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Press Releases
November 19, 2009
Six Honored for Simple, Effective Park Improvements
July 25, 2009
St. Mary's Playground Breaks the Mold
July 7, 2009
Phil Ginsburg Takes the Reins
July 1, 2009
Blumenfeld Points His Handlebars Towards Yosemite
June 25, 2009
Golden Gate Park Intra-Park Shuttle Begins Again
June 20, 2009
Harvey Milk Center for Recreational Arts Reopens
May 16, 2009
Franklin Square Playground Makes the Grade
April 16, 2009
RPD hosts 35 volunteer service events to celebrate Earth Day and Global Youth Service Day
April 15, 2009
Endangered Mission Blue Butterfly Returns to Twin Peaks
April 3, 2009
Chile's Metropolitan Park of Santiago and GGP Become Sister Parks
January 14, 2009
RPD Heeds Obama's Call to Service
December 3, 2008
City Celebrates 79th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
October 31, 2008
On the Road with Jared Blumenfeld
October 20, 2008
Chinatown to Get Green, World-Class Rec Center
In the News
SF Chronicle article on "Peter Pan" 360 at Ferry Park
"Peter Pan will fly into San Francisco in April in a very big way. He's bringing not only Wendy, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook with him but also millions of pixels, 400 square miles of virtual London and the world's largest stage enclosed in 360 degrees of computer-generated imagery (CGI)."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/20/DDG51AKCVJ.DTL
SF Examiner article on preparations at Harding Park Golf Course:
“As superintendent of Harding Park Golf Course, Wayne Kappelman can control a lot of things in preparation for The Presidents Cup.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Keeping-the-course-up-to-par-63003422.html
SF Chronicle article on Nell Newman at the Botanical Garden:
“Nell Newman's gardening passion has roots in her childhood: "I have this amazing memory of these little miniature tools my mother had given me and planting something with these tiny little tools in the backyard," she says. "She had flowers, and we'd make some stabs at growing vegetables." Mother - actress Joanne Woodward - still gardens in Westport, Conn.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/09/20/HO3419FRVH.DTL
SF Chronicle article on the horseshoe pits in Golden Gate Park:
“Cut into a hillside, hidden from view, volunteers are restoring a New Deal-era horseshoe court in Golden Gate Park.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/08/18/BACH1978E7.DTL
Golf World Magazine article on the Presidents Cup at Harding Park:
“If Harding Park Golf Course wanted to poke a little fun at its neighbor, it might ask The Olympic Club to park cars on its prestigious Lake Course during the Presidents Cup this October.”
SF Examiner article on the upcoming Outside Lands concert in Golden Gate Park:
“In an effort to prevent last year’s parking problems inside and around Golden Gate Park, city officials and promoters of the three-day Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival are offering extra bus lines, free bicycle valets and shuttles from areas throughout The City.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Outside-Lands-festival-takes-cue-from-first-go-round-52128207.html
CBS-5 (KPIX) story on St. Mary's Playground:
"A SF neighborhood has made sure that disabled children won't be left out at playtime."
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=53253@kpix.dayport.com
SF Chronicle article on the Department's Project Insight program:
“Tucked into Golden Gate Park's nursery, Elva's Greenhouse was the scene recently of a lively party. The greenhouse is Ben Oude Kamphuis' latest addition to Project Insight, the city program he directs that connects disabled people and gardening.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/07/HOTR17QQ4H.DTL
SF Chronicle article on Coit Tower:
“Nobody ever drops by Coit Memorial Tower, sitting as it does at the top of a twisty drive and a clogged parking lot…. For someone who doesn't live on Telegraph Hill, it takes a good reason to make the effort, like an open parking meter along Washington Square when you have quarters to burn (they're not much use on Muni anymore).”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/07/21/DD7R18IC71.DTL
SF Chronicle article on park improvements:
“The mating dance of the hummingbird goes something like this: Start from a height equivalent to a downtown skyscraper, drop as if shot from the sky, then, at the last minute, swoop back upward in a graceful J before your beloved.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/07/08/BAJ5181L1A.DTL
SF Chronicle City Insider item on Boundless Playgrounds
“Equal play: The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department is about to sign a contract to knock down and rebuild four playgrounds to make them "boundless playgrounds" accessible to children with disabilities.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/06/30/BA7C18FUPR.DTL
SF Chronicle article on Jared Blumenfeld's Bike Trip to Mather:
“For his last official act as interim chief of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Jared Blumenfeld is planning to bike this weekend 160 miles across the scorching flatlands of the Central Valley, up the steep inclines of the Sierra Nevada, all the way to Camp Mather.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/04/BAIQ18I6A8.DTL
SF Chronicle article on Volunteer Teens Spruce Up City Parks:
“Obdulio Carreras (behind tree) and Kendall Jackson, both 18 and from Los Angeles, remove French broom, an invasive plant species, from BayviewHillParkin San Francisco.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/06/27/BA6U18EOJI.DTL
SF Examiner article on the HarveyMilkCenterfor Recreational Arts:
“After two years of silence, the sound of voices has returned to the halls of the recently remodeled HarveyMilkCenterfor Recreational Arts.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Children-can-kick-it-again-at-rec-center-48571752.html
KPIX-5 story on First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to SF:
“First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off a summer of community service Monday by helping fix up a San Franciscoschool playground, part of a national effort to champion community service and promote the value of volunteering.”
http://cbs5.com/politics/first.lady.visit.2.1052548.html
Contract Magazine article on SavaPool:
“The 45-year-old Charlie Sava Pool was tired, falling apart, and overtaken by rust and rot. And the city of San Franciscohad no money for maintenance, leaving public buildings such as this one beat up from heavy use. A new building was in order, and this time, San Francisco-based architects Mark Cavagnero Associates decided to take advantage of all the area had to offer.”
http://www.contractmagazine.com/contract/content_display/esearch/e3ie4dd94cdd5b8fd28e9dc7bb99845c99f
SF Chronicle article on Bay to Breakers cleanup:
"The debauchery - and the detritus it leaves behind - was down this year after the 98th annual Bay to Breakers footrace through San Francisco."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090519/sc_afp/scienceanimalkomodoaustralia_20090519073836
SF Examiner article on Bay to Breakers cleanup:
"Sunday’s ING Bay to Breakers footrace resulted in considerably less trash than last year, but it will take several more days before all remnants from the annual event are cleaned up in Golden Gate Park.."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090519/sc_afp/scienceanimalkomodoaustralia_20090519073836
San Francisco Magazine article on ParksBike Tour:
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NBC11 Story on Golden Gate Park Windmill project:
SF Chronicle “City Insider” item on Waller St. Skate Park:
"Just a couple of weeks ago, the City Insider told you that San Francisco soon plans to add its second skateboard park in as many years and only the city's third overall. Now we learn that a fourth is in the offing and that it could occupy a closed and long-dormant section of Waller Streetin southeast corner of Golden GatePark."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=39462
SF Examiner article on CommunityGardens:
“Amid a burgeoning interest in locally grown foods, demand for community gardens in The City is soaring.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Curiosity-in-gardening-grows-44510977.html
SF Chronicle article on the MissionBlue Butterfly:
"Stuart Weiss crept along a windswept ridge of San Bruno Mountain looking for his quarry. A white net fluttered behind him like a windsock."
SF Examiner article on Golden Gate Park garden improvements:
“A renowned flowering garden in eastern Golden GateParkwill close for five months to make $1.5 million worth of improvements.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Flower-garden-slated-for-massive-renovation-42308707.html
SF Chronicle article on Dolores Park playground improvements:
“When construction crews next year begin rebuilding San Francisco's dilapidated Dolores Park Playground, it won't only be a victory for the hundreds of neighbors who raised some of the money and made design suggestions.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/02/BAMN16QT40.DTL
SF Chronicle article on city park jewels:
“The problem with shining the spotlight on a handful of San Francisco parks is that too many remain in the dark…There are 245 pieces of land owned or managed by the city's Recreation and Park Department, from 1,017-acre Golden Gate Park to midblock snippets. The overall figure doesn't include such popular spots as Crissy Field, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, or Yerba Buena Gardens, which is privately managed for the city's redevelopment agency.”
SF Chronicle article on bird watching in San Francisco:
“People may think that San Francisco's avian population is limited to overindulged seagulls and raggedy pigeons… Not so. Despite 150 years of development in the city, hundreds of species come here - most of them to the spots they inhabited before the Gold Rush.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/23/BALJ16181P.DTL
SF Chronicle article on the renovation of Sunnyside Conservatory:
“Neglected for decades, the 111-year-old Sunnyside Conservatory is finally getting a retrofit…The historic landmark on Monterey Boulevard in San Francisco's Sunnyside neighborhood, is undergoing a nearly $4 million refurbishing. The project is a joint effort of Friends of the Sunnyside Conservatory and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/02/15/BACV15P9PA.DTL
SF Chronicle article on the city’s Natural Areas:
“San Francisco has always been a city of surprises - such as the pockets of quasi-urban wilderness tucked away in corners of one of the most densely populated cities in the country.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/01/18/MNV015B7MM.DTL
SF Chronicle article on the new Sava Pool:
“The best view at San Francisco's new Charlie Sava Pool in the Sunset District, appropriately enough, is from the water.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/13/DDFV156LG3.DTL&hw=recreation+park&sn=001&sc=1000
Grapevine article on Kelloch-Velasco Park:
“Saturday, November 22, was a beautiful sunny day, most fitting for the celebration that was held for the celebration of the completion of Kelloch-Velasco Park.”
Media Inquiries? Please call the Department's Public Information Office at (415) 831-2782, or email elton.pon@sfgov.org.
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