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The recently removed pepper tree at the center of Patricia's Green may not be replaced for a while, as the HVNA considers an entirely new plan for the park.
The tiny park on Page Street has a colorful history, and today offers a reprieve from busy city life.
Drone footage of the neighborhood.
The Alamo Square Neighborhood Association raised over $130,000 to plant the new trees.
Hayes Valley has a new community garden, and applications for a plot are being accepted until January 15th, 2017.
The park's renovation is now at the 50 percent completion mark, but some new factors will slightly delay its opening.
Patricia's Green isn't the only place you can soak up the sun in Hayes Valley.
A hearty patch of grass is now available to Painted Ladies visitors.
Local nonprofits and Hayes Valley residents have secured the funds to create a new pedestrian-centered alley and expand another.
Start gathering your gear: Alamo Square is finally reopening.
For those of you already anticipating your vernal outfits for the reopening day of Alamo Square Park, we've got some bad news.
Prepare your selfies: after a few delays, local and tourist favorite Alamo Square Park is finally set to open next week.
Today, new sod was installed to return the park to a state of green.
Ivy Street is set to undergo sidewalk widening and landscaping as part of the 580 Hayes development.
$14 million has been secured to renovate the Western Addition playground, and community input is requested.
Designed and cared for by residents, the park and garden have become a key green space for the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley.
The large pepper tree at the north end of Patricia's Green has died, and the local neighborhood association is concerned about the health of the other trees on the green as well.
Officials are planning to seal the ground before adding 18 inches of fresh topsoil.
The city wants to remove potentially dangerous trees on Octavia — but with no plans for replacing them, neighbors are pushing back.
In the works since 2015, the parklet will be completed by the end of the month.
As debate continues to swirl over the proposed removal of street trees in Hayes Valley, one has already been felled.
Artist the Apexer (Ricardo Richey) brightens up the basketball courts at the Hayes Valley Playground.
A seventh tree on the same block was mostly untouched, and will remain in place.
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