Welcome to Alamo Circle, the community blog for the Alamo Square Neighborhood Association. Here you’ll find agendas and recaps of our meetings, profiles of local residents, editorials from your community, and important local news.
We do take submissions. If you’d like to contribute a story, editorial, photo essay or poem, please contact the editorial team at alamosquare@gmail.com.
New Fountain for Alamo Square
Late last year, SF Rec and Park alerted the Alamo Square Neighborhood Association that the old-style drinking fountain at Alamo Square near Hayes and Pierce had been removed due to damage to the concrete foundation. This fountain had given Rec and Park years of problems partly due to its design, the amount of usage it […]
2019 Community Meeting on Housing, Workforce Development and Social Service Needs
The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), San Francisco Planning, and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) would like to hear your input on City strategic plans for housing needs, social service needs, barriers to fair housing, and improving housing affordability. Your input will inform the Planning Department’s Community […]
Divisadero Holiday Lights 2018
Holiday lights are up on Divisadero, thanks to the efforts of the Divisadero Merchants Association! The median between Haight and Golden Gate received a dose of holiday cheer with the festive lights now on display. Individual merchants contributed to the funding for this year’s holiday lights, and the effort received support from local neighbors as […]
Art On Site Community Yoga First Fridays starting January 2019
Contact gather@thecentersf.com or 415-923-8180 with questions or suggestions. Join “Art on Site” in an inclusive community gentle yoga class, focused on breathing, grounding, and healing movement. WHAT: Cultivate mental relaxation, physical healing, and a playful spirit in a supportive community environment. WHEN: First Friday each month starting January 4, 2019 from 12:00-1:15 pm. WHERE: The […]
Planning Commission approves plans for 650 Divisadero
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, the Planning Commission approved plans to build a new 66-unit building on the corner of Divisadero and Grove. The project had been delayed over three years as the developer for the project, Patrick Szeto, waited for new affordable housing/inclusionary guidelines for Divisadero. In 2015, then-Supervisor London Breed initiated the Divisadero-Fillmore […]
Join ASNA or renew your membership for 2019
Join ASNA or Renew your Membership! Where do your ASNA dues go? Alamo Square Neighborhood Association is a group of volunteers who work together on park and neighborhood issues. We have accomplished a lot in the last few years! We donated $15k total to neighborhood non-profits earlier this year We helped to organize movie night […]
Park Volunteer Day – November 3, 2018
Calling Alamo Square Park volunteers! Our next volunteer day at the park will be Saturday, November 3, between 9 AM and noon. We’ll meet, as usual, at one of the picnic tables near the tennis court, where a park gardener will give us instructions and the necessary tools. We’ll then head off to the areas in the park that need our help. Refreshments […]
Buchanan Street Mall Community Workshop November 1, 2018
BUCHANAN STREET MALL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON NOV. 1st November 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Please join Rec and Park on Nov 1st to begin to create the conceptual design for the entire five block length of Buchanan Mall (Buchanan Street between Grove and Eddy). Together with landscape design partnership of the Office of Cheryl Barton and […]
Turk Fillmore Mini Park Dedication – November 18, 2018
This November 18th will mark 40 Years After Jonestown. “We are still here! We are reclaiming our heritage! We are celebrating our victories!” Join the New Community Leadership Foundation and SF Beautiful in a commemoration event on Sunday, November 18. 1:45 PM Press Conference, 1859 Geary at Fillmore (former People’s Temple) 2:00 PM March to […]