This morning Mayor Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, SF City Urban Designer Andres Power, Architect Riyad Ghannam, parklet volunteers, various other stakeholders and other elected officials, livability advocates, Divisadero merchants, and neighborhood leaders celebrated the city's first "parklet" outside Mojo Bicycle Cafe.
Newsom previously described the mini-pavement-to-parks initiative as a chance to "slow down the day" and allow people to "pause and reflect and connect with one another."
Why Mojo? The new sidewalk extension in the form of a beautiful (donated) wooden platform, landscaping, and the city bike racks are where they are because of Mojo's great location and because the cooperative, local business is willing to maintain the space.
Remy Nelson, owner of the hot spot cafe on the busy Divisadero corridor, emphasizes that anyone can sit a spell at the new mini-park, "even if you bring your coffee from somewhere else."
I am personally honored to be involved in such a fantastic project. I can't wait for the other 11 parklets to spring up everywhere around the city this year, if not more!
Again, a special thanks goes out to Architect Riyad Ghannam, and the wonderful volunteers who helped construct the parklet for donating their time and talent to give such a wonderful gift to the community.
Just another reason why I love calling San Francisco home :)
Newsom previously described the mini-pavement-to-parks initiative as a chance to "slow down the day" and allow people to "pause and reflect and connect with one another."
Why Mojo? The new sidewalk extension in the form of a beautiful (donated) wooden platform, landscaping, and the city bike racks are where they are because of Mojo's great location and because the cooperative, local business is willing to maintain the space.
Remy Nelson, owner of the hot spot cafe on the busy Divisadero corridor, emphasizes that anyone can sit a spell at the new mini-park, "even if you bring your coffee from somewhere else."
I am personally honored to be involved in such a fantastic project. I can't wait for the other 11 parklets to spring up everywhere around the city this year, if not more!
Again, a special thanks goes out to Architect Riyad Ghannam, and the wonderful volunteers who helped construct the parklet for donating their time and talent to give such a wonderful gift to the community.
Just another reason why I love calling San Francisco home :)
credits:
http://ibikenopa.blogspot.com/
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Hip Hip Hooray!!!
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