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Tag: Cayuga Playground

  • The Gates of Cayuga Playground

    End of Cayuga Avenue at Naglee Avenue Under the Bart Train and The 280 Freeway Outer Mission Cayuga Playground is once again open.  Your first greeting is the painted still fence, titled Cayuga Portal. Through the City’s two-percent-for-art program, the SFAC commissioned artist Eric Powell to create two new decorative gates for the park. The…

  • The Artist of Cayuga Playground

    Cayuga and Naglee Avenue Outer Mission In 2011 I read this wonderful article  in Conversations.org and was intrigued to visit Cayuga Park and Demetrio Braceros’ work.  I drove to Cayuga Playground to discover that it was closed.  The sign said it would reopen in a few months.  Alas, the work took until August of 2013 to actually…

  • The Rebirth of Cayuga Playground

    Cayuga and Naglee Avenues Outer Mission The 3.89 acre, 63 year old, Cayuga Playground closed December 2011 for a badly needed $8.4 million renovation. About $7.3 million of the renovation was paid for by the 2008 voter-approved parks bond, $711,000 from a state urban greening grant and $1.36 million from BART’s Earthquake Safety Program Impact Compensation.…