Goodbye Ecstasy

Enormous chain-haired woman steps down to make room for a new installation in Patricia’s Green

by Nathan Codd

Long-time resident of  Hayes Valley, Ecstasy, has left her traditional spot in Patricia’s Green to make way for a brand new centerpiece for the neighborhood park.

Russel Pritchard of Zonal said that sometime early November, Hayes Valley residents will be able to gaze up at a 23-foot laser-cut Buddhist temple lit up with different colors from the inside.

You're going to love Hayes Valley. It's way too hot in Black Rock, and you'll probably get climbed on less.

Like Ecstasy, which was part of a larger installation at the Burning Man Festival in prior years, “Future’s Past” is fresh off last year’s “burn” and has been waiting to be displayed in Pat’s Green since January when the Hayes Valley Art Coalition decided to make it their next piece.

Once settled in, visitors will be able to walk inside the steel temple and peer out through the many intricately positioned holes and patterns cut into each side.

For more info, visit Hayes Valley Art Coalition

Hayes Valley Farm gets an expiration date

Urban farmers may have to pack up as early as February

by Andrew Codd — Sept. 14, 2011 at 7:45 p.m.

From an abandoned lot, to peas, bees and popular events, the Hayes Valley Farm has made a great deal of progress over the past two years. However, the urban farming project could need to pack up and move within the next year to make room for a 5-story, 182-unit building.

Fell and Oak to get cycle tracks to increase bike safety

Fell and Oak Bikeways Community Workshop: Part one opens with discussion, education and feedback from neighbors

by Nathan Codd — Sept. 13, 2011 at 11:45 p.m.

Bicyclists in the city can look forward to separated bike paths on the notoriously dangerous Fell and Oak streets as early as Fall 2012 thanks to a new project aimed at increasing safety on the Market Street-to-Panhandle connection.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency met with the Western Addition community Sept. 13 to present and discuss a handful of potential solutions for the two critical bike and traffic arteries specifically between Scott and Baker streets.

City moves forward with a skate park in the Haight

Nine concrete slabs to arrive within days, more features to come

by Nathan Codd — Sept. 11, 2011 at 2:19 p.m.

Local skateboarders tired of trekking to Potrero Hill for a proper park could soon have a new option in the Upper Haight.

For the past four Fridays, the San Francisco Skateboarding Association and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department have hosted a makeshift skate park in an open asphalt lot on Stanyan Street at the corner of Waller on the edge of Golden Gate Park.

Route change will save Muni time and money

Revamping the 5-Fulton line and its overhead power source could save $200,000 a year

by Nathan Codd — Aug. 26, 2011 at 7:08 p.m.

Riders of the 5-Fulton will have up to three minutes shaved off their ride to downtown Aug. 27 due to a route change.