Lafayette Park Set to Reopen June 8, Now With Photos
Lafayette Park conceptual plan (click to enlarge) [Photo: FOLP]It looks like the long-toiling Lafayette Park renovations are finally done, and the city will be holding a reopening party on Saturday June 8. The redesigned park has been in the works since 2008, when $10M of a $185M Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond was allocated to Lafayette Park. After sloughing through a few neighbor lawsuits, the final product includes renovated tennis courts, restored pathways, new irrigation and drainage, increased lighting, ADA upgrades, and new landscaping with drought-tolerant plants, picnic areas, and off-leash dog runs. The June 8 party will feature a Children's Play Day, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, bluegrass bands Nell Robinson and House & Garden, and tours of the new park features. Today the Board of Supes will vote on a resolution recognizing the team that pushed the project forward, so you know it'll be a love fest all around.
· Lafayette Park Reopens on June 8 [SF Rec & Park]
· BOS Agenda, June 4 2013 [SF BOS]
· Previous Coverage of Lafayette Park [Curbed SF]
Comments (5 extant)
Haggie
Kudos to the Parks Dept and all the neighbors that were involved in the design process. One of the few times that I see something done by the SF government and say to myself, "Money well spent!"
The Gregor
YIPEE! FINALLY! Thanks again to that evil Shannon Whatshername for basically holding our park hostage with her legal litany of ridiculousness. Some people are just a waste of food.
ljmeyer3
Well Done!!! Lafayette Park looks beautiful. Our parks are an important legacy to SF and they should be maintained and preserved not left to ruin.
