From the Mayor’s Office of Communications:
The planned route for the Mission District events on June 7 and July 19
will travel from Garfield Park to Dolores Park via Harrison, 24th Street,
Valencia Street and 19th Street.
Cool! Thanks, Eve!
Full release after the jump:
MAYOR NEWSOM ANNOUNCES ROUTE FOR MISSION DISTRICT SUNDAY STREETS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On the eve of kicking off Sunday Streets 2009, Mayor
Newsom announced the planned route for the Mission District Sunday Streets
event later this summer.
“Expanding Sunday Streets to the Mission District by connecting two
neighborhood parks through major merchant corridors is exciting,” said
Mayor Newsom. “We’re working to ensure these events are something fun and
new for residents and also help local merchants during these tough economic
times.”
The planned route for the Mission District events on June 7 and July 19
will travel from Garfield Park to Dolores Park via Harrison, 24th Street,
Valencia Street and 19th Street. This route received City approval this
week from departments overseeing street closures. The Mayor’s Office and
community organizers are working with neighborhood groups and Mission
district merchants to plan special Mission-district only events for this
installment of Sunday Streets.
Sunday Streets 2009 kicks off along the Embarcadero this Sunday, April 26
between 9AM-1PM. The Bayside portion of the Embarcadero will be closed to
auto traffic from AT&T Park to Aquatic Park, providing 3.4 miles of open
space to enjoy.
“This Sunday’s event is the biggest and best Sunday Streets yet,” explained
Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
“Bay Area residents and families can run the bases at AT&T Park, bike
almost four miles along the route, and try new activities like dance
classes, yoga sessions, and even a roller-skating rink.” Additionally,
Fisherman’s Wharf will be full of new activities, including live bands and
street performers at Pier 39 and a family fair at Aquatic Park with a
climbing wall, slides and kids games.
Sunday Streets 2009 is presented by the Municipal Transportation Agency
(MTA) and Livable City, a local transportation-oriented non-profit group.
It also involves participation of over 50 community based groups. The
first two Sunday Streets of 2009 are made possible by the generous
financial sponsorship of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District,
Kaiser Permanente, Shape Up SF, Webcor Builders, Blue Shield, PG&E, Lennar
and other local sponsors. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will be
managing the Volunteer component of Sunday Streets (to volunteer, please go
to sundaystreetssf.com/volunteer.html).
Residents can find out more about Sunday Streets online at
www.sundaystreetsSF.com. Information about auto detours can be accessed by
calling 311 or visiting online at www.sfgov.org/311. The event can also be
accessed easily by taking BART or Muni to the Embarcadero station – both
the T and F lines are running all day Sunday.
i will be teaching one of the dance classes sunday (at noon)…should be a cool event!
info about what kind of class it will be:
http://www.rhythmandmotion.com/Rmdanceworkout.html
I want CremeBruleeCart and MagicCurryKart along the route.
I also want Mission Street Food to have a booth. Mission Melts and PB&J, along with poutine and philly cheesesteaks. Thank you.
this is great.
Wow great idea…bring even more traffic onto 24th street. Fuck this, I’m moving to Bayview.
I mean, foot traffic. And cash chuckers. And well, you know, the inevitable increased cop presence.
I used to love living here.
Great! Now the mayor is exploiting Dolores too!