Updated on March 9, 2021 at 6:57 pm
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Let the parklet’s stay forever. That’s the idea behind a new petition that’s gaining steam among San Francisco s legendary restaurant scene.
North Beach is already one of those special must visit San Francisco s dining destinations and people who live and work there say the curbside atmosphere adds to the ambiance and will help the city recover from the financial hardships of the pandemic - if the city will let it stay. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
“It just makes the community be much more vibrant,” said Angela A. of North Beach. “I feel like we’re almost more connected this way, than we are when we’re isolated inside.”
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A petition is calling for outdoor dining to be permanent in San Francisco. Vote in this poll
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People dine in a parklet along Green Street on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.Josie Norris / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The parklet outside the The Morris as seen on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.Josie Norris / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
San Francisco coalition Grow SF is sponsoring a petition to make Shared Spaces the pandemic program that allowed outdoor dining and retail in public spaces permanent.
The petition, which was posted on Action Network and is directed to the city’s Land Use Committee, is seeking 400 signatures and had gathered 330 as of midday Tuesday.
It s total NIMBYism : Feud erupts over the future of Golden Gate Park s Ferris wheel
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Ticket holders line up for a ride on the SkyStar Observation Wheel on the opening day to the public at the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse in San Francisco, California on October 21, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
It took a fleet of 14 loaded trailers from Cincinnati and two years to build.
Then the pandemic came, and the 150-foot Ferris wheel sat still in the middle of Golden Gate Park for six months.
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Mayor London Breed, the wheel finally started spinning in October, albeit for only five weeks before the second COVID-19 surge again stopped it in its tracks.