Author Archives: Lauren Hartman

About Lauren Hartman

Dolores Park Works Staff

Love Your Parks Day, May 19

  San Francisco Parks Alliance, our partner in Dolores Park advocacy,  along with dozens of our fellow Park Partners are hosting events throughout the city to celebrate Love Your Parks Day. There will be 13 popular activities including Mountain Lake Park … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2012

When we gathered at Dolores Park at 9am it was covered in trash. It was a bit of a sad way to start an Earth Day Celebration.  Enthusiastic volunteers from the neighborhood, the Bureau of Jewish Education,  the Thomas Edison Charter Academy, and Dolores … Continue reading

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Helen Diller Playground is Open

What began as stormy morning, turned into a beautiful day and hundreds came out to celebrate the opening of the new Hellen Diller Playground at Mission Dolores.  Mayor Ed Lee, Helen Diller, Phil Ginsburg, and Scott Wiener helped the Friends of … Continue reading

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An After Dark Sneak Peek of the New Playground

On Wednesday, February 29 at Dolores Park Cafe, the Friends of Dolores Park Playground held an organizational and planning meeting for volunteers, donors and supporters  to prepare for the Grand Re-Opening of the new playground.   Included in the volunteer sign-up sheets was a waiver to enter … Continue reading

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Playground Vandalism = Sad Children

As Dolores Park Playground nears completion, it has been hit with two incidents of vandalism and graffiti. The first strike occurred on January 28.  Two contractor tractors were damaged and  20 to 30 not yet planted bushes, were thrown around. On the … Continue reading

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