In September 2023, the State Coastal Conservancy awarded the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department $5.1 million in California Climate Investments funding to transform a former industrial site in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood into a shoreline park with recreational features and enhanced habitat, supporting local ecosystems and increasing climate resilience. The project redeveloped a former industrial boat building and repair site the neighborhood, a disadvantaged community in southeast San Francisco into an acre of green space and restored tidal marsh habitat. has been. San Francisco Mayor London Breed described the project as “an important investment in the Bayview Hunters Point community and a big step in creating equity when it comes to healthy neighborhoods in our city.”
Opening day celebrations at 900 Innes, part of the India Basin Waterfront Park in San Francisco. Credit: James Watkins, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.
The project included fixing up the site’s historic Shipwright’s Cottage for visitors and installing a public restroom, community gathering spaces on two new public piers, and an accessible pathway. The site also features several climate change adaptation features, including native plant gardens to manage stormwater runoff, a living shoreline that will reduce erosion and improve water quality for fish, and restored wetland habitat for birds and other wildlife that will sequester carbon dioxide and increase resilience against sea level rise, protecting seaside communities and ecosystems. Built with sea level rise in mind, all buildings are situated above the projected high tide level for 2100 and including a floating dock to rise with the tides. which. The new park benefits disadvantaged communities and supports public health by providing new access to 2.4 acres of green space and shoreline. It also offers recreation and community workshops and supports local food vendors with a kitchen incubator.
Opening day celebrations at 900 Innes, part of the India Basin Waterfront Park in San Francisco. Credit: James Watkins, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.
Throughout the project, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department worked with the Trust for Public Land, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, the community-based A. Philip Randolph Institute, and the local community to imagine, design, and build a beautiful park that is climate resilient and responsive to the needs of San Francisco’s southeast communities.
Map of 900 Innes, part of the India Basin Waterfront Park in San Francisco. Credit: James Watkins, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.