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The original improvements to Angel Alley – the rock retaining walls, succulent plantings, the Black-eyed Susan and trumpet vines along the fence – were installed by neighbors in self-defense, to mitigate the neglect and ugliness of the half-wide street and create a safer, happier place. Those improvements, plus the exploding growth north and south of Angel Alley, which now connects the Minnesota Street Project studios and galleries and the new apartments in south Dogpatch to the neighborhood’s 22nd St. commercial corridor and the American Industrial Center and Mission Bay to the east and north, has made Angel Alley a prime north/south pedestrian and bike route in Dogpatch.
SFMTA claimed half of the unaccepted street in the mid 1970s and eventually erected a tall opaque fence to screen neighbors from fumes and the clutter of the facility. But the dark screen also blocks light from the west half of the street. Neighbors asked the GBD for help in adding lighting on the little street. The project will run LED light strings across the alley and along the garden to further define its character and to make the space seem safer and more easily navigable at night. The GBD received a Community Challenge Grant to partially cover the cost of the installation and is partnering with Public Works on establishing electrical service to the site.
Adds lighting for visibility, safety and character.
Signals the alley as a throughway for pedestrians and bikes
