatown rec center will be built with a bit of history | SF Gate
August 2011
August 24: A New Park Will Be Purchased for $2.4 million | Mission Loc@l
August 23: Parking on the park | SF Bay Guardian
August 22: ‘Save Don’t Pave Golden Gate Park’ is now a campaign | Digital Journal
August 15: Lindy in the Park celebrates 15 years in S.F. | SF Gate
August 14: Outside Lands festival proves local success | SF Gate
August 11: For the fourth year, Outside Lands a party in Golden Gate Park | SF Examiner
August 2: Improvements To Crocker Amazon Bocce Ball Courts Celebrated Tonight | SF Appeal
August 2: Supverisors pull Rec & Park and anti-demolition measures | SF Gate
August 2: Pulling Weeds, Pretending to Be Bats – Immigrant Kids Experience a Year of Firsts | Mission Loc@l
July 2011
July 28: Six Mission Pie folks visit San Francisco Farms | Mission Pie
July 27: Video of the Visitacion Valley Greenway | agencycharlie.com
July 26: Graffiti Cleanup Remains Costly Business In San Francisco | CBS San Francisco
July 20: Agencies promise more attention Lake Merced | SF Gate
July 17: San Francisco teacher hopes to win playground contest for autistic students | SF Examiner
July 17: Food helps fatten San Francisco Rec and Park’s lean budget | SF Examiner
July 17: Thousands Of Fans Fill Civic Center For Women’s World Cup Finals | SF Appeal
July 15: A Rejuvenated Carrousel Plaza in GGP Reopens | SF Rec and Park
July 12: Parks Inc. | SF Bay Guardian
July 12: America’s Cup preparations underway for the bay | SF Gate
July 8: Golden Gate Park’s Carrousel Plaza renovated | ABC 7 News
July 6: San Francisco FCU Helps Clean Up SF Playgrounds | CUinsight
June 2011
June 22: Hayes Valley Playground revamp caters to children | SF Gate
June 22: Pop-up SF skate park preview of bigger project | SF Gate
June 21: San Francisco Launches ‘Safe Summer Park’ Initiative | CBS San Francisco
June 17: Bella sings a swan song, leaving Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon | SF Examiner
June 15: Sharp Park Debate Hastens Citywide Biodiversity Policy | Bay Nature
June 14: Selling off the Department of Recreation and Parks | SF Bay Guardian
June 14: New San Francisco biodiversity push could come too late for golf course critters | SF Public Press
June 13: Celebrating Parks, the Western Addition and Partnerships | SF Rec and Park
June 13: Waterfront Playground up for Approval at Rec. and Parks in July | Barbary Coast News
June 13: Bella is back — Palace of Fine Arts swan is doing swimmingly | SF Gate
June 12: Interior Greenbelt Park at top of Mt. Sutro open | SF Gate
June 11: San Francisco’s Newest Playground Opens in Hayes Valley | Trust for Public Land
June 8: The Unveiling of “Familia” Mural | Mission Loc@l
June 4: San Francisco Celebrates Opening of Historic Trail And Long-Closed Park | Bay Citizen
June 3: SF Rec and park Hosts First of the Community Workshop Series for Dolores Park Improvement | SF Recreation and Parks Blog
June 3: Dolores Park Has $7.9 Million to Spend, So What Should We Renovate, Planners Ask | Mission Loc@l
June 1: HANC gets a new eviction notice | SF Bay Guardian
June 1: Place of Fine Arts welcomes baby swan to the lagoon | SF Examiner
May 2011
May 31: Golden Gate Park recycling center given brief reprieve before eviction | SF Examiner
May 30: Public comment period ends today for proposed GGNRA dog leash laws | SF Examiner
May 30: Murphy windmill stub on the verge of renovation | SF Examiner
May 27: HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery Is Still Open | HANC Blog
May 24: Park officials: It’s time to go, Stow Lake | SF Examiner
May 24: From the desk of GCM: More legal maneuverings in Sharp Park case | Golf Course Management
May 24: Outside Lands Announces Artist Additions | ALT Sounds
May 22: Dolores Park Playground Construction Means Less Play for Several Months | Mission Loc@l
May 19: Dolores Park Partial Closures Begin in June | Mission Loc@l
May 19: 70 California State Parks Closing | Pacific Palisades Patch
May 17: City scores win on Stow Lake contract; fight may not be over | SF Chronicle
May 16: Parklet fever spreads from San Francisco to Oakland | SF Examiner
May 16: Mission Playground soccer field to get makeover | SF Gate
May 15: Showdown over proposal for new Stow Lake vendor | SF Gate
May 13: State Plans to Close Parks — Again | Bay Citizen
May 9: Rec and Park to hold panel on Golden Gate Park as revenue source | SF Examiner
May 9: More City Officials Drawn into Stow Lake Controversy | The Bay Citizen
May 3: West Marina Yacht Harbor renovation project loan to cost The City double | SF Examiner
May 3: S.F. Stow Lake vendor bid e-mails raise questions | SF Gate
May 3: Tactics Of Lobbying Firm Cause More Stow Lake Boathouse Controversy | SF Appeal
May 3: Golf Course Industry: Golf community rallies to save Sharp Park | Golf Course Industry
May 2: Dolores Park playground ready for facelift | SF Examiner
May 2: Keeping up the San Francisco parks | SF Gate
May 1: Dolores Park’s First Food Truck Rolls In | Mission Loc@l
April 2011
April 29: Opportunity or Privatization? Sides Out on First Food Vendor Rolling Into Dolores Park | Mission Loc@l
April 29: Tree-killing vandal strikes again at park | SF Gate
April 28: Foes plan ‘puke-in’ to protest San Francisco Dolores Park food vendor | SF Examiner
April 26: San Francisco’s North Beach Library closer to turning page on renovation | SF Examiner
April 25: Library, Recreation and Park and Land Use approve North Beach plans | SF Gate
April 19: HANC recycling center could move next to Recology | SF Examiner
April 16: Proposed SoMa park would be ‘destination’ for food trucks | SF Examiner
April 11: Arcade Fire, Muse, Phish head Outside Lands 2011 | Consequence of Sound
April 11: San Francisco Recreation and Park Department trying to build its own revenues | SF Examiner
April 10: San Francisco Recreation and Park Department Trying to Build Its Own Revenues | SF Examiner
April 10: San Francisco Supervisors To Hold Hearing On Dog Leash Laws | CBS SF
April 9: Starbucks cleanup crew to spruce up Ocean Beach Area | Ocean Beach Bulletin
April 5: David Miles Jr. reigns as park’s skating ‘mayor’ | SF Gate
April 4: Tourists Not Lining Up to Pay $7 for Botanical Garden | Bay Citizen
April 3: East Palo Alto builds new bayfront park; still lags behind neighbors in parks per capita | Peninsula Press
April 1: Debate over Botanical Garden fee | SF Gate
March 2011
March 28: The city needs good parks to help keep families with kids | SF Examiner
March 27: San Francisco Alamo Square neighbors look to charge tour buses | SF Examiner
March 17: Proposal to close Golden Gate, McLaren parks at night stalled | SF Examiner
March 15: Bike rentals to begin in five San Francisco parks | SF Examiner
March 15: Recreation and Park Department taking suggestions for park repairs | SF Examiner
March 10: Stow Lake concessionaire wins Round One in legal fight | SF Gate
March 10: What Would a Town Square Look Like? | The Noe Valley Voice
March 9: Rec & Park begins HANC eviction before board vote | SF Bay Guardian
March 8: Protesters bark about Golden Gate National Recreation Area leash | SF Examiner
March 7: Outside Lands return to three-day schedule for last year of contract | SF Examiner
March 7: Local artists’ whimsy will transform San Francisco Park | The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)
March 6: Landmark status won’t change Stow Lake Boathouse plans | SF Examiner
February 2011
February 28: Board to consider proposal that rescinds HANC eviction | SF Examiner
February 28: Mission district business owners want parking lot, not park | SF Examiner
February 26: Haight recycling center: End of line for nuisance | SF Gate
February 25: Dolores Park Meeting Calmed by Wine? | Mission Loc@l
February 25: San Francisco Rec And Park Pushes to Keep Admissions to Botanical Gardens Fee | CBS San Francisco
February 24: Weather delays reopening of Golden Gate Park’s Polo fields | SF Examiner
February 21: Mission Playground getting new lights | SF Examiner
February 21: The art of clearing tagger’s work in San Francisco | SF Gate
February 19: Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park | Suite 101
February 18: Bayview-Hunters Point parks to receive advocates | SF Examiner
February 17: San Francisco residents unsatisfied with park restrooms | SF Examiner
February 17: Bernal Heights Hill: Views and a village | SF Gate
February 17: New San Francisco park fees are on the horizon | SF Examiner
February 15: Leash law backlash on the rise in San Francisco | SF Examiner
February 14: Standoff continues over Golden Gate Park recycling center | SF Gate
February 13: Park Lovers Confess Their Feelings | SF Gate
February 13: ‘Contagion’ to complete SF filming with Candlestick extravaganza | SF Examiner
February 13: City to put recycling cans in Golden Gate Park | SF Gate
February 8: Slain trees being replanted in Golden Gate Park | SF Examiner
February 7: New Vendor Officially Taking Over Stow Lake Boathouse This March | SF Appeal
February 3: Charging Fees to See Trees at Golden Gate Park’s Arboretum Doesn’t Even Pay the Bills | Bay Citizen
February 3: Like Dolores Park coffee stand, food cart irks Mission District neighbors | SF Examiner
February 2: Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake boathouse receives a new operator | SF Examiner
February 2: Board moves to revoke Botanical Garden fee | SF Gate
February 1: Supervisors back new vendor for Stow Lake | SF Gate
February 1: New Stow Lake Boathouse Operator Pledges Renovation, New Indoor Cafe | San Francisco Sentinel
February 1: Synthetic turf on its way to Minnie and Lovie Recreation Center | SF Examiner
January 2011
January 31: Park Users Say Cut Worker Pay, Use Bike Rentals and Neighborhood Events as Revenue Streams | Mission Loc@l
January 27: Stow Lake Boathouse lease-agreement proposal on its way to full board | SF Examiner
January 26: Stow Lake plan moves forward | SF Gate
January 26: Potrero Hill Rec Center to renovate field | SF Examiner
January 25: Time for groundbreaking draws near for Hunters Point Shipyard |SF Examiner
January 23: Meetings scheduled to hear park proposals | SF Examiner
January 20: Golden Gate Park landmark proposal pondered by panel | SF Gate
January 19: Rec and Park budget: Aiming for the status quo | SF Gate
January 18: Next Historic Landmark: Golden Gate Park | The Bay Citizen
January 18: Golden Gate Park up for landmark status | SF Gate
January 13: Feds tighten leash laws on dogs in San Francisco and the Peninsula | SF Gate
January 11: $100 park ‘fee’ is an optional deposit | SF Examiner
January 11: City to Buy Land from Self to Build Park | SF Gate
January 5: Golden Gate Park Upgrades May be Halted Forever | NBC Bay Area
January 2: Entire Golden Gate Park might be deemed historic | SF Examiner
January 1: Local Intelligence: Shoe Garden, Alamo Square Park | Bay Citizen
