Today the city officially reopened Lincoln Park Playground at Clement Street and 33rd Avenue. The playground was completely remodeled and includes all new play structures, seat walls, picnic tables, a restored lawn, swings and more.
On hand for the celebration were members of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, including Commission President Mark Buell and General Manager Phil Ginsburg, who kicked off the ceremony after a musical performance from the kids of ABC Preschool. The school will benefit greatly from the new park – they’re located just up the street on 33rd Avenue.
Richmond District Supervisor Eric Mar also attended and welcomed the neighborhood to the new park, after sharing his memory of coming to a dilapidated Lincoln playground when his daughter, Jade, was a toddler. He congratulated the Rec & Park Department, along with neighbors and the Friends of Lincoln Park, for their hard work on the project, noting that the playground’s grade went from a failing one to top of the class with the remodel.
The ribbon cutting was performed by the park’s best customers – the kids. Several of them were handed scissors and gleefully counted down to the big moment.
Just to make sure that the playground was ready for prime time, Supervisor Mar and Phil Ginsburg took their own runs down the big slide and rode the rotating rope tree, which was also a huge hit with the kids. Cries of “faster, faster!” were heard all afternoon.
CBS5 / KPIX news was also there to cover the event.
Congratulations to the city and the Friends of Lincoln Park for the reopening of the park. Just another reason why the Richmond District is such a great place to live.
Sarah B.
A couple hundred kids and adults showed up for the reopening event
The view from the top of the slide
Supervisor Mar meets some of his younger constituents
Artist Aileen Barr shows the tiles she has designed for the Lincoln Stairs renovation project,
with the first phase to begin this summer.
The “rotating Christmas tree” as Supervisor Mar called it. A big hit with the kids.
Supervisor Mar and Rec & Park Commission President Mark Buell pose with the green frog mascot
3, 2, 1 – get ready to cut the ribbon!
An example of the new landscaping at the playground
One boy works his way up the climbing wall
Casper the friendly dog watches from the sidelines
here’s the CBS 5 news bit too http://cbs5.com/video/?id=64408@kpix.dayport.com
whoops I was thinking KPIX was NBC or something!
thanks for the extra video too that’s great! my kids are glad to be in your video cause they didn’t make the CBS5 cut
Nice to have our neighborhood upgraded! I know this stuff is a ton of work and it takes years to do. A great gift to our children!
O no! There is a dog there! Someone call the police quick!