Installed: September 2009 - Winter 2012
Designed By: Rebar
Showplace Triangle has graduated from the Pavement to Parks Program and is being redesigned as a permanent public space.
DESIGN DETAILS
Rebar, a San Francisco based design firm, generously offered their time and resources to help design and acquire materials for the plaza. Old granite curbs were used to form three green islands where people can relax, play, and enjoy some greenery. Large granite blocks that at one point were used as seating at another location in San Francisco, were repurposed at this location to provide flexible seating areas. Debris boxes, donated by Recology, were sanitized, painted, lined, and filled with trees and plants to provide a green relief to the plaza. Finally, unused terra-cotta sewer pipes were located around the periphery of the plaza to provide a physical edge and a dramatic statement. The pipes are filled with soil and planted with succulents and other low-water plants.
For a conceptual plan of the plaza, please click here .
For early renderings of the plaza during design development, click on the images below.
Above images courtesy of Rebar.
FUNDERS & DONORS
Rebar designed and built this Parklet free of charge to the City with the help of many volunteers. Nibbi Brothers General Contactors also provided a donation to offset the cost of irrigation required for establishment.
Material Donors: The cost of the materials for the plaza was generously covered by a donation from AT&T, which owns a distribution center across the street.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
Community Partners: Rebar, Flora Grubb Nursery, Recology, Axis Café, and San Francisco Clean City Coalition.
MONITORING & EVALUATION
The City is closely monitoring the success of the plaza at two months and six months after installation and will decide, based on this evaluation, whether to extend the run of the plaza installation.
PHOTOS
MEDIA COVERAGE
- 11/17/2009, San Francisco Bay Guardian: Seizing Space (Steven T. Jones and Molly Freedenberg)
- 11/10/2009, Ready Made: Pavement as Park
- 09/22/2009, New York Times: Pavement to Parks (Allison Arieff)
- 08/04/2009, Streetsblog SF: Demand for Trial Plazas Increases as Lower Potrero Design is Revealed (Matthew Roth)
- 05/22/2009, Streetsblog SF: Finding Unused Pavement for Parks and Plazas in Lower Potrero (Matthew Roth)
- 05/15/2009, Architect’s Newspaper: Planting in the Streets (Lydia Lee)
