Block 3 Park and adjacent Clementina and Tehama alleyways are central features of the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area, which was adopted in 2005 and includes 40 acres of high-density transit-oriented housing, office space and retail in the East Cut, a new neighborhood just south of San Francisco's downtown and financial districts.
Block 3 park was first conceptualized in the Transbay Redevelopment Plan and its accompanying documents, and later in the Transbay Project Area Streetscape and Open Space Concept Plan, dated Nov. 21, 2006. Select elements of the Concept Plan have been further refined in the Transit Center District Plan, authored in 2012. The Concept Plan included new public spaces, new alleyways, improvements to existing streets, widened sidewalks, street trees, lights, seating areas and other elements to enhance and complete the vision for the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area.
The new Block 3 Park is approximately one acre and its final design includes a playground and play features, stewardship building with restroom and storage areas for Recreation and Park Department maintenance and operations and East Cut Community Business District future park activations, informal gathering spaces, flexible plaza space and large at-grade decks to host community activities and engagements, landscape furnishings, over 50 trees and plantings. The new Clementina and Tehama tree lined streets will flank the park and two new developments at Block 2 and Block 4.
The new future park will be named Pelican Park as voted for by the public and adopted by the future park owner Recreation and Park Department. The SF Art Commission Visual Arts Committee Art Enrichment process finalized the selection of the artist Mark Baugh-Sasaki to install his ‘Granite City’ sculptures in the future park. See community process below for more detail and information.
100% Schematic Design approved by:
Civic Design Review approval from the Arts Commission
SF PUC Stormwater Control Plan Preliminary review and approval (3/24/2023)
Community Meetings to review Park Design
Hosted by Public Works, Recreation and Park Department, Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure and East Cut Community Business District (ECCBD)
Community Meeting 4 – (04/29/2021)
Presentation of community-selected park program design alternative, the “Clearing” (online meeting with 51 attendees)
Community Meeting 3 – (11/18/2020)
Design Refinements and alternatives shared for public input (online meeting with 67 attendees)
Community Meeting 2 – (9/9/2020)
Initial Design Ideas shared with the public for input (online meeting with 77 attendees)
Community Meeting 1 – (3/4/20)
Information Gathering from the public (in-person meeting with 50 attendees)
Community Surveys conducted for community feedback: 4 total
Park Naming Community Meeting Process
Check out The East Cut Block 3 Park Naming Site and Watch the Zoom Meeting
Artist Selection Process
San Francisco Arts Commission Civic Design Review Board Process
Public meetings at SF Art Commisison were held to review and approve the project design:
Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) Citizen Advisory Committee Public Meeting and presentation - 2/10/2022
Recreation and Park Department Public Meetings and presentations
San Francisco Public Works
SF Recreation and Park Department
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
East Cut CBD (Future Park Programming Partner)