1 BURROWS STREET POCKET PARK
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1 Burrows Pocket Park is located in the diverse, workingclass neighborhood of Portola in San Francisco. The project will transform an underutilized culdesac into an attractive, green public plaza. The project is part of an ongoing effort to revitalize and stabilize Portola’s commercial corridor by increasing cleanliness, working with property owners to fill vacancies, providing support to existing merchants, promoting the shopping district, attracting resources for physical improvements and by building community pride and empowerment. The pocket park is a working blueprint of a comprehensive, communityled effort for
revitalization and will set a precedent for future public space improvement projects for underutilized spaces throughout the City of San Francisco. This greening project will offer a lasting and significant legacy and contribution to the people of San Francisco . Architecture for Humanity, San Francisco in collaboration with: Lincoln Motor Company, Architectural Digest, Portola Neighborhood Association, Portola Garden Tour Association, HerreroBoldt, Arup Engineering, City of San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, San Francisco Department of Public Works, CalTrans
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