Our project management team is working with the San Francisco Tourism Improvement District Management Corporation to implement a $500 million improvement and expansion of the Moscone Convention Center. This project will add more contiguous exhibition space to the Moscone Center, allowing it to remain competitive on a national scale.
 

The expansion project will add more than 305,000 square feet of functional area, including new exhibition space, new meeting rooms and pre-function space, new ballroom space, new kitchen and other support areas.
 

Public Works worked with the San Francisco Tourism Improvement District Management Corporation (TID) to implement a series of tenant improvements at the Moscone Convention Center’s South, North and West buildings. The project not only upgraded the facilities, but employed a branding strategy to enhance convention visitors’ memories of San Francisco. The branding vision, as developed by HOK Architects, showcases our diverse cultures and communities within the natural beauty of Northern California, using a creative, colorful, bright and modern palette.
 

The Western Addition Renovation was completed on February 2, 2008. Western Addition Branch Library was opened on June 27, 1966 as the 27th branch in the San Francisco Public Library System. The branch was renovated in 2006-07, and reopened on February 2, 2008. The total renovation project cost $4.3 million. It features a new and expanded teen area, updated children's room, a new program room, a landscaped courtyard, more computers and free WiFi access to the Internet.

The first West Portal Branch Library was built on a parcel of land which had been transferred from the Board of Education to the San Francisco Public Library in February of 1936. The Branch was opened to the public on May 2, 1936. Just three years later, on May 8, 1939, the Branch was re-opened in a new building designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer and constructed by the Works Progress Administration for a cost of $109,090. West Portal Branch was designed in a Mediterranean style with colorful red, ceramic roof tiles.

The new 9,945 Visitacion Valley Branch Library replaces one of the smallest facilities of the San Francisco Public Library system and features a prominent corner entrance; separate children, teens and adult spaces; a new program room accessible after hours for community use; a study room; outdoor patios; and different roof heights with acoustical treatment to create quiet spaces. The project received LEED Gold certification.

The Sunset Renovation was completed on March 31, 2007. Sunset Branch opened on March 25, 1918 and was the eighth branch in the San Francisco Public Library system. Its location, at 18th Avenue and Irving Street, was formerly the site of an old barn which had become quite a nuisance in the neighborhood because young boys used it for gun practice. Sunset Branch is a Carnegie building designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh and cost $43,955. It is a two story structure, italinate in design, built of concrete frame and reinforced masonry.
 

The existing two-story historic Carnegie Funded library is a Classic Revival design by architects Bliss & Fayville and constructed in 1914. The existing building is centered on a 240’ x 150’ site spanning the block between 9th and 10th Avenues, mid block between commercial districts Clement Street and Geary Boulevard.
 

As part of the bond measure overwhelmingly passed by the voters in November 2000, the San Francisco Public Library is renovating the Presidio Branch Library. We plan to remodel the interior and preserve its historic character.

Renovation highlights include two new restrooms downstairs & a family restroom upstairs, a designated Teen Area, Children’s Room with interactive learning features, more computers, improved downstairs Program Room, new pendant light fixtures, exterior façade & stairs restoration, and more functional and ergonomic staff work areas.

The renovation priorities include making the branch seismically safe, fully accessible, and technologically updated. Both the community and staff areas were renovated to improve the functonality of the space. The renovation included the installation of an elevator and new public restrooms. The addition of a second floor provides more public space with views of the City skyline.

The new branch is one story high and approximately 6,300 square feet. Highlights include expanded collections of books, CDs, DVDs, and other materials, a program room with after hours access for community meetings, a larger children's area, a variety of seating choices, wireless access to the internet, a new garden area, and an increased Chinese language collection. The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library are raising funds from private donations for new furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the branch library. The new Portola Branch is included in the BLIP Arts Master Plan.