District 4

The Irving Streetscape Improvement Project extends from 19th to 27th avenues in the City’s Outer Sunset district (map). Irving Street is the local commercial district for the surrounding residential neighborhood. The renovation will provide a safer and more inviting environment for pedestrians, motorists and transit riders. The streetscape project is joint with sewer replacement, curb ramp upgrades, and road repaving from 19th Avenue to the Great Highway.

The $248 million Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond was approved by voters in November 2011. With it, the City is repaving streets in neighborhoods throughout San Francisco; repairing deteriorating bridges, overpasses and stairways; and making traffic, pedestrian and bicycle and safety improvements.
 

The Great Highway was repaved from Point Lobos to Sloat Boulevard. This was a six month project. Streetscape improvements were made to the stretch of road along the Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach between Fulton and Lincoln. The improvements included new curb ramps, pedestrian crossing and bicycle safety upgrades, and the installation of a landscaped roadway median. Water main installation work is also being performed as a part of the project.
 

In an effort to maximize water savings through conservation measures and innovative practices, Public Works and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will replace the landscaping and retrofit the irrigation system along the center and side medians of Sunset Boulevard, between Rivera Street and Sloat Boulevard.
 

The 16,247 square foot Ocean Park Health Center is one of 12 public health clinics operated by the Department of Public Health.  The 1970’s building is a two story concrete/steel frame structure situated on a relatively flat site in the Sunset District neighborhood of San Francisco.
 

Sunset Playground is a four acre park that occupies a full city block between 28th and 29th Avenues, at Lawton and Moraga. In addition to a recreation center, the site has two tennis courts, a basketball court, a baseball field, children's play areas, and a small community garden. A retaining wall topped with chain link fencing surrounds the perimeter of the playground. There are few trees within the playground, and the planted areas were minimal. The recreation center contains a large gymnasium with bleachers.

On behalf of the Recreation and Parks Department, BDC led the renovation of McCoppin Square, which included work such as ADA accessibility improvements to previously inaccessible areas of the park; expansion of the existing playground; improvements to the baseball field, tennis court, and basketball court; addition of a new set of restrooms; and a new contemplative garden.
 

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.
 

As part of the bond measure overwhelmingly passed by the voters in November 2000, the San Francisco Public Library is renovating the Parkside Branch Library. We plan to make it seismically safe, fully accessible and technologically updated, while enhancing its unique character. Renovations included a small addition, new accessible restrooms, improved public and staff spaces, a designated Teen Area near the courtyard, more computers, better lighting, and new & refinished furniture, shelving, and materials displays.