The Mission District Streetscape Plan

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THEMISSIONDISTRICTSTREETSCAPEPLAN

THE MISSION DISTRICT STREETSCAPE PLAN

DRAFT DOCUMENT OCTOBER 2010

CONTENTS

1 INTRODuCTION 11.1 BackgroundandContext 2

1.2 CommunityDialogue 8

2 VISION AND DESIGN 132.1 HistoricOverview 14

2.2 TheMissionNeighborhoodToday 18

2.3 VisionandStreetscapeDesignPolicies 23

2.4 FrameworkDiagrams 26

3 SITE DESIGNS 293.1 PlazasandGateways 34

3.2 AlleysandSmallStreets 50

3.3 TrafficCalming 54

3.4 Throughways 58

3.5 Mixed-UseStreets 72

3.6 PublicLife 76

4 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES 814.1 FundingStreetscapeImprovements 83

4.2 PrioritizingImprovements 87

4.3 MaintenanceandCommunityStewardship 89

4.4 ImplementationataGlance 90

PHOTOOFPEOPLEINPUBLICSPACE

At the heart of the Mission District

Streetscape Plan is a desire to transform streets

into places for people, places that can foster

community and help the neighborhood thrive.

1.1 BackgroundandContext

1.2 CommunityDialogue

CHAPTER ONE INTRODuCTION

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M I S S I O N D I S T R I C T S T R E E T S C A P E P L A N

1.1 BACKGROuND AND CONTEXT

The Mission Area Plan of the San Francisco General Plan, part of the Eastern Neighborhoods Planning process (see sidebar), describes a vision, objectives, and policies to positively shape long-term growth and change in the Mission District. As land uses, transportation patterns, and other factors continue to evolve in the Mission, the public realm must also be improved to better serve existing residents, workers, and visitors, and to meet the needs of those who will be here in the future.

Objective 5.3 of the Mission Area Plan is to create a network of green streets that connects open spaces and improves the walkability, aesthetics and ecological sustainability of the neighborhood, while policy 5.3.7 is to develop a comprehensive public realm plan for the Mission that reflects the differing needs of streets based upon their predominant land use, role in the transportation network, and building scale. (See sidebar on page 4 for all policies of the Mission Area Plan.)

The Planning Department, with funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, has developed the Mission District Streetscape Plan, the subject of this document, which seeks to implement these objectives and policies of the Mission Area Plan.

The goal of the Mission District Streetscape Plan is to re-imagine Mission District streets as vital public spaces that serve the needs and priorities of the community. The outcome will be a system of neighborhood streets with safe and green sidewalks; well-marked crosswalks; widened sidewalks at corners; creative parking arrangements; bike paths

San Franciscos Mission District is known for its diverse communities, compact mix of uses and activities, lively cultural and arts scene, and active, vibrant street life at all times of the day and night. The Mission is well-situated close to downtown San Francisco. It includes major transit lines and hubs including two of BARTs busiest stations and several of Munis most heavily-used lines, well-used open spaces such as Dolores Park and Garfield Square, and active commercial corridors on a connected street grid, including Mission Street, 24th Street, Valencia Street, and 16th Street. With this dense concentra-tion of destinations and ease of access, the Mission District is both a major regional destination and a locally-serving community.

Despite the large numbers of people using the Mission Districts streets on a daily basis, the neighborhoods streets could be greatly improved to be more supportive of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit use. The Missions public realm could better serve as a center of the neighborhoods public life and social activity the streets could be re-conceptualized and re-designed to become places that people choose to tarry and spend time, rather than walk through on their way to an indoor or private destination. By widening sidewalks, adding plantings and street furniture, and creating space for restaurants and cafes to locate tables and chairs on the sidewalk, recent street improvements on Valencia Street have shown the potential for how a basic sidewalk can be converted to a public amenity. However, there are dozens of other streets in the Mission District, each with its unique challenges and opportunities to become great public spaces.


and routes; close integration of transit; and roadways that accommodate automobile traffic but encourage appropriate speeds.

The Mission District Streetscape Plan designs will improve pedestrian safety and comfort, increase the amount of usable public space in the neighborhood, and support environmentally-sustainable stormwater management.

Highlights of the plan include:

A new flexible parking strategy for gathering and outdoor seating uses;

New gateway plazas at key intersections and destinations;

Traffic calming on residential streets;

On-street designs for sustainable stormwater management;

Road dites, greening and traffic calming at major corridors;

Pedestrian improvemnets on alleys and small streets.

This plan provides a design framework for street improvement, policies to guide the improvement of the public realm of the Mission Districts streets, and designs for 28 specific projects that can be built over time to realize this vision and framework. The Plan also includes a strategy for how to build and maintain these improvements over time, building on the Mission Area Plan.

This Plan is the result of a significant community dialogue, including several interactive public workshops where Mission residents gave their feedback on plan proposals, and countless one-on-one discussions with Mission residents, merchants, and advocates. More significantly, the Plan is a partnership between local residents and merchants, the City, and other interested community members. Over time, the realization of the Mission District Streetscape Plan will rely on the collaborative efforts of all these parties to bring the vision and myriad projects envisioned by this document to fruition, and to maintain these improvements over time. Indeed, various City agencies, local merchants, and community members are already moving forward with many of these improvements, and beginning to make this Plans vision real.

1. INTRODuCTION


ObjectivesandpoliciesfromtheMissionAreaPlanrelevanttotheMissionDistrictStreetscapePlan

OBjeCtive5.3:CreAteAnetwOrkOfgreenStreetSthAtCOnneCtSOPenSPACeSAnDiMPrOveSthewAlkABility,AeSthetiCSAnDeCOlOgiCAlSuStAinABilityOftheneighBOrhOOD.

Policy5.3.1:redesignunderutilizedportionsofstreetsaspublicopenspaces,includingwidenedsidewalksormedians,curbbulb-outs,livingstreetsorgreenconnectorstreets.

Policy5.3.2:Maximizesidewalklandscaping,streettreesandpedestrianscalestreetfurnishingtothegreatestextentfeasible.

Policy5.3.3:Designtheintersectionsofmajorstreetstoreflect their prominence as public spaces.

Policy5.3.4:enhancethepedestrianenvironmentbyrequiringnewdevelopmenttoplantstreettreesalongabuttingsidewalks.whenthisisnotfeasible,planttreesondevelopmentsitesorelsewhereinthePlanArea.

Policy5.3.5:Significant above grade infrastructure, such as freeways should be retrofitted with architec-turallightingtofosterpedestrianconnectionsbeneath

Policy5.3.6:wherepossible,transformunusedfreewayandrailrights-of-wayintolandscapedfeaturesthatprovideapleasantandcomfortingrouteforpedestrians.

Policy5.3.7:Developacomprehensivepublicrealmplanforthe Mission that reflects the differing needs of streetsbasedupontheirpredominantlanduse,roleinthetransportationnetwork,andbuildingscale.

ABOuT THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS

The Mission, Central Waterfront, East South of Market and Showplace Square/Potrero Hill neighborhoods are home to much of the citys industrially-zoned land. For the last 10 to 15 years, these neighborhoods have been changing and have seen growing land use conflicts, where residential and office development has begun to compete with industrial uses. Based on several years of community input and technical analysis, the Eastern Neighborhoods Program calls for transitioning about half of the existing industrial areas in these four neighborhoods to mixed use zones that encourage new housing. The other remaining half would be reserved for Production, Distribution and Repair (PDR) districts.

theProcess

The Eastern Neighborhoods community planning process began in 2001 with the goal of developing new zoning controls for the industrial portions of these neighborhoods. A series of workshops were conducted in each area between 2001 and 2005. Starting in 2005, the community planning process expanded to address affordable housing, transporta-tion, parks and open space, urban design and community facilities. The Eastern Neighborhoods plans were adopted by the Board of Supervisors in December 2008. The Planning Department and other City agencies are now working to implement the Eastern Neighborhoods plans.

relatedPlanningefforts

The Mission Streetscape Plan is informed by and has been coordinated with a number of other City efforts, both citywide plans and neighborhood-specific projects and programs, including those listed in this section.


CitywidePlansBETTER STREETS PLAN

The Better Streets Plan its a multi-agency effort that creates a unified set of standards, guidelines, and implementation strategies to govern how the City designs, builds, and maintains its pedestrian environment.

The Plan reflects the understanding that the pedestrian environment is about much more than just transportation that streets serve a multitude of social, recreational and ecological needs that must be considered when deciding on the most appropriate design.

The Mission District Streetscape Plan works toward many of the same goals as the Better Streets Plan, including pedestrian, traffic calming, greening, and stormwater improvements.

TRANSIT EffECTIVENESS PROGRAM

SFMTAs Transit Effectiveness Program (TEP) is the first comprehensive effort in over 25 years to review Muni and recommend ways to transform it into a faster, more reliable and more efficient public transit system for San Francisco. Launched in May 2006, the TEP has gathered an unprecedented level of ridership data, best practices and input friom community and policy makers. The SFMTA Board of Directors endorsed the TEP recommendations in October 2008.

The TEP includes major transit corridors in the Mission district, including Mission Street, 16th Street, and others. The Mission District Streetscape Plan defers recommendations regarding Mission and 16th Streets to the TEP, and EN Trips study (next page). Hence, suggested improvements for these streets are not included in this document.

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DISTINCTIVE, UNIFIED OVERALL DESIGN

Integrated site furnishings [ Section 6.5 ]

Pedestrian-oriented lighting [ 6.3 ]

Minimize site cluttering [ 6.5 ]

SPACE FOR PUBLIC LIFE

Visible crossings [ 5.1 ]

Slower turning speed [ 5.2 ]

Shorter crossing distances [ 5.3 ]

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY UNIVERSAL DESIGN

RECLAIMING EXCESSSTREET SPACE

INTEGRATING PEDSAND TRANSITEXTENSIVE GREENING

ECOLOGY

Generous, unobstructed sidewalks [ 4.2 ]

Curb ramps for all users [ 5.1 ]

Accessible pedestrian signals [ 5.1 ]

Flexible use for cafe seating [ 5.6 ]

Permanent mini-plazas [ 5.3 ]

Landscaping in the parking lane [ 6.1 ]

Stormwater management [ 6.2 ]

Permeable materials [ 6.2 ]

Streets as habitats [ 6.1 ]

Healthy urban forest [ 6.1 ]

Expanded sidewalk plantings [ 6.1 ]

Utility consolidation [ 6.6 ]

Transit rider amenities [ 5.5 ]

Bus bulbouts and boarding islands [ 5.5 ]

Safe, convenient routes to transit [ 5.5 ]

Street parks and new plazas [ 5.8 ]

Traffic circles [ 5.7 ]

Landscaped medians [ 5.4 ]

CREATIVE USE OFPARKING LANE

Shared public ways [ 5.8 ]

Temporary or permanent street closures [ 5.8 ]

Raised crossings [ 5.1 ]

Reclaim excess street space for public use [ 5.8 ]

Safe public seating for neighborhood gathering [ 6.5 ]

Merchant participation [ 6.5 ]

PLAN HIGHLIGHTS

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1. INTRODuCTION


CitywidePlansSTORMwATER DESIGN GuIDELINES

The San Francisco Stormwater Design Guidelines describe the requirements for stormwater manage-ment in San Francisco and give developers the tools to achieve compliance. The Design Guidelines will improve San Franciscos environment by reducing pollution in stormwater runoff in areas of new development and redevelopment. The Stormwater Design Guidelines include detailed fact sheets for stormwater best management practices (BMPs), including those that can be use in the public right-of-way. Many areas of the Mission District are prone to localized flooding issues, and could benefit from the incorporation of stormwater BMPs in the public right-of-way.

Seewww.sfwater.org/mto_main.cfm/MC-ID/14/MSC-ID/361/MTO_ID/543

Neighborhood Specific Plans and ProjectsTRAffIC CALMING, PEDESTRIAN, BICyCLE, AND SAfE ROuTES TO SCHOOL PROjECTS

SFMTAs Traffic Calming, Pedestrian, Bicycle, and School Area Safety Programs promote street improvements with the goal of enhancing the safety and comfort of pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users, and encouraging bicycling and walking as primary means of transport.

The Mission District Streetscape Plan has been closely coordinated with the efforts of the SFMTA Livable Streets division; many projects identified in this document will be refined and carried forward by the SFMTA.

Seehttp://www.sfmta.com/cms/ohome/homelive.htmformoreinformationontheSFMTAsLivableStreetsefforts.

SAN fRANCISCO BICyCLE PLAN

The Bicycle Plan by the SFMTA describes a frame-work, policies, and design guidelines to make bicy-cling a more viable and sustainable mobility option in San Francisco. The Bicycle Plan also includes a list of 60 near-term projects and 24 long-term projects to make bicycle improvements on the Citys streets. Bicycle plan projects within the boundaries of the Mission Streetscape Plan include:

Near-term: 17th Street, 26th Street, Cesar Chavez Street

Long-term: Capp Street, Shotwell Street

The Mission District Streetscape Plan is consistent with the recommendations of the Bicycle Plan.

Seewww.sfmta.com/cms/bproj/bikeplan.htm


Neighborhood Specific Plans and ProjectsEASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING STuDy (EN TRIPS)

The EN TRIPS is a coordinated multi-agency partnership between the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Planning Department and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. The project will focus on developing and designing implementation-ready projects and programs that are multi-modal and pedestrian-friendly to support growth in the Eastern Neighborhoods in the next 20 years.

EN Trips within the Mission District Streetscape Plan area, EN Trips will be studying and making recommendations for the 16th Street corridor.

Seehttp://www.sfmta.com/cms/oentrips/indxentrips.htm

PAVEMENT TO PARKS

San Franciscos new Pavement to Parks projects seek to temporarily reclaim these unused swathes and quickly and inexpensively turn them into new public plazas and parks. During the temporary closure, the success of these plazas will be evaluated to understand what adjustments need to be made in the short term, and ultimately, whether the temporary closure should be a long term community investment.

Pavement to Parks projects in the Mission District (see Chapter 3) include:

Guerrero Park (San Jose/Guerrero intersection)

22nd Street Parklet (22nd Street at Bartlett Street)

MISSION HEIGHTS STuDy

The Mission Heights Study examines the balance between regional smart growth goals of increased density and heights around transit in the Mission; and the neighborhood goals of providing more affordable housing and protecting and incentivizing local businesses. The studys objective is to advance the following goals:

Increase affordable, transit-oriented housing options, particularly low-income housing, on and off the Mission corridor

Preserve existing affordable housing and decrease displacement pressures on existing low-income residents

Protect and promote local, neighborhood-serving businesses and micro-enterprise

Seehttp://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=2223

Seehttp://pavementtoparks.sfplanning.org

1. INTRODuCTION


1.2 COMMuNITy DIALOGuE

As discussed earlier, the Mission Streetscape Plan stems from the larger Eastern Neighborhoods plan-ning effort and builds on the extensive community involvement of that Plan. The Mission District Streetscape Plans goal was to identify improvements to streets, sidewalks and public spaces in the Mission District based on community input gathered through the process.

The Mission District Streetscape Plan community dialogue involved community-based organizations, continuous dialogue with other City agencies, and hands-on involvement in community-based projects. This outreach-intensive approach resulted in a plan that is supported by community members and that has spurred new community initiatives at a grassroot level such as the Mission Community Market, a new outdoor market in the heart of the Mission.

May2008wORKSHOP 1

thegoalofworkshop1wastoarticulateavisionfortheMissionStreetscapePlanproject.CommunityparticipantswhoattendedtheworkshopworkedinsmallergroupstodevelopthisvisionforanewMissionneighborhoodstreetscapetoguidedesigninthefollowingmonths.Mainpoliciesdiscussedtheimportanceofprioritizingwalking,bicyclingandtransit,incorporatinggreenery,providingmoregatheringspaces,andintegratingpublicart.Policieswerethenprioritizedandorganizedinbroadercategoriesfordiscussionanduse.

August2008wORKSHOP 2

Duringworkshop2,participantsreviewed priority policies refined from workshop1.Maincategoriestoorganizepoliciesweredescribinganewurbanlandscapethatwouldbe:multimodal,green,community-focused,safeandenjoyable,well-maintained,andmemorable.AshortpresentationaboutstreetsintheMissionwasalsoconductedatthismeeting.Participantsdiscussedgoalsandideasforeachstreettype.

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Weekend closure- from

14 to 19 street

Make Valencia agreen wave, time

signals for bike speeds (12-14 mph).

this will make it safer

for bicyclists and reduce red-light

running

Not enough sidewalk:

nowhere to sit

Albion streetsmells

Restaurantson Valencia

Make better use of alleys

Guerrero street: loud, dangerous traffic, unfriendly for peds, sidwks

too narrow

BART stations need to

be friendlier for all users

(espec. now that are

hubs of activity)+add green

BART plaza: bad design

Introducemore flexible

parkingspaces

very nice trees, light on trees,

strongneighborhood feel

GourmetGhetto:

amenities

Dearborn:community

garden

Unsafe!Used only by

homeless: full of shopping carts.

it needs tointegrate betterwith streets and

be moreinviting

Clarion Alley: art murals that rotate over time

Problem area: drugs, urine,

temporaryhousing

Park

16 betw Mission and Valencia:

unsafe and unplasant to

walk

Keep South Van Ness as

goodvehiclestreet Bike lanes

on Harrisonstreet

Median with trees on Potrero

Bring niceimprovements

to industrialneighborhood

Ban all turns forcars on Mission

Make Mission saferfor pedestrians

Pedestrian street

Wide sidewalks,calm street

Stainedsidewalks

alongValencia

Calmtraffic

Abandonedstructure: it could be a park or other

public use

SFGH comfort gardenat 22nd is beautiful

and moving-a tributeto hospital workerswho have died of

AIDS

Narrowcrossings:

create open space

Dark at night: it feels

abandoned

Unsafe:It could be

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Prostitution

Permeablelandscapes

Better lightingalong Folsom

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Better lightingalong 24th

street, widensidewalks

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Industrialwasteland: no

one walks here

Hazardousintersection

for bike lane: close off

Treat

Open space with benches

and green

Electrical and phone wires

on street

Use of synthetic turf: it means that

grass is always maintained

Badplayground

Improve: poor access/ not safe

for peds, not nice for transit

waiting

Homeless camp. Why is this park so isolated and

unused?

Dingyarea

Mall is a car magnet: hard

to walk to

Relationship betw Division Street and 101

overpass

Division street:terrible for pedestrians and

bikes

Sidewalk onSouth side ofRalph Park is

too narrow

Connections to Allemany Farmers

Market and Bayview:on Saturday bikers

and pedestrians usefreeway ramps and risk to be killed bycars. Walking and

biking here is frightening.

Light on Alabama/Cesar Chavez very

good

Cesar Chavez: toomuch traffic, no trees

and sidwk parking-ugly gateway from

highway. It feels like afreeway and a barrier.

NO turns from 24thstreets onto Mission

and viceversa

Introduce permeablelandscapes projects like on18 and 26 str +more green

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Garbagecollection at 24/Mission

25/Mission:drug dealers on

motorcycles/commuter traffic/

exhaust noise (mixedw/families and

Harrison/24corner bulbs, benches,

planters,very littletraffic, lots ofbusinesses

newbuildingSFCC

Niceneighborhood

Fair Oaks

Revolution Cafe: makes this

corner come alive

Red PoppyMAPP

Saturdaysevents

South Van Ness

TOO WIDE

York minipark:murals/mosaics andwater. it seems much

safer since renovations/good for all ages

Folsomtrees from 21 to park

Soccer and garden

Shotwell: quiet street,trees maintained well between 18th & 23rd

bench on 22nd in front

of tree

good for kidsand a family

place

goodart!

Folsom/22:dangerousintersection

(fast/wide str/signaltiming badaccidents)

Lack of relationship betw SFGH/StLuke/ and

schools/ streetscape/community

Historichomes

24th-Mission/Valencia:high level activity,

business

Gateway

Falling trees+sidewalk needsimprovements

Huge,scary, wide

intersection:dangerous to cross:

cars are fast in a on-ramp mode

Valencia afterCesar Chavez is

ugly andunpleasant. It

should connectin a walkable

way all the way to Mission!

St.Lukes closedup on Valencia

side feelsempty andabandoned

No left turn fromMission onto

Valencia!

Open up green connections alongold rail line (as inJury Commons)

Secret,beautiful and

secluded

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cream

Mitchells icecream

Greening onGuerrero isvery nice

Safeway: blankspace, unpatrolledby store security.

The place promotesdumping and

sleeping in cars.

Add streettrees along

Mission

Add signagefor drivers

Plazaopportunity

Dolores Street:wide sidewalks,

beautiful, a sense of calm

and effective forcars

Mosaics/murals at Leonard Flynn SchoolCommunitypark,

attractive

Coyote, sense of wild,place to walk, mental

health and nature

Greatfield/ kids

playing

Homelesscamp/scary

Trees!

Create one-way alleysbetween

Osage andLucky

Lucky str: unloved if

compared toBalmy alley. Environmentwith crime.

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Notrees

We need a

stopsign

Slow downtraffic withbulb outs

Daylaborers

harrassingwomen

Home-less

Unsafepassage

for cyclistsgoingNorth

Murals(3)

Creative use oflarge intersection (curb extensions,safe crossings)

Bulbouts

Bulbouts

Harrison:great

bikeway

More trees on Harrison: the street has somuch glare

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MISSION STREETSCAPE PLAN : WORKSHOP 1 - EXERCISE 3 RESULTS

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Hospital

Public School Positive, favorite things

Negative, least favorite things

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Private School

Open Space

Mission Streetscape Plan Project Boundary

Workshop OneSan Francisco Planning Department | May 28, 2008

S c a l e : O n e i n c h e q u a l s 3 0 0 f e e t

SummarymapofmostandleastfavoritespacesfromWorkshop1.Seefollowingpagesforenlargedversion.

The City sponsored five community workshops, held between March 2008 and April 2010. Each workshop was attended by approximately 50 local residents, merchants, representatives of community organizations, and others.

A summary of each workshop follows.


March2009wORKSHOP 3

Duringworkshop3,communityparticipantsreviewedstreettypesasappliedtotheMissionDistrict.thePlanningDepartmentpresenteddesignsforeachstreettype,andatoolkitofpotentialdesignsolutions.Participantsdiscussedtheseideasinsmallworkinggroups.

March2010wORKSHOP 5

workshop5wasorganizedasaroundtablediscussionwithafocusontheimplementationofasmallnumberofprojectsselectedfromthecapitalprojectlistdevelopedduringwork-shops3and4.Cityrepresentativesandcommunityleaderspresentedtheirworkontheseprojectsanddiscussednextstepswithcommunityparticipants.highlightsfromthelistofpriorityprojectsdiscussedwere:repavingplansforfolsomStreet as a first step towards a road diet, the construction ofagatewayonBryantStreetatCesarChavez,updatesonMissionPlaygroundandDoloresParkrenovations,aPavementtoParkinstallationon22ndStreet,andacommunity-managedoutdoormarketonBartlettStreet(seeChapter3).

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BrainstormingsessionmapfromWorkshop1.

August2009wORKSHOP 4

Atthisworkshopthecommunityreviewedspecific designs for priority projects in the Mission District.CriteriaforselectionwerebasedoncurrentCityagenciesworkprograms,currentcommunityeffortsandstrategiesforfundingintheshort-mediumterm.highlightsofthework-shopwere:roaddietsontwomainresidentialcorridors,newandrenovatedplazasacrosstheneighborhood, traffic calming on specific residen-tialstreets,stormwatermanagementsolutionsformixedusestreets(seeChapter3).Participantshad the opportunity to comment and ask clarifi-cations about specific projects in an open forum format.Duringtheopenhousethatfollowed,stafffromotherCityagencieswereinvitedtodiscussthedesignswiththepublic.

1. INTRODuCTION


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54

Val

enci

a:

com

merc

ial

acti

viti

es

bik

e

lanes.

ped

fr

iend

ly

Bett

er

lighti

ng

al

ong

24

th s

treet,

w

iden s

idew

alks

(2)

Imp

rove

: p

oo

r ac

cess

/ no

t sa

fe f

or

ped

s, n

ot

nic

e f

or

tran

sit

wai

ting

25th

/Mis

sio

n:

dru

g d

eal

ers

on

mo

torc

ycle

s/co

mm

ute

r tr

affi

c/exh

aust

no

ise

(mix

ed

w/

fam

ilies

and

neig

hb

orh

oo

d p

eo

ple

)

Harr

iso

n/2

4th

co

rner

bu

lbs,

bench

es,

pla

nte

rs,

very

litt

le t

raffi

c, lo

ts o

f b

usi

ness

es

New

b

uild

ing

S

FC

C

Trees!

We n

eed

a

sto

p s

ign

Ab

and

oned

st

ruct

ure

: it

co

uld

be a

p

ark

or

oth

er

pu

blic

use

Rela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

D

ivis

ion S

t. a

nd

10

1 o

verp

ass

Div

isio

n S

treet:

te

rrib

le f

or

ped

est

rian

s and

bik

es

Guerr

ero

Str

eet:

lo

ud

, d

ang

ero

us

traf

fic,

unfr

iend

ly

for

ped

s, s

idw

ks

too

narr

ow

Do

lore

s S

treet:

w

ide s

idew

alks,

b

eau

tifu

l, a

sen

se

of

calm

and

eff

ect

ive f

or

cars

Op

en u

p g

reen

connect

ion

s al

ong

o

ld r

ail l

ine (

as

in

Jury

Co

mm

on

s)

Med

ian

wit

h t

rees

on P

otr

ero

Op

en

sid

ew

alks

by

neig

hb

ors

No

tre

es

Ho

mele

ss

Slo

w d

ow

n

traf

fic

wit

h

bu

lb-o

uts

Use

of

synth

eti

c tu

rf:

it m

ean

s th

at

gra

ss is

alw

ays

mai

nta

ined

Ho

mele

ss

cam

p. W

hy is

th

is p

ark

so

is

ola

ted

and

u

nu

sed

?

Cal

m

traf

fic

Haz

ard

ou

s in

ters

ect

ion f

or

bik

e la

ne: cl

ose

o

ff T

reat

Lac

k o

f re

lati

on

ship

b

etw

een S

FG

H/S

tLu

ke

and

sch

oo

ls/s

treets

cap

e/

com

mu

nit

y

Mo

re t

rees

on

Harr

iso

n: th

e

stre

et

has

so

much

gla

re

Bu

lb o

uts

Bench

o

n 2

2nd

in

fro

nt

of

tree

Saf

ew

ay: b

lan

k s

pac

e,

un

pat

rolle

d b

y s

tore

se

curi

ty. The p

lace

p

rom

ote

s d

um

pin

g

and

sle

ep

ing

in c

ars

.

Ad

d s

treet

trees

alo

ng

Mis

sio

n

Pla

za f

or

Mit

chell

s ic

e c

ream

No

left

tu

rn f

rom

M

issi

on o

nto

Val

enci

a!

St.

Lu

kes

clo

sed

u

p o

n V

alenci

a si

de f

eels

em

pty

and

ab

and

oned

Nic

e t

reat

ment

at

Val

enci

a and

Du

nca

n

Cesa

r C

hav

ez:

to

o m

uch

tr

affi

c, n

o t

rees

and

sid

wk

park

ing

- u

gly

gat

ew

ay

fro

m h

ighw

ay. It

feels

like

a

freew

ay a

nd

a b

arr

ier.

Sid

ew

alk o

n

So

uth

sid

e o

f R

alp

h P

ark

is

too

narr

ow

Co

mm

unit

y

park

, at

trac

tive

Mo

saic

s/m

ura

ls

at L

eo

nard

F

lynn S

cho

ol

Day

lab

ore

rs

harr

ass

ing

w

om

en

Un

safe

pass

age

for

cycl

ists

g

oin

g N

ort

h

Lig

ht

on A

lab

am

a/C

esa

r C

hav

ez

very

go

od

Fal

ling

tre

es

+

sid

ew

alk n

eed

s im

pro

vem

ents

Ho

mele

ssca

mp

/sca

ry

Val

enci

a af

ter

Cesa

r C

hav

ez

is u

gly

and

un

ple

asa

nt.

It

sho

uld

co

nnect

in a

wal

kab

le

way

all

the w

ay t

o M

issi

on!

Hug

e, sc

ary

, w

ide

inte

rsect

ion:

dang

ero

us

to c

ross

: ca

rs a

re f

ast

in a

o

n-r

am

p

mo

de

Coyo

te, se

nse

of

wild

, p

lace

to

wal

k, m

enta

l heal

th a

nd

nat

ure

Co

nnect

ion

s to

A

lem

any F

arm

ers

M

ark

et

and

Bay

view

: o

n S

atu

rday

bik

ers

and

p

ed

est

rian

s u

se

freew

ay r

am

ps

and

ris

k

to b

e k

illed

by c

ars

. W

alkin

g a

nd

bik

ing

here

is f

rig

hte

nin

g.

Alb

ion S

t.sm

ells

No

t eno

ug

h

sid

ew

alk:

no

where

to

sit

Weeke

nd

cl

osu

re -

fr

om

14

th t

o

19th

str

eet

16th

betw

M

issi

on a

nd

V

alenci

a:

un

safe

and

u

np

lasa

nt

to w

alk

Dearb

orn

: co

mm

unit

y

gard

en

Dang

ero

us

for

bik

es

and

ped

s

Ind

ust

rial

w

ast

ela

nd

: no

o

ne w

alks

here

Pro

stit

uti

on

Din

gy a

rea

Mal

l is

a ca

r m

agnet:

hard

to

wal

k t

o

Ele

ctri

cal a

nd

p

ho

ne w

ires

on s

treet

Mix

of

use

s,

ped

sca

le

Bett

er

lighti

ng

al

ong

Fo

lso

m S

t.

Keep

So

uth

Van

Ness

as

go

od

v

ehic

le s

treet

Sho

twell:

qu

iet

stre

et,

tre

es

mai

nta

ined

w

ell

betw

een

18th

& 2

3rd

Perm

eab

lela

nd

scap

esU

nsa

fe: It

co

uld

be

mad

e

resi

denti

al-

ori

ente

d

BA

RT s

tati

on

s need

to

be

frie

nd

lier

for

all u

sers

(e

spec.

no

w t

hat

are

hu

bs

of

acti

vity

) +

ad

d g

reen

Narr

ow

cro

ssin

gs:

cr

eat

e o

pen s

pac

e

Dark

at

nig

ht:

it

feels

ab

and

oned

Op

en s

pac

e

wit

h b

ench

es

and

gre

en

Bri

ng

nic

e

imp

rove

ments

to

ind

ust

rial

neig

hb

orh

oo

d

SF

GH

co

mfo

rt g

ard

en

at 2

2nd

is b

eau

tifu

l and

mo

ving

- a

tri

bu

te

to h

osp

ital

wo

rkers

w

ho

hav

e d

ied

of

AID

S

Yo

rk m

inip

ark

: m

ura

ls/m

osa

ics

and

w

ater.

it s

eem

s m

uch

saf

er

since

re

no

vati

on

s/g

oo

d f

or

all a

ges

Bad

pla

ygro

und

Ad

d s

ignag

e

for

dri

vers

Pla

za

op

po

rtu

nit

y

Intr

od

uce

mo

re

flexi

ble

park

ing

sp

aces

Ban a

ll tu

rns

for

cars

on M

issi

on

Make

Mis

sio

n

safe

r fo

r p

ed

est

rian

s

Ped

est

rian

stre

et

Make

bett

er

use

of

alle

ys

Rest

aura

nts

o

n V

alenci

a

Go

urm

et

Ghett

o:

am

enit

ies

Wid

e

sid

ew

alks,

calm

str

eet

So

uth

V

an N

ess

TO

O

WID

E

Cre

ate o

ne

-way

al

leys

betw

een

Osa

ge a

nd

Luck

y

Gre

at

field

/kid

s p

layi

ng

24

th-M

issi

on/V

alenci

a:

hig

h le

vel a

ctiv

ity,

bu

siness

Garb

age

colle

ctio

n a

t 24

th/M

issi

on

BA

RT p

laza

: b

ad d

esi

gn

Need

m

ore

tr

ees!

Cre

ativ

e u

se o

f la

rge in

ters

ect

ion

(cu

rb e

xte

nsi

on

s,

safe

cro

ssin

gs)

Luck

y S

t:

unlo

ved

if

com

pare

d t

o

Bal

my a

lley.

E

nvi

ronm

ent

wit

h c

rim

e.

Mu

rals

(3)

Red

Po

pp

y M

AP

P

Sat

urd

ays

eve

nts

Nic

e

neig

hb

orh

oo

d

Fai

r O

aks

Mis

sio

n P

ie

Intr

od

uce

perm

eab

le

land

scap

es

pro

ject

s like

on 1

8th

and

26

th

Str

eets

+ m

ore

gre

en

(2)

NO

tu

rns

fro

m 2

4th

St.

o

nto

Mis

sio

n

and

vic

eve

rsa

Revo

luti

on C

afe:

make

s th

is c

orn

er

com

e a

live

Sta

ined

sid

ew

alks

alo

ng

Val

enci

a

It n

eed

s to

in

teg

rate

bett

er

wit

h s

treets

and

b

e m

ore

invi

ting

Un

safe

! U

sed

only

b

y h

om

ele

ss: fu

ll o

f sh

op

pin

g c

art

s.

Go

od

art

!F

ols

om

/22

nd

: d

ang

ero

us

inte

rsect

ion

(fast

/wid

e s

tr/s

ignal

ti

min

g b

ad a

ccid

ents

)

So

ccer

and

g

ard

en

Go

od

fo

r kid

s and

a

fam

ily p

lace

Bu

lb-o

uts

Park

Cla

rio

n A

lley:

art

mu

rals

that

ro

tate

ove

r ti

me

Mit

chell

s ic

e c

ream

Gre

enin

g o

n

Guerr

ero

is

very

nic

e

Very

nic

e t

rees,

lig

ht

on t

rees,

str

ong

neig

hb

orh

oo

d f

eel

Secr

et,

beau

tifu

l and

se

clud

ed

Fo

lso

m

trees

fro

m

21s

t to

park

Harr

iso

n:

gre

at

bik

ew

ay

His

tori

c ho

mes

Bik

e la

nes

on

Harr

iso

n S

t.

Pro

ble

m a

rea:

d

rug

s, u

rine,

tem

po

rary

ho

usi

ng

Make

Val

enci

a

ag

reen w

ave,

ti

me s

ignal

s fo

r b

ike

speed

s (1

2-1

4 m

ph).

th

is w

ill m

ake

it

safe

r fo

r b

icyc

lists

and

red

uce

re

d-l

ight

runnin

g

BA

RT p

laza

: b

ad d

esi

gn

GA

TE

WA

Y

GA

TE

WA

YG

ATE

WA

Y

I

LE

GE

ND

Su

mm

ary

ma

p o

f th

e M

iss

ion

s m

os

t a

nd

le

as

t fa

vo

rite

sp

ac

es

fro

m

Wo

rks

ho

p 1

.

Ho

spit

al

Pu

bli

c S

ch

oo

l

Pri

vate

Sch

oo

l

Op

en

Sp

ace

Po

siti

ve

, fa

vo

rite

sp

ace

s

Ne

gati

ve

, le

ast

fav

ori

te s

pace

s

Su

gg

est

ed

im

pro

ve

me

nts

0 M I S S I O N D I S T R I C T S T R E E T S C A P E P L A N

KID

POW

ER

PARK

DEAR

BORN

COM

MUN

ITY

GARD

EN

BER

NA

L H

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PA

RK

DO

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PA

RK

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PA

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com

merc

ial

acti

viti

es

bik

e

lanes.

ped

fr

iend

ly

Bett

er

lighti

ng

al

ong

24

th s

treet,

w

iden s

idew

alks

(2)

Imp

rove

: p

oo

r ac

cess

/ no

t sa

fe f

or

ped

s, n

ot

nic

e f

or

tran

sit

wai

ting

25th

/Mis

sio

n:

dru

g d

eal

ers

on

mo

torc

ycle

s/co

mm

ute

r tr

affi

c/exh

aust

no

ise

(mix

ed

w/

fam

ilies

and

neig

hb

orh

oo

d p

eo

ple

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iso

n/2

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co

rner

bu

lbs,

bench

es,

pla

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rs,

very

litt

le t

raffi

c, lo

ts o

f b

usi

ness

es

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b

uild

ing

S

FC

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Trees!

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eed

a

sto

p s

ign

Ab

and

oned

st

ruct

ure

: it

co

uld

be a

p

ark

or

oth

er

pu

blic

use

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tio

nsh

ip b

etw

D

ivis

ion S

t. a

nd

10

1 o

verp

ass

Div

isio

n S

treet:

te

rrib

le f

or

ped

est

rian

s and

bik

es

Guerr

ero

Str

eet:

lo

ud

, d

ang

ero

us

traf

fic,

unfr

iend

ly

for

ped

s, s

idw

ks

too

narr

ow

Do

lore

s S

treet:

w

ide s

idew

alks,

b

eau

tifu

l, a

sen

se

of

calm

and

eff

ect

ive f

or

cars

Op

en u

p g

reen

connect

ion

s al

ong

o

ld r

ail l

ine (

as

in

Jury

Co

mm

on

s)

Med

ian

wit

h t

rees

on P

otr

ero

Op

en

sid

ew

alks

by

neig

hb

ors

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tre

es

Ho

mele

ss

Slo

w d

ow

n

traf

fic

wit

h

bu

lb-o

uts

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of

synth

eti

c tu

rf:

it m

ean

s th

at

gra

ss is

alw

ays

mai

nta

ined

Ho

mele

ss

cam

p. W

hy is

th

is p

ark

so

is

ola

ted

and

u

nu

sed

?

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m

traf

fic

Haz

ard

ou

s in

ters

ect

ion f

or

bik

e la

ne: cl

ose

o

ff T

reat

Lac

k o

f re

lati

on

ship

b

etw

een S

FG

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ke

and

sch

oo

ls/s

treets

cap

e/

com

mu

nit

y

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re t

rees

on

Harr

iso

n: th

e

stre

et

has

so

much

gla

re

Bu

lb o

uts

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o

n 2

2nd

in

fro

nt

of

tree

Saf

ew

ay: b

lan

k s

pac

e,

un

pat

rolle

d b

y s

tore

se

curi

ty. The p

lace

p

rom

ote

s d

um

pin

g

and

sle

ep

ing

in c

ars

.

Ad

d s

treet

trees

alo

ng

Mis

sio

n

Pla

za f

or

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chell

s ic

e c

ream

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left

tu

rn f

rom

M

issi

on o

nto

Val

enci

a!

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Lu

kes

clo

sed

u

p o

n V

alenci

a si

de f

eels

em

pty

and

ab

and

oned

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e t

reat

ment

at

Val

enci

a and

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nca

n

Cesa

r C

hav

ez:

to

o m

uch

tr

affi

c, n

o t

rees

and

sid

wk

park

ing

- u

gly

gat

ew

ay

fro

m h

ighw

ay. It

feels

like

a

freew

ay a

nd

a b

arr

ier.

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ew

alk o

n

So

uth

sid

e o

f R

alp

h P

ark

is

too

narr

ow

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mm

unit

y

park

, at

trac

tive

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saic

s/m

ura

ls

at L

eo

nard

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lynn S

cho

ol

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lab

ore

rs

harr

ass

ing

w

om

en

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safe

pass

age

for

cycl

ists

g

oin

g N

ort

h

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ht

on A

lab

am

a/C

esa

r C

hav

ez

very

go

od

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ling

tre

es

+

sid

ew

alk n

eed

s im

pro

vem

ents

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mele

ssca

mp

/sca

ry

Val

enci

a af

ter

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r C

hav

ez

is u

gly

and

un

ple

asa

nt.

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sho

uld

co

nnect

in a

wal

kab

le

way

all

the w

ay t

o M

issi

on!

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e, sc

ary

, w

ide

inte

rsect

ion:

dang

ero

us

to c

ross

: ca

rs a

re f

ast

in a

o

n-r

am

p

mo

de

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te, se

nse

of

wild

, p

lace

to

wal

k, m

enta

l heal

th a

nd

nat

ure

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nnect

ion

s to

A

lem

any F

arm

ers

M

ark

et

and

Bay

view

: o

n S

atu

rday

bik

ers

and

p

ed

est

rian

s u

se

freew

ay r

am

ps

and

ris

k

to b

e k

illed

by c

ars

. W

alkin

g a

nd

bik

ing

here

is f

rig

hte

nin

g.

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ion S

t.sm

ells

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t eno

ug

h

sid

ew

alk:

no

where

to

sit

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nd

cl

osu

re -

fr

om

14

th t

o

19th

str

eet

16th

betw

M

issi

on a

nd

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alenci

a:

un

safe

and

u

np

lasa

nt

to w

alk

Dearb

orn

: co

mm

unit

y

gard

en

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ero

us

for

bik

es

and

ped

s

Ind

ust

rial

w

ast

ela

nd

: no

o

ne w

alks

here

Pro

stit

uti

on

Din

gy a

rea

Mal

l is

a ca

r m

agnet:

hard

to

wal

k t

o

Ele

ctri

cal a

nd

p

ho

ne w

ires

on s

treet

Mix

of

use

s,

ped

sca

le

Bett

er

lighti

ng

al

ong

Fo

lso

m S

t.

Keep

So

uth

Van

Ness

as

go

od

v

ehic

le s

treet

Sho

twell:

qu

iet

stre

et,

tre

es

mai

nta

ined

w

ell

betw

een

18th

& 2

3rd

Perm

eab

lela

nd

scap

esU

nsa

fe: It

co

uld

be

mad

e

resi

denti

al-

ori

ente

d

BA

RT s

tati

on

s need

to

be

frie

nd

lier

for

all u

sers

(e

spec.

no

w t

hat

are

hu

bs

of

acti

vity

) +

ad

d g

reen

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ow

cro

ssin

gs:

cr

eat

e o

pen s

pac

e

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at

nig

ht:

it

feels

ab

and

oned

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en s

pac

e

wit

h b

ench

es

and

gre

en

Bri

ng

nic

e

imp

rove

ments

to

ind

ust

rial

neig

hb

orh

oo

d

SF

GH

co

mfo

rt g

ard

en

at 2

2nd

is b

eau

tifu

l and

mo

ving

- a

tri

bu

te

to h

osp

ital

wo

rkers

w

ho

hav

e d

ied

of

AID

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rk m

inip

ark

: m

ura

ls/m

osa

ics

and

w

ater.

it s

eem

s m

uch

saf

er

since

re

no

vati

on

s/g

oo

d f

or

all a

ges

Bad

pla

ygro

und

Ad

d s

ignag

e

for

dri

vers

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za

op

po

rtu

nit

y

Intr

od

uce

mo

re

flexi

ble

park

ing

sp

aces

Ban a

ll tu

rns

for

cars

on M

issi

on

Make

Mis

sio

n

safe

r fo

r p

ed

est

rian

s

Ped

est

rian

stre

et

Make

bett

er

use

of

alle

ys

Rest

aura

nts

o

n V

alenci

a

Go

urm

et

Ghett

o:

am

enit

ies

Wid

e

sid

ew

alks,

calm

str

eet

So

uth

V

an N

ess

TO

O

WID

E

Cre

ate o

ne

-way

al

leys

betw

een

Osa

ge a

nd

Luck

y

Gre

at

field

/kid

s p

layi

ng

24

th-M

issi

on/V

alenci

a:

hig

h le

vel a

ctiv

ity,

bu

siness

Garb

age

colle

ctio

n a

t 24

th/M

issi

on

BA

RT p

laza

: b

ad d

esi

gn

Need

m

ore

tr

ees!

Cre

ativ

e u

se o

f la

rge in

ters

ect

ion

(cu

rb e

xte

nsi

on

s,

safe

cro

ssin

gs)

Luck

y S

t:

unlo

ved

if

com

pare

d t

o

Bal

my a

lley.

E

nvi

ronm

ent

wit

h c

rim

e.

Mu

rals

(3)

Red

Po

pp

y M

AP

P

Sat

urd

ays

eve

nts

Nic

e

neig

hb

orh

oo

d

Fai

r O

aks

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sio

n P

ie

Intr

od

uce

perm

eab

le

land

scap

es

pro

ject

s like

on 1

8th

and

26

th

Str

eets

+ m

ore

gre

en

(2)

NO

tu

rns

fro

m 2

4th

St.

o

nto

Mis

sio

n

and

vic

eve

rsa

Revo

luti

on C

afe:

make

s th

is c

orn

er

com

e a

live

Sta

ined

sid

ew

alks

alo

ng

Val

enci

a

It n

eed

s to

in

teg

rate

bett

er

wit

h s

treets

and

b

e m

ore

invi

ting

Un

safe

! U

sed

only

b

y h

om

ele

ss: fu

ll o

f sh

op

pin

g c

art

s.

Go

od

art

!F

ols

om

/22

nd

: d

ang

ero

us

inte

rsect

ion

(fast

/wid

e s

tr/s

ignal

ti

min

g b

ad a

ccid

ents

)

So

ccer

and

g

ard

en

Go

od

fo

r kid

s and

a

fam

ily p

lace

Bu

lb-o

uts

Park

Cla

rio

n A

lley:

art

mu

rals

that

ro

tate

ove

r ti

me

Mit

chell

s ic

e c

ream

Gre

enin

g o

n

Guerr

ero

is

very

nic

e

Very

nic

e t

rees,

lig

ht

on t

rees,

str

ong

neig

hb

orh

oo

d f

eel

Secr

et,

beau

tifu

l and

se

clud

ed

Fo

lso

m

trees

fro

m

21s

t to

park

Harr

iso

n:

gre

at

bik

ew

ay

His

tori

c ho

mes

Bik

e la

nes

on

Harr

iso

n S

t.

Pro

ble

m a

rea:

d

rug

s, u

rine,

tem

po

rary

ho

usi

ng

Make

Val

enci

a

ag

reen w

ave,

ti

me s

ignal

s fo

r b

ike

speed

s (1

2-1

4 m

ph).

th

is w

ill m

ake

it

safe

r fo

r b

icyc

lists

and

red

uce

re

d-l

ight

runnin

g

BA

RT p

laza

: b

ad d

esi

gn

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WA

Y

GA

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WA

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WA

Y

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mm

ary

ma

p o

f th

e M

iss

ion

s m

os

t a

nd

le

as

t fa

vo

rite

sp

ac

es

fro

m

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rks

ho

p 1

.

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spit

al

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bli

c S

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l

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vate

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oo

l

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en

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siti

ve

, fa

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1. INTRODuCTION


2.1 historicOverview

2.2 theMissionneighborhoodtoday

2.3 AvisionandStreetscapeDesignPolicies

2.4 frameworkPlan

CHAPTER TwO VISION AND DESIGN

2


2.1 HISTORIC OVERVIEw

and San Jose Avenue, as well as in other roadways throughout the State, is designated as California Historical Landmark No. 784.

As the pueblo of Yerba Buena grew on the waterfront during the brief period of Mexican governance, a wagon road developed between the harbor and the small rancho village of Mission Dolores, thereby establishing the route of todays Mission Street. The wagon road connected to the San Jose Road (El Camino Real) in front of the mission chapel. Herds of cattle were driven from all over the Bay Area, northward through the valley of todays Mission District, and on to the waterfront for tallow rendering and shipping.

The City of San Francisco, incorporated under U.S. rule in 1850, grew tremendously during the Gold Rush. An interim period of agricultural and recreational development dominated for a time in the Mission District, giving rise to farms, gardens, racetracks, and resorts in the wide valley. Center

The streetscapes of the Mission District are integral to its character and its livelihood, as they have been throughout its history as San Franciscos earliest settled area. The Mission District is located on a broad valley floor that was inhabited by native peoples for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the Spanish. At the time of European contact, the resident tribes had worn paths from the sites of their seasonal villages to the bay waterfront, including a path that approximated todays 16th Street.

During the Hispanic colonial period, the priests, settlers, and neophytes who founded the Mission San Francisco de Asis, or Mission Dolores, also established the areas first road, the El Camino Real, in the late 18th century. This Royal Highway connected Mission Dolores, at todays 16th and Dolores Streets, to other mission settlements to the south; a branch of the road continued north and west to the soldiers presidio at the Golden Gate. The El Camino Real, segments of which remain as existing roadways in San Franciscos Dolores Street

TheMissionStreetcorridorinthe1920s.


(16th) Street became an early commercial corridor. A plank road was constructed on Mission Street, and another one was constructed a few years later on Folsom Street; and omnibuses and horse-car lines were used soon thereafter to ferry city-dwellers from downtown to the pastoral valleys points of interest. Meanwhile, Mission Street was extended south of 16th Street to Precita Creek at the valleys edge (the location of todays Cesar Chavez Street), where it veered west and connected to the San Jose Road, thus becoming the second road to traverse the valley longitudinally. Later development of the San Bruno Turnpike resulted in another major north-south artery, Potrero Avenue, which defined the eastern boundary of the Mission District.

By the 1870s, the rural character of the Mission District had largely been overtaken by urbanization, as gardens and racetracks began to give way to thousands of row-houses and flats that sheltered San Franciscos rapidly growing population. The City and County of San Francisco implemented a street grid in the Mission District; however, costs of grading

streets were borne by private property owners, resulting in uneven street improvements throughout the Mission District during the latter 19th century. Nonetheless, street grading and paving commenced; for instance, interconnected segments of Mission, Howard, Shotwell, Folsom, 16th, and 17th Streets were among the first improved roads in the northern and central Mission District. Horse-car and street-car lines were installed on north-south routes such as Mission and Valencia Streets, which became major commercial corridors, and Howard and Folsom Streets, thus connecting the developing suburbs to downtown and the waterfront. Notable east-west crossings of the urbanizing valley floor occurred at 16th Street, the areas earliest commercial corridor, and at 24th Street, a later commercial and street-car corridor with connection to the central and southern waterfront. The southernmost valley crossing occurred at Serpentine Avenue, a winding access road that followed the meander of Precita Creek; today, segments of Serpentine Avenue remain in the street grid as jogs in Capp and Shotwell Streets south of 26th Street.

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In the northeastern Mission District, industry developed close to Mission Creek and to the San Francisco-San Jose (later Southern Pacific) Railroad, which ran on Harrison Street. The railroad, estab-lished in the 1860s, approached the City through the Bernal Gap and cut an arc through the residen-tial blocks of the south Mission District, becoming aligned with the Citys street grid on Harrison Street as it ran onward ultimately to the waterfront. A spur of the railroad also ran along Valencia Street to a major railroad facility at Valencia and Market Streets, which also served the Citys street-car lines; thus, Valencia Street became an important early regional transportation route. Although railroad operations through the Mission District eventually ceased in the 1940s, the former train right-of-way remains a distinctive scar in the otherwise regular street grid.

The 20th century brought further changes to the streetscapes of the Mission District. In addition to the post-fire reconstruction of the entire northern Mission District, and the subsequent influx of working class residents to the area, many public improvements occurred. Promotional organizations lobbied for street paving, sidewalks and curbs,

lighting, transit improvements, as well as new schools, and native son James Sunny Jim Rolph, who served as San Franciscos mayor from 1912 to 1931, oversaw completion of several of these. Among the most prominent of the streetscape projects was the decades-long beautification of Dolores Street in the earlier part of the 20th century, during which time a center median strip with palm trees was installed along the broad boulevard.

The rising popularity of automobiles in the early and mid-20th century led to further transformation of the Mission Districts streetscapes. While the older regional transportation corridor of Valencia Street was initially part of the early Victory Highway, and a feeder to the Lincoln Highway, it was eventually abandoned as a major automobile route. Meanwhile, the long segment of Howard Street within the Mission District (todays South Van Ness Avenue) was widened into a major automobile artery and reconfigured to connect to Van Ness Avenue and ultimately the Golden Gate Bridge. Other streets were also widened for automobiles by cutting back sidewalks, including Potrero Avenue, Guerrero Street, and Capp Street, the latter of which was widened by the Works Progress Administration

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and still bears WPA sidewalk stamps. Eventually, Dolores and Army (todays Cesar Chavez) Streets were included within the 49-Mile Scenic Drive. Also, after mid-century, an elevated freeway was constructed along Duboce Avenue at the northern edge of the Mission District.

Even as automobile use increased throughout the 20th century, many pedestrian-oriented streetscape improvements were directed at Mission Street, which grew into a retail corridor of City-wide importance following the post-fire rebuilding. New lighting, sidewalks, and improved transit along Mission Street were successfully sought by merchant groups soon after the turn of the 20th century. As commercial retailing became increasingly important in the American economy throughout the first half of the 20th century, the Mission Miracle Mile became a major shopping and entertainment area with Mission Street as its public face. Merchants vied for the attentions of consumers by updating storefronts according to popular fashions, sometimes resulting in elaborate signage and customized paving in the streetscape. Also, Mission Street hosted various community events over the years, including parades, holiday celebrations, and neighborhood-wide

commercial promotions that often involved instal-lation of temporary street furniture on sidewalks or in the roadway, a tradition that continues today. The construction of Bay Area Rapid Transit under Mission Street in the 1970s, as well as BART station plazas at 16th and 24th Streets, represented yet another more recent phase in the development of Mission Street as a commercial and cultural thoroughfare.

Todays Mission District streetscapes are mostly modernized, yet they contain some aspects of historical development that provide character and interest. For instance, stone pavers can still be found in the short cul-de-sac known as Pink Alley; the Dolores Street center median strip, a City Beautiful feature and Panama-Pacific Exposition artifact, remains largely intact; Mission Street retains much of its customized commercial sidewalk paving and iconic signage; a section of the old railroad right-of-way that cut through the southern Mission District is preserved as Juri Commons, a public park that bisects a residential block; and the narrow streets and small alleys found on many residential blocks still provide an enclave identity to Mission District neighborhoods in the midst of a major city.

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2.2 THE MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD TODAy

Existing conditions such as historic and cultural landscapes, natural landscapes, transportation choices, and the street environment all effect street design and planning. The Mission District is a vibrant, dense, walkable neighborhood with a strong sense of community and neighborhood identity. The neighborhoods sunny weather, flat topography, and commercial and recreational destinations create a high demand for transit, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure in the neighborhood.

Despite the high demand and need for pedestrian space and public space, the existing street environ-ment is not always inviting for people. While there is much potential, Mission Districts streets are not complete streets as car use tends to dominate the many overly wide throughways and neighbor-hood streets. Difficult pedestrian crossings, lack

of greening, and an absence of seating, lighting, and other pedestrian amenities all detract from the opportunity for the neighborhoods streets to fulfill their potential as vital components of a comfortable and vibrant public realm.

SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

From turn-of-the century homes, to vibrant murals, to large warehouses reflecting the areas industrial activities, the rich and varied history of the Mission District is reflected in the built environment. From its early period of development, the Mission District has been a diverse neighborhood, with working-class immigrants from Europe, Latin American and Asia calling the neighborhood home. In addition to


building the neighborhoods finely grained homes and businesses, working-class immigrants formed a growing number of churches and community insti-tutions. Wealthier families, too, called the Mission District home, with large estates lining South Van Ness, Guerrero and Valencia Streets.

In the mid 1950s, the Mission District began to attract large numbers of immigrants from Mexico and Central South America. The Latino population of the Mission District doubled each year between 1950 and 2000. The Mission District remains ethnically diverse: in the 2000 Census, 50% of the population of the study area identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Households in the Mission District are on average much larger than the city as a whole: while city-wide the average household has 2.3 people, Mission hoseholds average 3.3 people. Family households are even larger, averaging 4.6 people in the Mission compared to 3.3 people city-wide (Census 2000).

Mission residents are on average less affluent than in the rest of the city. While average per capita income in San Francisco as a whole is over $34,000, in the Mission District it is less than $18,000, or slightly over half (Census 2000).

A high proportion of households in San Francisco rent their dwelling - 65%. In the Mission, the proportion is even higher, 81%, meaning four out of five Mission District households are renters.

The importance of the public realm for communal identity is demonstrated by the abundance of public art, street fairs and festivals that celebrate the neighborhoods history and cultures. The combina-tion of relatively large households, relatively low income, and low rates of home ownership suggests that Mission residents have less access to private open space and are less able to retreat to the comfort of the privete sphere, making a high quality public realm essential for the enjoyment of everyday life.

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NATuRAL LANDSCAPE

Nestled between three hills, the Mission Districts sunny

Documents

The Mission District Streetscape Plan