This Sunday is the second annual Richmond District Sunday Streets. From 11am until 4pm on Sunday, Arguello Boulevard from Fulton to Lake Street will be closed to car traffic. This is your chance to roam the streets with total abandon!
Along the Sunday Streets route, you’ll find tons of fun vendors and activities. Last year’s inaugural Sunday Streets was full of interesting stuff including a sighting of llamas, several live bands along the route, dance demonstrations and games for kids. It’s a great chance to come out and meet your neighbors and enjoy the streets without worrying about cars.
Also going on will be the usual Sunday Farmer’s Market on Clement from Arguello to 4th Avenue (9am – 2pm).
You can download the full list of Sunday Streets activities here or watch the video of last year’s event to see what’s in store.
Want to keep your kids or family taskmaster busy during the event? Get them started with Sunday Streets bingo, where participants visit stations along the route and share their activities on social media for a chance to win prizes. Download the bingo board here
And if you want to continue onto some good eating, jump on the free shuttle at Arguello and Lake Street to the Off the Grid Picnic in the Presidio, which also runs from 11am until 4pm.
Note that pets are welcome along the Sunday Streets route but not in the Farmer’s Market area.
IMPORTANT STREET CLOSURE & CAR TOWING INFORMATION
The Sunday Streets route will be closed to traffic from 11am until 4pm but also to any parking along the route. Cars that are parked along the Arguello route (both sides of the street) will be towed if not moved prior to 7am on Sunday morning.
If you have questions about the event or need to arrange vehicle access during the event times, contact Liza@livablecity.org or (415) 344-0489 x2.
$5 PARKING AT ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL Sorry – we’ve been informed that the Roosevelt School lot is under construction and will not be available for parking.
If you have to drive to Sunday Streets (or want to invite friends from other neighborhoods to come visit!), Roosevelt Middle School will provide parking for $5 per car. They will have their schoolyard available for parking from 8:30am – 3:30pm; enter on Palm Avenue between Euclid and Geary. Note: They open their lot every Sunday for parking during the Farmer’s Market.
Enjoy your streets this Sunday!
Sarah B.
Good to see it return. Arguello-only makes some sense.
Last year there was a lot of energy on the Farmers Market end of Clement, but down around 10th-12th Aves foot traffic was really quite sparse. The Y’s enthusiastic Zumba demonstrations didn’t generate a whole lot of business for the restaurants and bookstore on that block (to pick an example).
I’d say there may have been a slight increase in foot traffic on that section of Clement from SS attendees heading on by, balanced by an UTTER lack of foot traffic from shoppers/eaters who usually park on the quiet blocks and walk east toward the shops and restaurants (and now the farmers market) where parking is impossible to find. Neighborhood and school parking on adjacent blocks can’t compensate for the loss of street parking on Clement itself.
arguello is mostly residential.. what a great F U to all those clement businesses who are above the 4th ave farmers market barrier..
a said: “what a great F U to all those clement businesses who are above the 4th ave farmers market barrier..”
What is Lob’s name are you talking about?
I am sad to see this not running down Clement at all. It would have been nice to have the street closed at least to 6th or 7th.
I am actually glad it isn’t on Clement – this way everyone can still shop/eat/hangout/do errands on Clement, go to the farmer’s market, and then check out Sunday Streets.
Last year the weather was pretty lousy, which was the major problem. Hopefully, this year will be better.
To shop/eat/hangout/do errands is the point of Sunday Streets!
That contest is classist/elitiest, excuse those of us who don’t have cell phones or instant access to the ‘net or a camera…
I’m glad it’s not on Clement either; this makes more sense.
#2 – it’s ONE day, they’ll leave. The whole city has to deal with the dang Lands End. mmMkay. Maybe a person shouldn’t live in a major metropolis if they’re THAT sensitive.
Ah, San Francisco, where rent is $3000 a month, but having a contest which presupposes that you own a $150 smartphone and a $40 a month phone plan is elitist… 🙂
This was a bust! Nothing between Euclid to Lake! Even the kid band stopped performing by 1pm…..no one is even walking on the street this minute.
I came around 3:15, and saw nothing but people from Fulton to Clement; nothing but pavement and traffic barriers past Clement to Lake (by 3:40, as the booths S of Clement were packing up). Velo Rouge, Arguello Market, San Francyclo, and the few other south-end businesses looked relatively busy. Maybe the north end was busier earlier?
(Not that busy is the only measure — just being able to claim and cruise the middle of the street is an unusual thing in our car-centric world). My partner went earlier and had a great time meeting friends, new people, supervisors, candidates, etc..
Glad I stayed at home and watched World Cup instead. Sometimes you never know how these things will go.
Sunday Streets Arguello version has been a bust both times.