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Rob Lord & Robert Brust

Steering Committee
Dolores Park Works
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Peter Lewis
Director
Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association
Chutchui Indians
 Jewish Cemeteries

This map of Mission Dolores in 1874 highlights the denser development within the
core of the neighborhood. Courtesy of California State Library.
rchway at the entrance of the park. Only Romer Shawhan’s design captured the Mission days and
eflected the third regional style. He envisioned a largely pastoral landscape of undulating pathways
ordered by trees and shrubs that led to simple Spanish colonial style buildings. A formal fountain stood
New Mission Park Proposals
t the center of this design.
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Fig. 14. Proposed design by G. P. Neilson for Mission Park. San Francisco Call, May 14,
Design Proposal by G.P. Neilson 1905
1905, p. 6.
 More Design Proposals

Arthur
Matthews
Fig. 15. Arthur Matthews design for the entrance to Mission Park. San
Francisco Call, May 14, 1905, p. 7.

Fig. 15. Arthur Matthews design for the entrance to Mission Park. San
Francisco Call, May 14, 1905, p. 7.

Eda
Romer
Shawhan
Fig. 16. Proposed design by Ada Romer Shawhan. San Francisco Call, May 14, 1905, p. 7.
 Last Design Proposal
Revised Mission Dolores Neighborhood Survey, San Francisco, California November 11, 2009

Fig. 17. Scheme for Mission Park proposed by architect Max Weber. This design emphasized the natural
Max Weber
contours of the former cemetery, calling for little grading and the introduction of a lagoon, reminiscent of
Laguna de los Dolores. San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 1905, p. 7.
 Mission Dolores Church
and Original Basilica The 1906 Fire

ssion Park, looking northeast. Right: Mission

the ruins of the Notre Dame Academy. Courtesy of
Berkeley.

, 1906. The firestorm left behind apocalyptic ruins, within

ore than 3,000 lives were lost and more than half of the
thout homes or many, if any, possessions. Four-fifths of
to the ground, including the entire urban core of nearly
nter, the vast industrial and working-class tableland of
esidential neighborhoods. Among the utterly destroyed
ew surviving residential blocks that had been spared to
sion neighborhoods south of Twentieth Street were

View from Dolores Park

Camps and Original Mission High School
 Earthquake Tents & Shacks

Revised Mission Dolores Neighborhood Survey, San Francisco, California November 11, 2009
Mission Park Playground in 1922
Church at 19th and Dolores Streets, which was
mpleted in 1910 (also known as the Norwegian
Two Churches
Church), and the domed Second Church of Christ,
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ed by William H. Crim to seat 1,000 people. Jews
too. In 1907 the congregation B’nai David, which was
withSecond
the Chevra Mikva Israel
Church commissioned Harry S.
of Christ,
ool on 19th Street, between Guerrero and Valencia
Scientist
All of these religious institutions were located
et, and 19th Street.

Figs. 31-32. Left: Second Church of Christ, Scie

1941. Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library.

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Issel and Cherny, San Francisco, 64.
128 Former Golden Gate
San Francisco Planning Department, “Draft Historic
San Francisco, California,” (2009). Church
Lutheran
129
“New $100,000 Christian Science Church,” San Fran
130
“Consecrated the Scroll,” San Francisco Call, Decemb
Synagogue,” in ibid., November 6, 1907, p. 14; “Begin
Both schools were constructed at the edge of the Mission Dolores
n High School to the south and Everett Middle School to the west.
1930 New Mission High
Mission Dolores Church & Basilica
the sporting type – a cross section of the Mission Dolores neighborhood – a test
The Heart of Jesus
diversity of the neighborhood’s character.
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Notre Dame School
Tanforan Cottages
Mission Dolores Median
Mission Dolores Park
Historic Points of Interest
nt of the United Mexican States, presented San Francisco with a memorial re
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rty bell.” It stands at the base of the same pathway.
The Bell & Hidalgo
Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association
http://MissionDNA.org/
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Nancy Madynski
Steering Committee Chair
Friends of Dolores Park Playground
Nancy, Octavio & Sandra

DOLORES PARK 1980

Our favorite playground!
“I can’t play in the playground and you want me to
smile for a picture? Is this a joke?”
COMMUNITY
EXCEL VOLUNTEERS
November 2009
SOCIAL EVENTS
AWARENESS
ADVOCACY & FUNDRAISING
COMMUNITY INPUT AND
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DESIGN
PROCESS
DESIGN PROCESS: We have to think about children of all ages
and all abilities.
DREAM DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE & BEAUTIFUL
WOOD CLIMBER
WOOD BOAT
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS = VALUE ENGINEERING
 When will the playground construction start?

2011 SCHEDULE
• Advertisement for bid: Wednesday, February 9
• Pre-bid Conference 1: Tuesday, February 22, 1-2:00 PM at the site
• Pre-bid Conference 2: Thursday, February 24, 1-2:00 PM at the site
• Bid Opening: Wednesday, March 16, 2:30 PM

Protest Period: March 17 - March 30

• RP Commission Capital Committee review: Thursday, April 7, 2:00
PM, City Hall Room 416
• RP Commission Award of Contract: Thursday, April 21, time TBD,
City Hall Room 416
Target for Notice To Proceed: May 23

TARGET CONSTRUCTION START DATE: JUNE 2011

The Playground gets built and we’ve made it to the end of the
Rainbow! What about Maintenance?
 MAINTENANCE
Design & Build with maintenance and durability in mind.
 What can I do?
*Advocate for our parks.
*Educate park users.
*Volunteer.
*Donate.
I LOVE DOLORES PARK!
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Scott Wiener
District 8 Supervisor
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Meredith Thomas
Executive Director
Neighborhood Parks Council
Dolores Park: SF’s Most Over-Loved Living Room
NPC is an independent non-profit
See www.sfnpc.org
Meredith Thomas, Executive Director

Dolores Park Renovation by Rec Park

• $13.2 M in Bond for the whole park
• $1.5M for playground
• $11.7 for remaining improvements

http://sfrecpark.org/doloresParkProject.aspx
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Eric Andersen
Area Manager
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
 Dolores Park:
Operations Overview

Park Services Manager - Eric Andersen

Neighborhood Park and Cultural
Phenomenon
Budget Season
FY  2011-­‐12  General  Fund  Budget  Challenge

City’s  GF  Deficit=  $379.8M

RPD  Base  Budget  Reduc=on=     $4.1M

RPD  Con=ngency  Reduc=on=     $2.6M
              $6.7M
RPD  has  three  primary  sources  of  revenue.  

30% 31% 39%

General Fund Subsidy

and Savings Open Space Fund Earned Revenue
Dolores Park Annual Budget: c.400K
Park Service Area 6
 Mission Complex Work Unit

• 7 Gardeners
• 1 Supervisor
• 15 Parks
 Dolores Park:
Boots On The Ground
• 1.5 Gardeners
• .5 Custodial
• 1 Public Service
Trainee
• Supplemental
Resources
Park Maintenance
Irrigation
Waste Management
Bathrooms
Turf
Graffiti and Vandalism
Deferred Maintenance
Capital Improvements
Capital Improvements and
Maintenance Efficiencies
Community and Advocacy

?
Building A Sustainable Park
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Rob Lord
Steering Committee Chair
Dolores Park Works
WHO IS DPW?

If you are reading this,

probably we are just like you.
 WHAT IS DPW?

Dolores Park Works is a nonprofit volunteer

organization celebrating, preserving and
improving Dolores Park's beauty for all of her
diverse patrons since 2009.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

Oi. Trash, Bathrooms, Graffiti, Safety...

THE SOLUTIONS?

Community stewardship.
Partnership with Rec & Parks.
Improve communication, engagement
& accountability.
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 WHY CARE?

More Dolores Park fun for more

people more often.
$13M Park Renovation
$2M Playground Renovation
 MOREOVER...

2.5M Uses/Year
$10/hr Opp Cost, 1 Hr/Use Avg
 MOREOVER...

2.5M Uses/Year
$10/hr Opp Cost, 1 Hr/Use Avg
$25M/Year Spent by Users
$100M Asset
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Dolores Park Works Needs You.

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See you in the park.

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