SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS
MECHANICS MONUMENT PLAZA
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | PROJECT MANAGEMENT
LOCATION MARKET & BUSH STREETS
AREA 0.25 ACRES
CONSTRUCTION COST $ 350,000
COMPLETION DATE SPRING 2015
The Mechanics Monument Plaza renovation was part of the City ’ s “ Make Your Market ” initiative to revitalize Market Street ’ s sidewalks and plazas . It included planting beds of grasses that reflect the marshland edge of this site prior to 1850 and the installation of planters and new light fixtures that complement the branching structures of the sycamore trees that line Market Street . “ Make Your Market ” has brought a wide variety of activities and installations to the sidewalks - commercial pop-ups , temporary stages , playful street furnishings , movable tables and chairs and all the inventive , unexpected ideas that people and communities contribute to urban life .
Photography by Kelly Ording
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