Groundbreaking ceremony for San Francisco’s upcoming waterfront park was held this week at 900 Innes Avenue in Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the redevelopment of a discontinued boatyard into a waterfront park.
The project site is a parcel spanning an area of ten acres. The project transforms the boatyard into a waterfront park creating 64 acres of open space along the far southeast corner. India Basin Waterfront Park will transform a neglected shoreline into a modern, world class park. The waterfront park will feature walkways, gardens and wildlife habitats.
The cost of developing the park is estimated at $140 million, which is more than any other park project in the city’s history.
India Basin Waterfront Park Aerial View via SF Recreation and Park Department
India Basin Waterfront Park will connect the two parks that border it: India Basin Shoreline Park and India Basin Open Space. A bike and pedestrian path will eventually stretch from the Embarcadero to Candlestick Point. The park will feature gathering docks, lighted paths and walkways, a plaza for public events and farmers’ markets, and an ecological education area where visitors can observe tidal mudflat habitats and native birds through small paths, decks, and viewing platforms.
Construction of the park is the second phase of the project. The first phase was an 18-month cleanup and remediation of the area.
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Great to make parks in the city. Hopefully MUNI will have convenient stops for non locals to get easy access.