At the third and final meeting Thursday night to discuss plans for renovating Garfield Pool, swimmers continued to oppose renovation plans that will mean shorter laps. The beloved public indoor pool located at 1271 Treat Ave. currently measures 100 feet in length. The architects spearheading the redesign project have proposed shortening its length to 75 feet by sectioning off a 25-foot area with...
Some 120 people settled into the grass at Garfield Square Park. They sat in front of a large blank screen taped to the back of the park clubhouse and waited. They waited for the sun to go down, for the popcorn to arrive, for the projector to be ready. There was pizza while they waited. A dodgeball court was set...
Garfield Square on Sunday was alive with all sorts of wholesome, informative, constructive activities, of varying popularity with the kids brought to the park to enjoy them. But the fact that they were there at all, laughing and throwing tantrums, asking for stickers and getting face painted, marks the success of a years-long police program. “The bathrooms here used to...
About 40 kids visited the Youth Community Center at Garfield Square Park on Tuesday for the grand opening of its new lending library, courtesy of the Mission police station. In the corner of a clubhouse room stood a couple of bookcases. Mission police station officers had found them in a city warehouse and stocked them with about 300 books for...
Well, it’s been towed in by man. But still, “there will be real snow,” says Lieutenant Colleen Fatooh of SFPD’s Youth and Community Engagement Unit. The Winter Wonderland in the Park event, organized in collaboration between SFPD and the YMCA, promises some imported frozen fluff straight from the North Pole along with carolers, cocoa, games, and a toy give away for kids in need....
“My name is Cesar Bermudez, I was born and raised in San Francisco, Mission District.” Two years ago, a teenager introduced himself after several tries in front of a video camera. He was an intern for the Conscious Youth Media Crew, a San Francisco digital production studio, which was recording interviews for production practice. If you could go back in...
Last night droves of people came out to celebrate Día de los Muertos, the holiday that honors those who have died and a Mission District staple since the 1970s. There was a festival of altars in Garfield Square in homage to loved ones and a procession that started on 22nd and Bryant streets, then proceeded down 24th to Mission Street...
At a town hall meeting at the Mission Recreation Center on Wednesday, District 9 Supervisor David Campos let a small, mostly graying crowd of 24 know that he has always voted to raise funds for parks and green spaces. The event was part of a series of ongoing town hall meetings on parks and open space across the city. At...
Familias de todo San Francisco se reunieron en el parque Garfield el sábado pasado por la mañana para recibir mochilas gratis llenas de útiles escolares. El evento, presentado por Target, la oficina del alcalde de servicios del barrio (MONS, por sus siglas en inglés) y la oficina de Desarrollo Económico de la Misión (MEDA, tuvo música en vivo, clases de...
Help your child start the school year in style…for free! The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), Target and other partners will give away 2,150 backpacks full of school supplies to children this Saturday. The event includes a family barbecue, entertainment, yoga classes, sports activities and a resource fair with nonprofit organizations that provide services...
De momento, quedará en los votantes decidir si desean continuar con la actualización y remodelación de los parques de San Francisco. La Junta de Supervisores envió de manera unánime un bono que si se acepta le otorgará $195 millones para diversas mejoras a parques en la ciudad, con todo y renovaciones al parque y piscina en Garfield. El parque Garfield...
Si el bono para parques 2012 se aprueba en noviembre, los usuarios del Parque de la Plaza Garfield tendrán una nueva alberca. La tarde de lunes, el supervisor David Campos y el personal del departamento de parques y recreación dieron una perspectiva general sobre un bono propuesto de $185 millones de dólares ante un público de tres residentes y una...
If the 2012 parks bond passes in November, Garfield Square Park users will get a new pool. On Monday evening, Supervisor David Campos and staff from the Recreation and Park Department gave an overview of the proposed $185 million bond issue to a very small crowd — three residents and one reporter. The $11 million proposed for Garfield Square Park...
