Zero Waste at Madrone
Dear Residents,
Thank you all for being attentive about recycling and participating in an effort to reach zero-waste within our community.
As a refresher, below are some handy tips:
Thank you all!
Manager’s Messages
2020 Winter Lights Around The Bay
Lift your spirits with dazzling lights as The Bay Area shines for the holidays!
Winter is coming. The holidays are just around the corner and we all could use a little extra holiday cheer to lift our spirits and start looking forward to the new year (and the end of 2020).
While big tree lighting events and holiday festivals are mostly cancelled for this year or have gone virtual, you can still find plenty of twinkling holiday lights around The Bay to help you get into the holiday spirit.
Westfield Centre’s Upside Down 50-ft Crystal Tree
Nov. 18 – Dec. 31, 2020
Westfield Centre, 865 Market St., Level 4 Under the Dome, SF
FREE
San Francisco’s famous Inverted Christmas Tree, the 50-foot chandelier-like tree, covered in crystals, is back for the holidays under the iconic Emporium Dome.
Ghirardelli Square’s Winter Wonderland & Christmas Tree Stroll
Winter Wonderland Holiday Market: Friday, November 27, 2020 | 12 – 6 pm
Christmas Tree Stroll: November 27 through the holiday season
Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
FREE
New for 2020 – Pickup some gifts at the festive holiday market, and then take a self-guided Christmas Tree Stroll to see beautiful trees decorated by the talented students at the Academy of Art, up throughout the holiday season. *Please note, we haven’t confirmed if they’ll be lit, but what kind of Christmas tree doesn’t have lights? The square will also be decked out in holiday lights, starting on 11/27.
Ghirardelli Square’s Iconic Sign Lights Up
New for 2020 – The iconic 19-foot-tall, 152-foot-wide “Ghirardelli Square” sign recently returned to the square after a refresh with newly installed LED lighting that will allow for special colors whenever needed for the holidays or for special events or honors. We hope this means the sign will illuminate red and green for Christmas, and blue and white for Hanukkah.
Golden Gate Park’s “Entwined” Lighted Forest
December 10, 2020 to February 28, 2021 | Sundown to 10pm
Possible extension to June 1, 2021
Peacock Meadow (between McLaren Lodge & Conservatory of Flowers)
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
FREE
New for 2020 – A whimsical wonderland of 20-foot tall lighted trees will shine to honor the park’s 150th anniversary. It’s an immersive light experience where visitors can explore paths and sit under a grove of entwined sculptural trees while practicing social distancing.
San Francisco’s Brand New 20-Ft. “Star” Light Sculpture
Week of December 6-12, 2020 – January 31, 2021
The Exchange on Sixteenth (SoMA)
1800 Owens St., San Francisco, CA
FREE
New for 2020 – The Kilroy Star’s 30,000 sparkling LED lights will illuminate the SF skyline and can be seen from miles away. The dazzling lights will configured to oscillate in various rhythms and patterns.
Virtual Mission Bay CAC - 11/12/20
Dear Residents,
The Mission Bay Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure is holding a virtual Mission Bay Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Please find below, the instructions for attending the virtual meeting, the agenda items on page 2, and a land use map for reference on page 3. The highlighted portions of page 1 include links to access the meeting.
Meeting materials will be available for download on the day of the meeting at https://sfocii.org/mission-bay<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/K8ZICER12gIWXPAwfNUxwj>.
Thrive City Farmers' Market
Dear Residents,
Farmers’ Market is open year round at CHASE Center. Every Friday!
1 Warriors Way San Francisco CA94158
China Basin Neighborhood Notice
Dear Residents,
Please see below the China Basin Street Neighborhood Notice including the latest community updates and information on construction activities.
Keep safe & healthy!
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE
37th and Ortega (SF) | 37th Ave and Ortega St, San Francisco, CA Sunset District San Francisco
Every Sunday at 9 am – 3 pm
37th Avenue at Ortega, SF
The Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile is a weekly market featuring farmers, ranchers, food artisans and vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. OSFMM is proudly presented by Sunset Mercantile in collaboration with District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and People of Parkside Sunset.
Our open-air market will launch with a thoughtful and comprehensive COVID-19 safety plan. The plan will include guidelines, protocols, and a modified program of activities that will evolve along with this situation but will reflect at all times the goal of helping to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the community, vendors, and staff.
Final Day of 12 Foot Social Distance “Suns” at Yerba Buena Gardens
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – All Day | Cost: FREE
Yerba Buena Gardens | Mission St. & 3rd St., San Francisco, CA
The expansive lawns of Yerba Buena Gardens, located in the cultural heart of downtown San Francisco, will showcase colorful social distancing spheres by local artists beginning Friday, September 25, 2020 with the bold, enveloping “Infinite Center, infinite sun” by Tosha Stimage.
“Infinite Sun” Lawn Art & Social Distancing Circles
September 25-October 25, 2020
Yerba Buena Gardens
But note that the art will slowly fade away
- Next art installation begins Friday, November 13th
Stimage’s images are the first in a series of installations of the Lawn Art Project by the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, the nonprofit organization that oversees operations of Yerba Buena Gardens. The two debut installations are curated by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) and supported by a grant from the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, with artist fees co-supported by YBCA.
Subsequent installations will involve a diverse collection of artists, shapes and eclectic designs. Stimage’s installation will be in the Gardens through Sunday, October 25, and will slowly fade with the natural growth of the grass to make way for the next installation.
The work of artist, designer, and architect June Grant will be on display beginning Friday, November 13.
“The Lawn Art Project highlights the vitality and strength of the Bay Area arts scene. It also encourages people to safely enjoy art outdoors, and the Gardens’ greenscape,” said Scott Rowitz, executive director of the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy. “The Conservancy is excited about exploring ways for artists and visitors to interact with art in a safe, clean, and inspiring natural environment. We feel so fortunate to have this big, beautiful lawn to use as a canvas. Tosha’s social distance-inspired designs are purposely larger so visitors can be within them, or view them as a source of inspiration.“
Nineteen of Stimage’s designs will be stenciled on the Garden’s lawn, which serves a green centerpiece adjacent to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Waterfall, YBCA, SFMOMA, METREON and the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Stimage said each pattern, which will be created with grass-safe paint, is a “12-foot explosion of color” with a repeating pattern that expands outwards from a central point, row by row, into the grassy esplanade.
“The design can be interpreted a number of ways — that’s always the intention,” said Stimage. “Seeds parachuting from a dandelion, the pull of a magnet, a star exploding, even molecules colliding. The image is just a symbol, where there ceases to be a point. It is the suggestion of infinite love radiating from each center, in a mutually shared space.”
