Divisadero Street Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative - Office of ...

OverviewDivisadero Street is a 2.6 mile road that runs north and south, bisectingthe city of San Francisco. The street begins at the Duboce Triangle,roughly the geographic center of San Francisco, and ends in the Marinadistrict on the city’s northern border. Divisadero is a very busy street,and is well-situated to be a successful commercial corridor.Residents cite their proximity to parks, public transportation and centrallocation as a boon for city living. However, the stretch of Divisaderobetween Haight and Geary, and especially its main commercial districtbetween Haight and McAllister, is perceived as lacking certain qualitiesthat would make it a vibrant neighborhood-serving commercial corridorduring both the day and night hours.The city-defined neighborhoods of Western Addition, Alamo Square,North Panhandle, Lower Haight, and Haight Ashbury all borderDivisadero Street in the commercial district. The street thus serves as aspine for these multiple neighborhoods and the meeting place of theirvaried needs and characters.Dotted along the main commercial district’s nine blocks are variousneighborhood-serving retail businesses. These mainly local-servingday use businesses are combined with a city-wide-oriented nighttimeentertainment area with a cluster of bars, restaurants and a live-musicconcert venue.Divisadero intersects several major roads including Fell, Oak, and GearyStreets. Additionally, Divisadero attracts vehicles from around the City tofrequent its three gas stations at Oak and Fell, a full service car wash andcar repair shops along the street,This report describes a community planning effort for the DivisaderoStreet Neighborhood Commercial District.Divisadero Street Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative7