The Last Panel – The Diego Rivera Mural leaves City College, for now

Today, the last panel of Pan-American Unity is to be removed to SF Museum of Modern Art for restoration. The famous mural by Diego Rivera has resided in the City College theatre named for the artist since the 1950s. After work on it is finished at SFMOMA, the 75-foot long mural will return to City College, to be installed in the planned new Diego Rivera Theatre, on Frida Kahlo Way, yet to be constructed.

City College of San Francisco, Diego Rivera Theatre. Preparing for moving the last panel of Pan-American Unity. Thursday June 17, 2021. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

City College of San Francisco, Diego Rivera Theatre. Last panel of Pan-American Unity packed on trucks and ready to go. Saturday June 19, 2021. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

SF Museum of Modern Art, where Pan-American Unity is being restored. Arrow shows location where last panel will go. Thursday June 17, 2021. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

Read more about the mural and the move at SF Weekly: https://www.sfweekly.com/culture/moving-masterpiece-one-panel-time/

Read about the move on the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/arts/design/diego-rivera-mural-sfmoma.html

Read about the project on SFMOMA’s website: https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/pan-american-unity/

Vaccination site at City College beginning to take shape

[UPDATE Jan 24: Site is now open. Read more at SF Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/first-mass-covid-19-vaccination-site-at-opens-at-city-college-despite-limited-supplies Also in Hoodline: https://hoodline.com/2021/1/city-college-site-ramps-up-mass-vaccinations-with-hundreds-per-day-hoping-to-reach-3-000-per-day/%5D

Fences and tents have been installed in the Upper Balboa Reservoir parking lot at City College Ocean Campus, in preparation for turning the approximately five-acre space into a mass Covid-19 vaccination site run by City. More about the new program here.

Jan 22, 2021. CCSF vaccination site. Photo: Alvin Ja

Jan 22, 2021. View from Frida Kahlo Way. CCSF vaccination site. Photo: Alvin Ja

City College Campus chosen as Covid-19 vaccination site

Mayor London Breed has chosen City College Ocean Campus as one of three mass vaccination sites in the city. Starting Tuesday, January 19, 2021, people who live or work in San Francisco can sign up for vaccine notification at sf.gov/vaccinenotify. More information in press release below.

[UPDATE Jan 20th: The notify system is working again.]

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MAYOR LONDON BREED ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CREATE NETWORK OF COVID-19 VACCINATION SITES IN SAN FRANCISCO

City will partner with health care providers to stand up a mix of high-volume and community-based sites to quickly get people the COVID-19 vaccine as supply become more readily available

San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax today outlined the City’s plan to create a network of vaccination sites to get as many people vaccinated as soon as possible when doses become more readily available. In partnership with the health care providers in San Francisco, which are receiving the majority of the vaccine doses from the state, the City will facilitate the quick and efficient delivery of vaccines through high-volume vaccine sites as well as community-based sites. 

The providers partnering with the City include Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Health, Dignity Health, Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) and the Department of Public Health, which provides healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured. The City has also created a vaccination notification website where, starting Tuesday, January 19, people who live and work in San Francisco can sign up to be notified when they become eligible under state guidance to receive the vaccine.  

Balboa Reservoir Project: Images of planned development

Some updated renderings from the Design Standards and Guidelines, the document that details the planned housing project on Sunnyside’s southern flank, recently approved by the SF Board of Supervisors. Read an archive of posts on the SNA website about the Balboa Reservoir Project.

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Above: View from approximately Ocean Avenue, looking northwest over the project. Planned Lee Avenue extension on far right. City College and Sunnyside are out of frame to the right.

Balboa Reservoir Project Approved by SF Board of Supervisors

This week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave the final approval for the Balboa Reservoir Project, the housing development planned for the Upper Balboa Reservoir located south of Sunnyside next to City College. The project will have 1100 units of housing, including 550 units of affordable housing, about 100 market-rate houses, 150 units for educators, a central two-acre park, childcare facilities, a community room for public use, and other features. View slides from the Design Standard and Guidelines (PDF) at the end of this post.

The western portion of the Balboa Reservoir, slated for development, which has been used as CCSF parking for six decades. Photo courtesy SF Housing Action Coalition.

The approval marks the end of a five-year-long process that encompassed regular community engagement. SNA and Sunnyside residents regularly participated in meetings of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee.  The committee was initiated in 2015 by President Norman Yee, supervisor for District 7 where the site is located.

Read an archive of posts about the Balboa Reservoir Project on this website here. Links to news articles found below.