Portfolio 2018

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John Dennis ASLA, LEED AP
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Landscape Architect
Education:
Master of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Registration:
Licensed Landscape Architect, State of California
LEED accredited professional
American Society of Landscape Architects
Professional Summary:
Experience working in the field of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design for over 20 years of
which over 14 years has been dedicated to public projects in San Francisco. Experience working at
many of the finest Landscape Architecture firms in the Bay Area including Peter Walker and
Partners, EDAW and the SWA Group. Prior to becoming a Landscape Architect, owned and
managed private landscape design and construction company. Fourteen years ago, joined the San
Francisco Department of Public Works’Landscape Architecture Section as a designer and project
lead for many large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects.

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Golden Gate Park Carrousel Project | San
Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project lead, schematic design, design development,
construction documents, construction support
Project Information:
In 2002, the Recreation and Park Commission approved a
conceptual master plan for the Golden Gate Park Children’s
Playground (Koret Children’s Quarter). The playground
renovation was the initial phase of this project, completed
in 2007. An additional community meeting was held
on December 10, 2008, to re-affirm this carrousel plaza
renovation as identified in the approved master plan. RPD
secured Proposition 40 State Grant Funds for this renovation.
The State of California approved the reallocation of these
funds for this project in the Spring of 2010.

Golden Gate Music Concourse | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project lead, schematic design, design development, construction drawings, construction support
The new, highly modern museums surrounding the Music Concourse gave extra impetus to the need to preserve the
historic character of the Concourse. The $9 million rehabilitation project preserved the historic bosque of pollarded trees in
the Concourse bowl, repaved all surfaces replanted turf and shrub areas, and added new benches and other site furnishings.
Missing trees were replaced to fill out the bosque, one of the defining features of the site.
The project was a collaboration of consultant landscape architects and city landscape architects, who worked as a team on
the master plan, construction document, and construction phases of the project and were responsible for securing project
approvals from the San Francisco Arts Commission Civic Design Review and the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board.

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Golden Gate Park Lakes Restoration | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project management
Golden Gate Park’s lakes are an important element of the park’s historic designed landscape. Built between 1882 and 1935, the
lakes suffered from deteriorated water quality and accumulations of sediment. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
together with the SF Department of Public Works and Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey restored three of the largest lakes and their
adjacent landscapes. North Lake, part of the park’s Chain-of-Lakes has had a major $3 million reconstruction with new clay liners,
reconstructed edges, and water quality improvements. Stow Lake improvements, included reconstructed edges, and water quality
improvements totaling $1.5 million, and Spreckels Lake improvements included a repair of it’s concrete liner and water quality
improvements.

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Heron’s Head Park | The Port of San Francisco
Cargo Way and Jennings Street, San Francisco, CA
Role: Project lead, schematic design, design development, construction
drawings , construction support
In 2006, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Blue-Greenway Task Force identified
Heron’s Head Park, a 24 acre peninsular open space that provides vital
habitat for birds and aquatic life, as one of the sites that would provide
improved access to the City’s shoreline in the Southern Waterfront. The
Port of San Francisco developed a strategy to redesign the park entrance
as a gateway to the park’s off -the-grid Eco Center and wildlife habitat.
Led by DPW, the Heron’s Head Park Improvements Project, in keeping
with the environmental focus of the existing park, features numerous
sustainable site improvements such as native coastal plants, solar
powered light fixtures, composting toilets, and bioswales capturing
parking lot runoff. The final project better connects the surrounding
neighborhoods to the San Francisco Bay. The improvements to Heron’s
Head Park have made this Blue-Greenway connector an accessible and
sustainable open space that introduces visitors to the rich wildlife of the
San Francisco Bay while ensuring precious habitat is conserved.

John McLaren Rhododenron Dell | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
The Rhododendron Dell is a 20 acre site, located in the heart of Golden Gate Park along Kennedy Drive near the Music Concourse. It
was designed to honor John McLaren, the father of Golden Gate Park, with over 850 varieties of his favorite flower. The area includes
a pathway system by which a visitor can view the collection. The site was severely damaged in 1995 when a strong windstorm
uprooted hundreds of mature trees that protected the plants from the sun. This resulted in the loss of many rhododendrons. The
current pathway system was not accessible and the poor draining system had resulted in problems with erosion.
The scope of this project includes re-grading the pathway to meet ADA standards, installing paving, and providing a new drainage
system with infiltration wells which handle all stormwater runoff on-site. Improvements will also address the irrigation system as
well as plantings and site furnishings. A curving seatwall constructed of historic monastery stones marks the entrance and the his-
toric rhododendron plantings have been restored. s for the adjacent property; Fencing and gated entrance; and Sidewalk bulb-out
with street furnishings.

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Mansell Streetscape Improvement Project | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Bisecting John McLaren Park, Mansell Street provides an important east-west corridor connecting Visitacion Valley to Sunnyside and
the 280 Freeway. The previous condition of the road is unfriendly for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists - with a lack of pedestrian
paths and bike lanes, and fast traffic on aging pavement. The Mansell Streetscape Improvement project, based off priorities of the
community and the city, will greatly improve the connectivity, safety, and natural integration of the street to the park, without
compromising the role of the corridor.

Lombard Reservoir | San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
San Francisco, CA
Role: Schematic design, design development, construction drawings, construction support
The SFPUC allows public use of the site as two public parks overseen by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department; Alice
Marble Tennis Courts and George Sterling Park. In addition to the replacement of the reservoir itself, both parks received upgrades
that were the major responsibly of the Landscape Architects. Upgrades included: Four tennis courts, one tennis half-court, one
basketball court, site grading and drainage, design and construction of stone-faced retaining walls, railing, paving, fencing, site
furnishings, erosion control, planting and irrigation. The“winter garden”provides space for the stairs, elevator and horizontal
circulation in an“invisible”glass circulation link so as to minimally interfere with the existing historic 10th Avenue building facade.

Randall Junior Museum | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project management, construction drawings, construction support
In 2003, the museum dedicated its Outdoor Learning Environment. The Department of Public Works was responsible for
planning design and construction phases of this Outdoor Learning Environment as well as accessibility improvements, parking
lot improvements, design of a new entry gate, new Art Patio, new Learning Gardens and Native Plant Garden. At its opening on
April 26th, 2003, Mayor Willie Brown dedicated the new $2.3 million Outdoor Learning Environment, and declared it‘a triumph of
architecture, landscaping, and public/private financing’. The project was made possible by combining funds from the Proposition A
Bond, passed in 2000, Prop C (the Open Space Fund) and private funds secured by Randall Museum Friends.

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17th and Folsom Park | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project lead, schematic design, design development, construction drawings
Planning for the park began with the adoption of the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Area Plan in 2008. In the Plan, the site
was identified as a Public land, appropriate for park use, open space or public right of way. In 2009, RPD launched a public planning
process for the new park. Partnering with the Mission based community advocacy group PODER, a series of large community
meetings and small targeted stakeholder meetings were held to develop a concept plan. In March of 2010 RPD applied for a
development grant from the State and in 2010 RPD was awarded a grant in the amount $2,700,000 under the CA Community
Revitalization Program.
The central feature of the park will be a large, open lawn area which may be used for leisure recreation or as a gathering space for
community or permitted events. A multi- level plaza will front the lawn, and may serve as a stage area for theatrical or musical
performances. A shade structure with an arc of seats and tables beneath will provide picnic space or may be used as an outdoor
classroom.

Sue Bierman Park Improvements | San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Schematic design, design development, construction drawings
With stunning views of the Embarcadero, Ferry Building and the Bay, Sue Bierman Park, located between The Embarcadero and
Davis Street and Clay and Washington streets, is an idyllic spot for residents and visitors alike to enjoy the beauty of San Francisco.
The park is also home to the city’s famous Parrots of Telegraph Hill. The 5.3 acres of land previously served as on ramps and off
ramps for the Embarcadero freeway. Demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway took place in 1991. Although the areas below the
freeway ramps were landscaped, they didn’t serve recreational and park purposes. Rather, the parcels were dedicated to highway
use with the landscape oriented to mitigating environmental and visual effects of the off-ramps.
The park design includes newly added lighting, landscaping and irrigation and includes a relocation and restoration of the Korean
Monument and demolition of a derelict pedestrian overpass. The ground’s bumpy topography was smoothed out and 70 new trees
were planted. The park’s namesake, Sue Bierman, was a former member of the Board of Supervisors, a planning commissioner and
an activist in her Haight-Ashbury neighborhood who died in a car crash in 2006.“This is the most expensive piece of property in San
Francisco,”said Mark Buell, president of San Francisco’s Parks Commission.“The idea we would be able to purchase it and develop it
for open space speaks to the value systems we have in the city.”

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24th and York Playground |
San Francisco Recreation & Park
San Francisco, CA
Role: Construction support
The revitalization of the park started with a grass roots effort of
community activists matched with public dollars by the client,
the SF Recreation and Park Department. The landscape architect
provided vision in leading the design process, walking hand and
hand with both the City of SF and community activists. Multi-
lingual workshops cultivated the concept of the community for a
Latin themed park rich with culture, history, flavor and color of the
Mission district. The community process was just as important as
the built project as a sense of ownership and pride have evoked
watchful eyes on the park, no longer locked behind private doors,
always open to the public.

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19th Ave Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project lead, project management, schematic design, design development, construction drawings, construction support
The 19th Avenue Median Improvements Project will implement a recommended element of the 19th Avenue Park Presidio
Neighborhood Transportation Plan. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) has developed and is working
to implement the Plan in conjunction with partner agencies, including San Francisco Department of Public Works (SFDPW) and
the community. This complex corridor, serving both as California State Route 1 and as a local urban arterial with multiple types of
adjoining land uses, must accommodate bus transit, auto traffic, and non-motorized travel.
The proposed 19th Avenue Median Improvement Project area stretches 15 blocks from Lincoln Way to Wawona Street. With no
changes to the existing curb, the project will remove existing concrete paving within the 5’median, full length as possible, amend
soil and plant drought tolerant plants meeting Caltrans Design Manual guidelines.

Balboa Streetscape Improvement Project |
Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Role: Schematic design, design development
Located in the Outer Richmond district, the site of the Balboa Streetscape Improvement Project extends from 34th to 39th Avenue.
Balboa Street serves as a vital commercial corridor for the surrounding residential neighborhood and supports diverse local
businesses. This results in intense local use of the streets by all modes of transportation. The renovation will provide a safer and more
pleasant environment for pedestrians, motorists, cyclists, and transit riders to enjoy these neighborhood amenities.

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Belden Place Improvements | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Role: Urban design project for SF Planning Department, schematic design, design development, construction drawings,
construction support
Belden Place itself is a one-lane, one block long street running south from Pine Street to Bush Street, parallel to and in between
Montgomery and Kearny streets, immediately under the Bank of America tower. It is roughly between Chinatown and the Financial
District. Locally the street is sometimes called Belden Lane, Belden Alley, or Belden Street. The surrounding neighborhood, which
includes adjacent alleys and several blocks of Bush Street, is sometimes, though not universally, referred to as San Francisco’s French
Quarter for its historic ties to early French immigrants, and its popular contemporary French restaurants and institutions.
In 1990, restaurateurs Olivier Azancot and Eric Klein opened Cafe Bastille, the mainstay that set the modern tone for the area.
Other notable restaurants in the alley itself include Sam’s Grill, Cafe Bastille, Cafe Tiramisu, Plouf, B44, Belden Taverna, and Brindisi
Cucina di Mare. Nearby are the Alliance Française, the French consulate, and the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church (where mass is
still celebrated in French) and an affiliated elementary school. The cafes, hotels and restaurants of the area have a distinct joie de
vivre befitting the neighborhood’s heritage. No other neighborhood in San Francisco has a comparable street dining scene. The
street was transformed by Department of Public Works Landscape Architects to be a shared street closed during the afternoon and
evening to vehicular traffic and filled for lunch and dinner with portable chairs, tables, umbrellas, and outdoor heaters. At night the
lively street is lit with candles, lights strung overhead, and light spilling out from the restaurant interiors. Every year, the area is the
site of a boisterous Bastille Day celebration, the nation’s largest.

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Bartlett Streetscape Improvement Project |
San Francisco, CA
The Bartlett Streetscape Improvement Project, situated on
Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd Street, seeks to provide
a community space for health fairs, events, and markets. The
initiative originated from the Mission District Streetscape Plan, a
community‐based plan developed by the San Francisco Planning
Department in collaboration with other City agencies. The
revitalization of Bartlett Street as a“Complete Street”will serve to
be a gathering space for families, local artists, and merchants.

Better Market Street
San Francisco, CA
Role: Planning & conceptual design,
schematic design, construction
documents, construction support

Market Street is San Francisco’s civic backbone, connecting water to hills, businesses to neighborhoods, cultural
centers to recreational opportunities. The movement of people and goods has dominated its design and use from
history to the present.
A renewed Market Street will anchor neighborhoods, link public open spaces and connect the city’s Civic Center
with cultural, social, convention, tourism, and retail destinations, as well as with the regional transit hub that will be
centered at the planned Transbay Terminal. The vision is to create Market Street as a place to stop and spend time,
meet friends, watch people while sitting in a café, or just stroll and take in the scene.
Market Street can and should be a great place. To realize this goal, five key city agencies, together with community
partners, are initiating an effort to improve and enhance this public realm. A big part of this process includes
participation and feedback from the public in order to redesign Market Street as a more pedestrian, bicycle and
transit-oriented street. Improvements will provide a safe, universally accessible, sustainable and enjoyable place that
attracts more people on foot, bicycle and public transit to local shops, neighborhoods and area attractions.
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Broadway Streetscape Project Phases I, II, III, IV
| Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project management and Project lead, schematic design, design
development, construction drawings, construction support
The Broadway Streetscape Project is a series of four phases of street
improvements on Broadway Street. Phases I and II of the Broadway
Streetscape Improvement project, completed in 2005 and 2008,
provided resurfacing and transit and pedestrian improvements to
two segments of Broadway. Phase III, completed in 2013, continued
the previous efforts and focused on streetscape improvements from
Kearny Street to Montgomery Street . This project will connect the
previous improvements made along the corridor. Additionally, Phase III
enhanced pavement through resurfacing efforts from Kearny Street to
Battery Street. Phase IV will provide a safer and more pleasant walking
experience, with new paving, streetlights, street trees, and street
furnishings inspired by the unique history of the neighborhood.

ection South of Market Street Intersection
18’ 24.5’
SIDEWALK NORTHBOUND
WITH CURB-SIDE
BUS LOADING
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20’
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crosswalk between
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sidewalk.
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Relocated Kiosk Ginkgo TreeMuni Shelter
Historic Harvey Milk
Residence and Castro Camera
Shop Site mini-plaza.
Bike Rack Leaning Post
Pedestrian-Scale Lighting Roadway Lighting/Muni Pole
King Palm Existing Tree
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CASTRO STREET DESIGN - FINAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
18’ 24.5’
SIDEWALK NORTHBOUND
WITH CURB-SIDE
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WITH CURB-SIDE
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tow-away lane into
permanent parking
lane.
Provide new
crosswalk between
Muni stop and
sidewalk.
TODAY PROPOSED

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Castro Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Castro Street between Market and 19th Streets is one of the most well-known neighborhood commercial districts in San Francisco,
serving the needs of local residents and being the historic center of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender) community. The
project will enhance the streetscape experience with widened sidewalks, repaving, new lighting, and street trees. These improve-
ments will further elevate the neighborhood experience of an already famous city destination.
18’ 24.5’
SIDEWALK NORTHBOUND
WITH CURB-SIDE
BUS LOADING
SIDEWALK
20’
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WITH CURB-SIDE
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Recongured
crosswalks
Maintain and
demarcate
gas station
driveway
tow-away lane into
permanent parking
lane.
Provide new
crosswalk between
Muni stop and
sidewalk.
Exact placement of site furnishings including street
trees, leaning posts and bike racks will be nalized
during the detailed design phase of the project.
Jane Warner Plaza
Improvements,
details TBD
Remove 17th
Street-Only Lane
Extend Bike Lane
Mid-Block (Both Blocks)
+/-21.25 8’ 12’ 12’ +/-21.258’
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LOADING
PARKING/
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Historic Harvey Milk
Residence and Castro Camera
Shop Site mini-plaza.
Pedestrian-Scale Lighting Roadway Lighting/Muni Pole
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Cesar Chavez Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
The Cesar Chavez Streetscape improvement project was designed to ensure that a safe, gracious, inviting, and ecologically
sustainable Cesar Chavez Street emerges as a focal point for one of San Francisco’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Building off the
sewer replacement work being conducted by the SFPUC, Cesar Chavez Street will be reconstructed to align with the community
developed vision for the entire corridor. The goals were to improve both pedestrian and bicyclist safety, enhance greening, promote
natural ecology, and to make the street work better for all users. The project included widening of the existing median to allow for
many more street trees and landscaping, provide left turn pockets for turning vehicles, widen the sidewalk at the corners, install
stormwater planters that will add green landscaping pockets and provide for stormwater management, and upgrade the street
lighting along the corridor to LED, which will provide a brighter, whiter light while reducing energy consumption. LID features such as
pervious concrete paving and bioretention planters integrated into bulbouts will also be part of the street design. This design strategy
fuses infrastructure with urban design, allowing the streetscape to become part of the solution to drainage problems while also
contributing to the quality of the public realm.

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Divisadero Streetscape Improvement Project |
San Francisco, CA
Role: Schematic design, design development, construction drawings,
Divisadero Streetscape Improvements Project is located on Divisadero Street from
Haight Street to Geary Boulevard. Divisadero is a highly traveled roadway that
connects people to neighborhoods. The improvements include new bus bulb-outs,
widened median with trees, landscaping and irrigation, lighting fixture upgrades,
new street trees, site furnishings, and street resurfacing. These new elements will
help promote economic vitality by making the neighborhood more attractive for
people that visit and frequent the restaurants and retail establishments along this
corridor. With these improvements, community members are more likely to stay
and enjoy sites and destinations Divisadero Street has to offer.

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Church & Duboce Trackway Replacement Project | Municipal Transportation Agency
San Francisco, CA
Church and Duboce is the first intersection north of Market Street and Church Street. The intersection holds a confluence of
transportation modes: traffic coming from Market Street, a Muni transit hub, and a vital segment of the city’s bicycle network;
and once experienced delays in transit service, traffic congestion, and danger to cyclists and pedestrians. The Streetscape
Improvement project seeks to alleviate these issues and provide a safe and beautiful community transit hub.
This multimodal transit renovation required the collaborative efforts of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission,
Department of Public Works, City Planning Department, San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Municipal
Transportation Agency, in addition to local community organizations. This effort helped to set the precedence of future
department collaboration processes and coordination in implementing the City’s Better Streets plan.

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22 ft.
Two-Way Roadway
(Bikes,Autos,& OtherVehicles)
TYPICAL STREET SECTION - LOOKING WEST FROM JONES STREET
JEFFERSON STREET PROPOSED DESIGN
15 ft.
South Sidewalk
15 ft.
North Sidewalk
15 ft.(varies)
Extension Zone
(Cafe Seating,Business Access,Public Seating,etc.)
The Port of San Francisco | Jefferson Street
San Francisco, CA
Role: Schematic design, design development, construction drawings
The Jefferson Streetscape improvement project aims to improve the vibrancy and travel within Fisherman’s Wharf, one of the
city’s major tourist destinations. Jefferson Street has been converted from a one-way to a two-way route, promoting multimodal
sharing of the street and creates a safer street that adds to the aesthetic qualities and history of this landmark neighborhood.
The project includes the installation of a narrowed geometrically patterned street along the two-block esplanade, widened
sidewalks, pedestrian scale street lights, bike parking, and the conversion of a one-way-street to two-way. New landscaping,
street trees, and public seating further energize the public realm. The project helps to solidify the San Francisco Bays, one of the
world’s most beautiful ports. Most importantly, given its location as a core destination for San Francisco’s tourist industry and
being central to the 2013 America’s Cup Events, the project met its ambitious goal of project completion before the opening
series of races for the America’s Cup in the summer of 2013.

Leland Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Leland Avenue is the civic and commercial heart of the Visitacion Valley neighborhood. The Leland Avenue Streetscape Improve-
ments Project includes: pedestrian lighting, new street trees and other plantings, corner bulb-outs at intersections, sidewalk paving,
crosswalk improvements, street furniture, stormwater management facilities and public art. These improvements have improved
the district’s identity and appearance, increased economic vitality, and enhanced pedestrian safety. The redesign of Leland Avenue,
the commercial center of the Visitacion Valley neighborhood, is an important link in the overall neighborhood revitalization.

Lower Polk Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
The Lower Polk Streetscape Improvements Project improved streetscape conditions on Polk Street from Sacramento Street
to O’Farrell Street. The original condition of the streetscape included sub-sidewalk basements, mixture of existing lighting
types, and various existing tree species. Through the collaborative community planning process, the Polk Street neighbors
and residents agreed that a greener, cleaner, and well-lit Polk Street would greatly contribute to overall quality of life and
aesthetic of the street.

Spofford Chinatown Living Alley
SF Public Utilities Commission
Washington to Clay Street, San Francisco, CA
Role: Design development, construction drawings,
To help the sewer system treat and manage stormwater, the San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will construct eight innovative green
infrastructure projects throughout the City in the next few years. One of
these projects is the Chinatown Green Alley project, a partnership between
the SFPUC and San Francisco Public Works. This project would feature
innovative green infrastructure technologies on Spofford Street in the
city’s historic Chinatown neighborhood. Spofford Street provides a good
opportunity to manage stormwater locally, demonstrate the use of green
infrastructure in a constrained urban environment, demonstrate lined and
underdrained bioretention, and provide improved community space for
local residents and visitors to enjoy.
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Masonic Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Role: Project management, schematic design as Landscape Architect
The Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project between Geary Boulevard to the north and Fell Street to the south will provide
improvements for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders. The goal of this project is to safely and efficiently accommodate
the needs of all roadway users. The improvements that are proposed are the result a planning process that involved DPW, the Planning
Department, MTA, and Masonic Avenue residents and businesses.
Project improvements include a new landscaped median, new cycle tracks, widening portions of sidewalk, repaving the street,
installing bus bulb-outs, planting new street trees and sidewalk planters, installing new lighting in medians and new pedestrian scale
lighting on sidewalks, and converting a triangular space and road on the southwest corner of Geary Blvd. and Masonic Ave. into a small
park and resident traffic only road, including a public art element.

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Valencia Street Corridor | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
A Renewed Valencia Streetscape between 15th and 19th Streets provides sidewalk improvements on both the east and west
sides of Valencia Street. Improvements include: removal of the striped center median, better spaced and more accommodating
curbside loading zones for trucks, improved traffic/parking and bicycle lane alignment, sidewalk widening, bulb-outs,
pedestrian scale lighting, and art.

Third Street Rail Project | Municipal Transportation Agency
San Francisco, CA
Role: Design development, construction drawings, construction support
During the last half of the 19th century, streetcars traveled up and down“Tree Street”, shuttling riders between downtown and points
along the Bayshore corridor, which helped spur development of the Bayshore Boulevard communities that exist today. Decades later,
Muni, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Transportation Authority launched the Third Street Light Rail Project
to reestablish rail service along this corridor.
The project scope consisted of the design and construction of 28 high level boarding platforms and four substations, canopies,
track ways, paving, sidewalk treatment, trees, street lighting, and other elements of urban design and art work enhancement. This
completion of this project provides a safe and environment for public transit passengers.

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Van Ness Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Van Ness Avenue improvements have brought the Civic Center area to life, from Market to McAllister Streets. Together with raised
planters of blooming shrubs and new street trees, accented by decorative paving and ornamental metal rails—Van Ness Avenue
Enhancement Project has enhanced the grand historic character of this important district.
DPW worked with a multitude of City arts organizations along Van Ness to minimize the impact of construction on their activities—
from the War Memorial and Veterans Building, to the San Francisco Ballet, Opera, Symphony and Conservatory of Music, as well as City
Arts and Lectures. Coordinating with other DPW Bureaus, the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping installed consolidated newspaper
racks in two new locations along Van Ness in the Summer of 2007, reducing the amount of sidewalk clutter and adding to the aesthetic
improvements.

Embarcadero Boulevard Project | The Port of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Role: Construction drawings, construction support
Cut off from the City by the Embarcadero Freeway, the Embarcadero was long perceived as a derelict waterfront with unused
warehouses, abandoned freight rail lines, and few pedestrians. The waterfront has been transformed into a multi-modal transit
corridor invigorated by people and public amenities. DPW landscape architects were responsible for the urban design elements
along the Embarcadero corridor, including the historic type light fixtures, cobblestone and concrete paving, special ADA
crosswalks, and the majestic Canary Island Date Palms that now define the waterfront’s streetscape.

San Francisco Better Streets Plan | SF Planning Department
San Francisco, CA
In December 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Board of Supervisors adopted the Better Streets Plan, including streetscape policies
and guidelines to guide the design of new street improvement projects and streetscape requirements for new development. The
Better Streets Plan creates a unified set of standards, guidelines, and implementation strategies to govern how the City designs,
builds, and maintains its pedestrian environment. The Better Streets Plan process brings together staff of multiple City agencies to
comprehensively plan for streets. The Plan seeks to balance the needs of all street users, with a particular focus on the pedestrian
environment and how streets can be used as public space. The Plan reflects the understanding that the pedestrian environment is
about much more than just transportation – that streets serve a multitude of social, recreational and ecological needs that must be
considered when deciding on the most appropriate design. The Better Streets Plan carries out the intent of San Francisco’s Better
Streets Policy, adopted by the Board of Supervisors on February 6, 2006.

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Blue Greenway Design Guidelines| The Port of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
In September 2010, the San Francisco Port, in collaboration with the Department of Public Works published a first draft of the Blue
Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines. That report proposed site furnishing concepts for the Blue Greenway system. It also
presented open space program uses for Port Blue Greenway sites. The Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines were updated
in May 2011 incorporating refinements in response to public comments received, and presents the following elements: Open Space
Program Uses for Port Blue Greenway sites, Blue Greenway Linking and Connector Streets Design Criteria for the Blue Greenway
Signage and Identity System, Site Furnishing Concepts for the Blue Greenway System and Funding Priorities for Port Blue Greenway
Projects. The Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines present the full program of proposed improvements and implementation
strategies to improve the look, feel and coherence of the Blue Greenway open space system.

Ohlone Natural and Cultural History Greenway Project | Pro-bono
Berkeley, CA
Created by volunteers in 1999 as one of the 100 Parks for 100 years anniversary celebration for the American Society of Landscape
Architects, the Ohlone Greenway Natural and Cultural History Interpretative Exhibit begins near the intersection of Hopkins and Peralta
Streets in Berkeley. Close to this intersection are three City of Berkeley Community Gardens – the Karl Linn, Peralta, and Northside. The
public is welcome to enjoy the gardens when they are open, usually on weekends. Just outside the Peralta Garden is the beginning of
the history exhibits, an adobe gateway posted with the Spanish history of the area. Walking north, you will see the efforts of California
Habitat Indigenous Activists to transform the borders of the path into the original native Coastal Prairie. These volunteers collect and
plant seeds to create a beautiful native landscape. A bit further on, notice the cow sculptures together with tractor seats, a testament
to the area’s agricultural era. Some of the artwork, done here by contemporary artists, was inspired by the Ohlone Tribe, who were
believed to be Berkeley’s first inhabitants. Note the long mural, from Elk Tracks to BART Tracks, a colorful display of the area’s modes of
transport from pre-history onwards. This one-block section of the Ohlone Greenway, together with the adjacent community gardens, is
a beautiful public space created by many volunteers over the last six years, with funding from the City of Berkeley and BART.

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The Falls National AIDS Memorial Grove | Pro-bono
San Francisco, CA
In the early 20th century, the De Laveaga Dell was a vibrant part of the still very young Golden Gate Park, replete with three
waterfalls cascading into the creek at its western boundary. In an effort to conserve during California’s cyclical droughts,
unsustainable water features throughout San Francisco’s parks were eliminated. In 2011, the National AIDS Memorial Grove set
the goal for restoring the last remaining waterfall and the adjoining Dry Creek. The reintroduction of water, utilizing state-of-the-
art recycling and conservation technology, will improve the natural landscape, restore wildlife habitat and promote a sense of
peace and healing in the Memorial. A new community effort, led by the family, friends and colleagues of Frances McCormick, in
collaboration with the Grove, is seeking to realize this goal.
For nearly 18 years, Frances McCormick served as a mechanical engineer with the City and County of San Francisco, specializing
in the improvement of public water systems. Her tenure with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Department
of Public Works was devoted to designing water treatment, distribution, conservation and restoration projects. On April 25,
2010, Frances passed away while scuba diving in the waters of Monterey Bay, one of her many passions. In their grieving,
Frances’wife and daughter, Lisa and Isabel Cohn, visited the Grove in search of a place to remember Frances and to heal. The
desired restoration of the waterfall was recognized as a perfect tribute to Frances – reflecting the spirit of her life’s work and her
dedication to giving back to the community.

Lecturer - LA 112, Horticulture, Plant Identification, and Planting Design |
University of California, Berkeley - College of Environmental Design
Berkeley, CA
Background: In the Spring of 2008 I was invited to teach a course at UC Berkeley in horticulture, plant
identification and planting design. Over the course of the 12 week semester, I led field trips with co-instructor
Andreas Stravropoulos to over 20 sites in Bay Area to look at species in botanical gardens, museums, and other
areas of cultural significance. We also invited guest lecturers, like renowned plant pathologist John Rabbe to
come and speak to the class. Many students report that the Plant ID class is one of their favorite classes in the
Landscape Architecture program, and that is tremendously satisfying.
Scope: Landscape Plants: Identification and Use Course Format: Two hours of lecture and six hours of fieldwork
per week. This course is an introduction to the identification and recognition, as well as design applications
and uses, of plants in the landscape. Through lectures, assignments, and fieldwork, the course provides class
participants with an appreciation of the importance of vertical vegetation as a design element. The course
introduces students to a broad range of plant materials for use in the designed landscape. Emphasis is on plant
identification, culture and design applications, backed by instruction in basic horticultural topics. Students learn
to recognize and identify well over 200 plant species common to the Bay Area, focusing on woody plant materials,
including trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers. LA112 is essentially a field study course, so most class and lab
time will take place outdoors. Field trips will include walks throughout the Berkeley and Clark Kerr campuses,
Blake Garden, UC Botanical Garden, Tilden Regional Park’s Botanic Garden, as well as various other local sites.

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Streetmix Street Design Game | Department of Public Works
San Francisco, CA
Background: In 2006, the Department of Public Work’s Landscape Architecture Section was asked to work with community
stakeholders on a streetscape redesign for Valencia Street in San Francisco. The project had, up until then, been led by
the Department of Parking and Traffic who had run into a stalemate regarding the streetscape design. After meeting with
stakeholders to assess the problem, it became clear that the stakeholder’s desires simply did not fit within the confines of the
street, but they were having a difficult time understanding that. I devised a game that would allow community participants to
design their own ideal street section using scaled‘game pieces’showing features such as travel lanes, street trees, bike facilities,
parking, street lights and transit facilities. The game was very successful and we quickly came to consensus on a street design that
fit within the streets right of way. This design game was so successful that we used it on other streetscape projects on Masonic
Avenue and on Second Street where stakeholders identified a list of wants that would be difficult to fit within existing rights-of-
way
Streetmix: In the Fall of 2012, Lou Huang attended our community meeting for the initiative to redesign Second Street in San
Francisco. Huang, an urban designer, thought the exercise would make for a great website. And began working on the project
at a‘hackathon’with colleagues at Code for America, culminating with a website: Streetmix.com. The principle behind Streetmix
is simple: it brings drag-and-drop functionality to a basic street design template. Users select a road width and add or remove
everything from light rail to wayfinding signs, adjusting the size of each feature meet their specifications. The latest version of
Streetmix, which has new features and a slicker design, launched in 2013. In that short time, advocates have used the website
to illustrate possibilities for Dexter Avenue in Seattle and
Route 35 on the Jersey Shore. Streetmix has profiled how
people from Vancouver to Cleveland use the website.
Residents of Sioux Center, Iowa, even used Streetmix
illustrations in their campaign to stop the state DOT’s road
widening plan in their town.

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