Paul's Capstone Report - Creek Daylighting Outreach Effort

In the summer of 2009, I began my capstone project in partial fulfillment of my Masters degree in Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (compare to San Francisco, Urbana is one cold place!). My clients for the project were the SF Public Utilities Commission and SF Planning Department. I worked with them as well as my University advisor, Professor Brian Deal, to develop public outreach materials in the hope that we would create a running community dialog in regards to Islais Creek in the Glen Park neighborhood.

As the project team saw it, Islais Creek - buried under Glen Park streets - is a huge natural asset in the neighborhood. If daylighted, an urban planning/design project could bring out a number of benefits to not only the Glen Park community, but the City community at large. These benefits include: on-site stormwater management, neighborhood beautification and greening, an increase in recreation opportunities, improved wildlife habitat, creation of a retail "destination" for downtown Glen Park, and of course, an increase in local real estate values.

Below is a picture of my report cover, and click HERE to download the PDF file.