DISTRICT 5 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

DISTRICT 5 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE District 5 is close to being the geographic center of San Francisco. Although it is far from rectangular, it stretches west to 19 th Avenue on the east to Van Ness, north to California, and south to Kirkham, Clarendon, and Market. Neighborhoods in D5 include Fillmore/Western Addition, North of the Panhandle, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Cole Valley, Inner Sunset, Hayes Valley, Japantown and Alamo Square. Name Golden Gate Park Park Size 1026.69 acres The Southeast part of Golden Gate Park is in District 5. This area includes Kezar Pavillion, Kezar Stadium, the Children s Playground, the Botanical Gardens, the County Fair Building, Little Rec Field, Tennis Courts, and Lawn Bowling. The Panhandle is the eastern extension of Golden Gate park. It runs from Stanyan to Baker, between Oak and Fell. The oldest trees in Golden Gate Park are in the Panhandle. $88k funded for Round 1 COF Application for resurfacing Panhandle walkway, bike parking, planting by area by Asbury, Fell & Oak near playground. Applied for Round 2 COF Application for resurfacing Panhandle walkway not recommended. Applied for Round 3 COF application for Panhandle Park Petanque not recommended. Park groups include Friends of Kezar Triangle and Panhandle Park Stewards Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve 78.64 acres The Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve is owned by UCSF. The Reserve is south of UCSF and north of Laguna Honda. Again, only the eastern portion of the Reserve is in District 5. Interior Greenbelt 21.35 acres

The Interior Greenbelt is an eastern extension of the Mt. Sutro Open Space Reserve, but it is San Francisco parkland. The stairway entrance to the Interior Greenbelt from Stanyan, south of 17 th Street was opened in 2011. Alamo Square 12.69 acres Alamo Square is between Hayes and Fulton and between Scott and Steiner. The park has a tennis court, plenty of walking trails and benches, flower beds, and a dual-level kids' lot that had six swings, three slides and a pair of climbing structures. The upper level is for older kids (age 5-12), while the lower level is for the younger ones (age 2-5). Children s play structure included in 2000 bond. Applied for Round 3 COF $250k Alamo Square Belvedere Project not recommended. Park group: Alamo Square Neighborhood Association. Jefferson Square 5.64 acres Jefferson Square is between Gough and Laguna and between Golden Gate and Turk. Jefferson Square is a 5.6 acre green space in the Western Addition. The park is next to Margaret S. Hayward Playground which has a playground as well as many sports courts and fields. There is also a rec center at Hayward Playground. Gathering place & campsite post 1906 earthquake. Jefferson Square's life as a park was resumed and reduced by half in 1917. The Park Commission transferred jurisdiction over its flatter ground to the Playground Commission and the site became Margaret S. Hayward Playground. Records in 1924 describe Jefferson's now 5.6 acres as a 'noteworthy example of landscape gardening, largely used by neighborhood residents, especially women and children.' In 1946 two men shot a pigeon in the Square to make a pigeon pie. Fined $25 each, they were also deprived of their pie and their kill, which went to the city disposal

squad. The park reopened after a million dollar renovation. It's getting an all new sprinkler and irrigation system, new native plants, and low water grass Park Group: Friends of Jefferson Square Park. Raymond Kimbell Playground 5.42 acres Raymond Kimbell Playground is located between Geary and Ellis and between Pierce and Steiner. Located at the corner of Geary Boulevard and Steiner Street the park has a clubhouse, children s play area, three baseball fields with bleacher seating, and open green areas. Renovation as part of 2008 bond. Margaret S.Hayward Playground 5.03 acres The Margaret S. Hayward Playground is immediately south of Jefferson Square, between Golden Gate and Eddy and between Gough and Laguna. Margaret S. Hayward Playground in the Western Addition has a play structure with sand pit, two tennis courts, two basketball courts, and two baseball fields, a small garden and restrooms. Tennis Courts are used by GG Univ, USF & other tennis groups. 911 Center on site. Included in 2012 bond. Hamilton Rec Center 3.22 acres The Hamilton Rec Center, Playground, and Pool is just east of the Western Addition Library, between Geary and Post and between Scott and Steiner. Pool, playfields, tennis courts. Pool has 2 water slides; scheduled to close for maintenance on April 27 for 2-3 weeks. There is glazed ceramic tile mural is of male figures engaged in athletic activities on the walls of the rec center since it opened in 1955 between 2 painted murals of the blues by muralist Santie Huckaby.

Renovation as part of 2000 Bond. Tank Hill 2.87 acres Tank Hill sits south of Cole Valley, north of Twin Peaks, east of Mt. Sutro and west of the Castro. It is close to the intersection of Clayton and 17 th Street. Steep, natural area viewing area. Trail funding part of 2008 bond. Park Group: Friends of Tank Hill Buchanan Street Mall 1.81 acres The Buchanan Street Mall runs along Buchanan Street from Eddy to Grove. A six-block landscaped greenway/walkway, with play structures and benches. Buchanan Street Mall borders Rosa Parks Senior Center and Ella Hill Hutch Community Center. Grattan Playground 1.52 acres Between Stanyan and Shrader and between Alma and Rivoli in Cole Valley. The park contains a clubhouse, restrooms, two tennis courts, a basketball court, a soccer field, and a children's playground with a wooden play structure and swings. The Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School is located at the Grattan Playground. Park Group: Friends of Grattan Playground Koshland Park 0.82 acres At Page and Buchanan. Created after a fire on the same block in 1973, the park is named after Daniel E. Koshland, a member of a San Francisco philanthropic family. After seeing troubling times in the 1980s and 1990s, where violence, prostitution and

drug deals consumed the public space, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group (now Community Grows) raised over $2 million dollars to renovate the area. Along the perimeter of the park is the Western Addition Peace Wall. Elementary school kids and local residents painted tiles that have been cemented into the wall, all of which depict ways to resolve conflicts and promote peace. Park also has playground, basketball court. Included in 2000 bond. Park Group: Koshland Park Community Learning Garden Group Japantown Peace Plaza 0.71 acres Post & Laguna & Geary & Laguna. Cement open space plaza in the heart of Japantown Hayes Valley Playground 0.61 acres East of Buchanan and south of Hayes. Site was newly-renovated and reopened on June 11, 2011. Improvements include a new eco-friendly club house with living roof, solar panel, and rain water catchment system; and a state-of-the-art playground with all new equipment and a new, springy rubber surface. Park Group: Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association Richard Gamble Memorial Park 0.6 acres Also known as Sunset Tunnel Park. Near Carl and Cole at the western end of the N-Judah tunnel. The park is owned by DPT (MTA). Patricia's Green in Hayes Valley 0.48 acres Also known as Hayes Green. Along Octavia between Hayes and Fell.

Park Group: Hayes Valley Art Coalition Fillmore & Turk Mini Park 0.2 acres At Fillmore and Turk. Cottage Row Mini Park 0.16 acres Between Sutter and Bush and between Fillmore and Webster. #82000983 of the National Register of Historic Places), The mini-park is a narrow brick walkway that stretches from Bush Street to Sutter Street, with a pair of lawn areas on the west side. On the east side are historic Victorian homes that were built in the 1800s and are very well maintained. Off-leash dogs are permitted in the park. Park Group: Cottage Row Mini-Park Neighbors Page & Laguna Mini Park 0.15 acres South of Page Street and east of Laguna. Established: 1972 This small park, nestled between two Victorians was the site of a roomy Victorian apartment house built in 1910. After it fell into decline, the house was condemned and purchased by the city in 1969. The city demolished the building and made plans to convert the land into a mini-park, part of a development trend in the 1970s when small, neglected neighborhood parks were being built with federal funding. Visitors to the park find a curving walkway, a community garden abloom with 15 flowering beds, transplanted apple trees with seating at their base, wrought iron fences and a handsome, six-foot gate. Working with grassroots determination reinforced by SLUG, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group was able to negotiate the twisted paths of the Open Space

Citizens Advisory Committee, the Mayor's Office of Community Development (MOCD) and the Recreation and Park Department. The project was put on track in the fall of 1997 and celebrated its opening day in April, 1999 Park Group: Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group Page Street Community Garden 0.08 acres Page Street, between Webster and Buchanan. Golden Gate & Steiner Mini Park 0.08 acres At Golden Gate & Steiner.

Beideman & O'Farrell Mini Park 0.06 acres O Farrell and Biedeman (between Scott and Divisadero). A small corner lot with a few trees, a bench surrounded by a small stone wall.