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.
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Emporium SF / Harding Theater Update
The restoration work of the front of the building is now in full progress. Exterior painting should start after the front facade refinishing is complete. The storefronts have been replaced and await final glazing. The terrazzo paving in the sidewalk area is being upgraded. This work was unanticipated by Planning, as well as the owners and is […]
SFDPW Work for Week of July 4
Week of July 4, 2017 Crews are not scheduled to work on Monday July 3, 2017 and Tuesday July 4, 2017 in observance of Independence Day. – The contractor will continue Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) work at the Haight & Divisadero intersection. – Sewer lateral replacement work will continue on Hayes Street between Buchanan […]
Welcome Lady Falcon!
Starting Saturday, June 24, 2017, Lady Falcon Coffee Club will begin to provide coffee at Alamo Square! At our last Alamo Square meeting, the proprietor of Lady Falcon presented a proposal for a trial run in Alamo Square. After a series of questions regarding her operation, most attendees at our meeting supported the trial. With […]
Shared Electric Moped Parking Permit Proposal
Shared electric mopeds (e-mopeds) are one of San Francisco’s newest types of shared vehicle services. To regulate and facilitate this new transportation option for the benefit of the city, the SFMTA has worked with Scoot Networks, the city’s primary provider of shared e-mopeds, to better understand its needs and impacts. In August 2015, the SFMTA […]
Alamo Square Meeting, Monday, June 19, 2017
Alamo Square General Meeting Monday, June 19, 2017 7 p.m. at 1660 McAllister St. (near Divisadero) Join us for our next Alamo Square General Meeting. Hope to see you there! On the agenda: – Return of the Alamo Square Flea Market this Fall! We are not yet accepting vendor applications. Stay tuned! – Rec and […]
Alamo Square Park Restoration Status
Alamo Square Park was closed for approximately one year in order for the City’s Department of Park and Recreation to undertake various underground and above ground repairs, renovations, and improvements. The Alamo Square Board of Directors saw this closure as an opportunity to plant additional trees to make the park more environmentally friendly, to improve […]
Wiggle under construction this summer
Construction on the Wiggle Neighborhood Green Corridor Project is beginning this summer! Construction will start with the traffic diverter at Fell and Scott, and will eventually include new curb ramps, pedestrian bulbouts, landscaping, raised crosswalks, and permeable paving along the Wiggle bicycle path. Construction will occur between summer and winter 2017, Monday-Friday between 7 am and […]
Ford GoBike bike share coming to the neighborhood
Bay Area Bike Share is expanding, funded by sponsor Ford Motor Company, and the system is being re-named Ford GoBike. The seven-year agreement was announced in September 2016. From 2017-2018, bike share in San Francisco will grow from 328 to 4,500 bicycles, thanks to the fiscal sponsorship. In our neighborhood, many bike share stations are on the […]
Help us put the finishing touches on Alamo Square
After a very long year, Alamo Square Park is once again open to the public! As you will discover, there are many improvements: new lawns, new paths, a new restroom near the playground, and some new trees, shrubs and flowers. But there is much that remains unfinished! Our next “park greening” will be on Saturday, […]