Divisadero Street Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative - Office of ...

Western AdditionAnza VistaNorth Panhandle Alamo SquareLower Haight / Hayes ValleyHaight AshburyBuena Vista ParkDuboce Triangle Existing Street ProfileWEBWithin its nine block length the Divisadero NeighborhoodCommercial District provides distinct experiences that are unifiedby the contiguous busy vehicular and transit corridor. Thecity defined neighborhoods of Western Addition, Alamo Square,North Panhandle, Hayes Valley (Lower Haight), and HaightAshbury all border on Divisadero Street in the commercialdistrict. The street thus serves as a spine for these multipleneighborhoods and the meeting place of their varied needs andcharacters.The general urban design of the district is a balancebetween a neighborhood retail pedestrian experienceand a connecting corridor for automobile and transit traffic.Given the tight dimensions of the street profile, alongmuch of Divisadero this becomes a rather sharp contrastbetween pedestrian and vehicle activities. The sidewalksare a somewhat narrow ten feet wide throughout the areawith approximately the first eighteen inches from the curbdedicated to parking meters and street tree planting areas.The remaining sidewalk area is for pedestrian flowand in very rare cases commercial activity flows out ontothe building frontage along the sidewalk. Auto traffic isdistributed over two lanes in each direction and a curb laneon each side is dedicated to parallel metered parking. Allbut one intersection in the commercial district have fourwaytraffic signals. Pedestrian crosswalk signals are notprovided on a consistent basis throughout the study area.Street and sidewalk lighting is auto oriented and almostentirely provided by pole-mounted cobra head lamps anchoredin the center street median.2ELLISEDDYTURKFILLMOREGOLDEN GATESTEINERMcALLISTERFULTONGROVEAlamo SquareHAYESFELLDIVISADEROPIERCESCOTTPanhandleOAKPAGEHAIGHTBRODERICKBAKERLYONCENTRALWALLERBuenaVistaParkDUBOCE14TH