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We are now accepting Request for Proposals to apply for new parklets. Download the application here.

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Selected Press Coverage
on Pavement to Parks and Parklet Programs

Click below to view news articles, blogs, and videos on the Pavement to Parks and Parklet Programs. You can also find more press coverage on the individual parks and parklets on their individual built project pages.

• Pavement to Parks
  New York Times (3/22/09)
  
  
• Seizing Space
  SF Bay Guardian (11/17/09)
  
  
• San Francisco's Pavement to Parks Initiative Gets a Major Boost
  Inhabitat (2/26/10)
  
  
• Mayor Newsom Announces 12 New Pavement to Parks Projects for 2010
  Youtube (3/5/10)
  
  
• People, Parklets, and Pavement to Parks
  Streetfilms (3/17/10)
  
  
• Walking Wins Out
  Planning Magazine (May/June 2010)
  
  
• Citizen's Rest
  California Home + Design (June 2010)
  
  
• Parklets, San Francisco
  Wallpaper Magazine (10/8/10)
  
  
• Pavement to Parks Gives Road Space Back to Cyclists
  Bike Radar (1/5/11)
  
  
• Hello New Parklet!
  Mission Local (3/16/11)
  
  
• Transforming Streetscapes With Touches of Parks
  New York Times (3/24/11)
  
  
• San Francisco’s Pavement to Parks Program Expands
  American Society of Landscape Architects (4/8/10)
  
  
• Business Eager to Apply for Parklets as New Request for Proposals Issued
  SF Streetsblog (5/5/11)
  
  
• Andres Power Helps Lead a Streets Renaissance One Parklet at a Time
  SF Streetsblog (5/9/11)
  
  
• Parklets Begin Sprouting up on Polk Street
  SF Streetsblog (5/18/11)
  

• Infrastructure for All
  American Society of Landscape Architects (6/15/11)
  
  
• The City's First Residential Parklet Springs to Life on Valencia Street
  SF Streetsblog (6/20/11)
  
  
• Parklets Create Public Space, 120 Square Feet at a Time
  California Planning and Development Report (6/28/11)
  
  
• S.F. Parklets Emerge as Neighborhood Fixtures
  SF Chronicle (7/1/11)
  
  
• Everybody Loves Parklets
  SF Bay Guardian (7/1/11)
  
  
• Parklets Keep Popping Up Along Valencia, Divisadero and Columbus Corridors
  SF Streetsblog (7/6/11)

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