by Booka Alon The Hayes Valley Farm was awarded a generous community Challenge Grant from the Department of the Environment on October 14th. On November 14, with support from the help of 288 individual donors across the country, the farm … Read More
by Mari Hunter Invited by GOOD Magazine to host a City Research and Development (R+D) event, a small group of impassioned District 5 residents with strong professional and/or personal interests in urban planning, environment, safety, and community ideals gathered in … Read More
by Gail Baugh Image courtesy San Francisco Public Library Can you imagine an enormous church at the corner of Hayes and Buchanan? The spire reached over 100 feet in the air, and the building itself towered over the surrounding community. … Read More
Jim Donahue, a resident of Hayes Valley, has lived in the neighborhood for twenty years. Photograph is one of his hobbies and he thinks of his photographs as snapshots capturing moments that are beautiful. He took the above photographs around … Read More
Bob Barnwell, HVNA’s Public Safety Chair, would like to share a Holiday Safety Tips brochure created by SF-Safe. Please link to the brochure and read these tips. Let’s have a safe holiday season.
This evening, the HVNA general meeting had two presentations on transportation and planning. Margaret Cortes from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority presented the Central Freeway and Octavia Boulevard Circulation Study. Tilly Chang was also present to field transportation questions. … Read More
7PM, Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 HVNA to host a general meeting at the Korean American Center: 745 Buchanan Street (at Grove) The following topics will be discussed: 1) Octavia/ Central Freeway Circulation Study 2) Conversion of Haight Street to two-way … Read More
by Mari Hunter and Jamie Lopez With a reputation of being at the core of ingenuity, San Francisco played a gracious host in 2005 as Rebar, an art and design studio, transformed a metered parking space into public space. Coined … Read More
Heather Donnell, Hayes Valley resident and local independent filmmaker, proudly presented her latest short film, OMAKASE, for the AgeSong community on Saturday afternoon, September 18th. Donnell was grateful to AgeSong who loaned her the audition room and rehearsal space for … Read More
By Gail Baugh Thanks to everyone’s hard work during the design phase in 2008-2009, Hayes Valley Playground is under construction! Over the next few months you will see the clubhouse progress from rough framing to a finished building. The site … Read More
By Richard Johnson Like many I don’t have much money these days. Yet, here comes the holiday season, just the same. Wouldn’t it be great if we could put the stress of shopping aside and take the time to gather … Read More
By Bob Barnwell With over thirty restaurants in Hayes Valley it’s hard to choose where to eat. If you’re lucky enough to end up on Hayes Street at Laguna you have five unique restaurants, each with its own flavor, to … Read More