The presentation in class today was pretty interesting about San Francisco's plan for creating a new alignment for the creek. Streets with vegetation and traffic calming are all going toward more efficiency and in the long run, saving water and flood prevention. Our group projects are very relevant since it deals with Islais Creek and the people. This would be the first day-lighting in San Francisco and whether people will trust the city to agree to the project is still up in the air. This however hasn't gotten much attention yet from everyone in the city.
The city can't go fourth with the plan until they decide whether to do an environmental review. The plan is the creek would split off, come around the ball park, and then go out Elk Street down Paradise Avenue which would become a greenway. This would remove concrete paving which lined the street, and replace that with ways for cars to go in and out of their driveways, but to focus more on the greenery of the area. A storm water wetland would also help to infiltrate the water just as well as storm drains. These alterations would create more opportunities for pedestrians as well.
It's a challenge to take a stream put under ground and to open it up and make it work. In terms of planning in all aspects of design, it's really got to work by itself as a creek.
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