Thanks to the generosity of voters in 2000 and 2008, San Francisco has seen many of its recreation centers, parks and playgrounds across the city renovated in the past decade. As we continue to move through the city to make our facilities better, so too, has the San Francisco Public Library, which is continuing the process of renovating or constructing 24 branch libraries in the city, thanks to a $105.9 million library bond measure approved by voters-- also in 2000.Like parks and recreation facilities, libraries provide important public services to the public that benefit the quality of life for all. They are essential to our overall health and well being and are invaluable resources for the people who use and rely on them. There is an unmistakable connection between our libraries and parks. No wonder why many of the city’s libraries are found adjacent to our parks and playgrounds.
On Saturday, city librarian Luis Herrera hosted the reopening of the Presidio Branch Library on Sacramento and Bush streets after a $4.1 million renovation that transformed the branch’s 10,000-plus square feet into a state-of-the-art library that meets today’s information and technology needs.
As part of the project, Recreation and Park Department gardeners and members of our new class of gardener apprentices performed the landscape renovation work around the exterior of the building. The results are simply amazing.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Luis and our fellow city agency on a job well done, and also to thank our gardeners and gardener apprentices for their efforts on this project.
In San Francisco, our libraries and parks will always have a special connection, in practice and in spirit. Check out the new Presidio Branch Library today!
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