Anyone using or walking past the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park recently has probably noticed that the west end of the field is now encased in a huge slab of concrete.
City Paves West End of Polo Field in Golden Gate Park
SFDPW Removes Neighborhood Newsracks
The San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) has removed at least 87 “non-advertising ped-mounted newsracks” and they expect to entirely eliminate a total of 195 as part of a “consolidation effort” this month, which includes every green kiosk housing the Sunset Beacon and Richmond Review newspapers.
Press Release: Western Neighborhoods Project’s New Director of Programs
Western Neighborhoods Project Announces Hiring of Director of Programs, Chelsea Sellin
Letter to the Editor: The Real Reason for Closing Laguna Honda Hospital
There’s a good reason. It has nothing to do with the stated rationale for closing. There is nothing wrong with the hospital facilities, which were rebuilt after the overwhelming passage of a bond issue. There’s no demand for its closing, rather the reverse.
Press Release: ‘Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs’ Brings Splendors of Ancient Egypt to SF
“’Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs’ reveals the power and splendor of ancient Egypt, and expands on the history conveyed within our own collection of ancient art.” – Thomas P. Campbell, director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Outside Lands, Day 3. Aug. 7, 2022
Outside Lands, Day 3 photos, Aug. 7, 2022.
Press Release: ArtScape Aug. 13
Please join us at our ArtScape event, August 13th 11 am – 5 pm, and every 2nd Saturday through October, featuring local artists, live music, delicious food, and creative activities for all ages.
Press Release: Flower Piano Returns to the Botanical Garden in September
In the final days of summer and for the seventh time since 2015, Flower Piano will once again transform San Francisco Botanical Garden into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
Outside Lands, Day 1. Aug. 5, 2022
Photos from day 1 of the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park. Aug. 5, 2022.
‘Then and Now’: Parnassus and Fifth Avenues
Below: This is the view looking west from Parnassus and Fifth avenues in 1948. Back then, the Muni 6-Line streetcar (#159) was in service. Photo courtesy of a private collector/Western Neighborhoods Project/OpenSFHistory. […]
Outside Lands, Day 2. Aug. 6, 2022.
Photos and videos of Day 2 at Outside Lands 2022.
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Police activity in the Sunset District in July, 2022.
Real Estate Developer Submits Plans to Modernize Stonestown Galleria
Plans to surround the Stonestown Galleria with almost 3,000 units of housing are progressing, as real estate developers work to modernize the shopping mall concept.
City Hall: Gordon Mar
A budget is a moral document. And our City’s budget, recently signed into law by Mayor London Breed, is not only moral, but balanced – fiscally and ideologically. It reflects a collaborative, constructive and historic investment in addressing the biggest priorities and challenges facing our City.
Author Shares His Memories of Growing Up in the Sunset
Everyone who grew up in the Sunset District during the 1950s and 60s will have stories about their childhood adventures and the changes they have seen in their neighborhood and City. Not everyone writes them down. Kevin Carroll did.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 