it's 21,000ft2 of incredibly designed space by alexis sablone who is a nationally recognized skater and architect . >> and this particular project is a great partnership between the richmond park department, the civic center cbd converse and the skate park foundation. and ultimately the goal here is to make sure that un plaza is a place where we are all welcome, where we all feel safe, where we can all enjoy each other and recreate and we've had over 350,000 visitors to this space and very significantly we've seen a reduction of unhealthy activity and crime here approximately 80% and skaters are absolutely welcome here. we want to celebrate the skating community, its incredible history and what it's done for the texture and fabric and culture of our city [♪♪♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪♪♪] >> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed ta

it's 21,000ft2 of incredibly designed space by alexis sablone who is a nationally recognized skater andtect . >> and this particular project is a great partnership between the richmond park department, the civic center cbd converse and the skate park foundation. and ultimately the goal here is to make sure that un plaza is a place where we are all welcome, where we all feel safe, where we can all enjoy each other and recreate and we've had over 350,000 visitors to this space and very significantly we've seen a reduction of unhealthy activity and crime here approximately 80% and skaters are absolutely welcome here. we want to celebrate the skating community, its incredible history and what it's done for the texture and fabric and culture of our city >> the height of my addiction i was homeless. i was isolatesed from my family. i had lost everything. my spirit was completely broken. methadone gave me my recovery. it gave me my life back. the impacted relationships with my family in the most mir aculous way. i'm living proof that trea i gr cuisine mixed with american cuisine, and grew up c

it's 21,000ft2 of incredibly designed space by alexis sablone who is a nationally recognized skater and >> and this particular project is a great partnership between the richmond park department, the civic center cbd converse and the skate park foundation. and ultimately the goal here is to make sure that un plaza is a place where we are all welcome, where we all feel safe, where we can all enjoy each other and recreate and we've had over 350,000 visitors to this space and very significantly we've seen a reduction of unhealthy activity and crime here approximately 80% and skaters are absolutely welcome here. we want to celebrate the skating community, its incredible history and what it's done for the texture and fabric and culture of our city >> my name is andrew england the owner and collector at real old paper. i'm a native to the bay areaismt grew up in oakland, spent high school years here and lived in hawaii about 10 years. moved back shortly. been in san francisco proper now for about 8 years. when i realized i wasn't a dealer anymore in san francisco, i found openings and decided

northeast corner of the plaza featuring these three unique scalable geometric art pieces designed by alexis sablone who's an olympic skateboarder and an mit trained architect and a professor at the university of chicago. she's incredible. the new design blends skateboarding with public art, creating an engaging experience for both novice and experience skaters. we're getting a lot of young people out there. the event was we were joined by board president rafael mandolin d-5th supervisor bilal mahmoud again the skateboard project and their great ceo ben machine converse vp brandis russell and then alexis was there too. and then on saturday converse the skate park project and skate like a girl hosted a celebration to kick off the expansion featuring skateboarding competitions, giveaways. this was a build on the $2 million effort we undertook in 2023 that now has seen 350,000 people come to u.n. plaza each year for four healthy and happy reasons. we're very, very, very proud of this project. it's also result it resulted in nearly an 80% reduction in daytime crime in the space. >> it's really turned th

northeast corner of the plaza featuring these three unique scalable geometric art pieces designed by alexis sablone's an olympic skateboarder and an mit trained architect and a professor at the university of chicago. she's incredible. the new design blends skateboarding with public art, creating an engaging experience for both novice and experience skaters. we're getting a lot of young people out there. the event was we were joined by board president rafael mandolin d-5th supervisor bilal mahmoud again the skateboard project and their great ceo ben machine converse vp brandis russell and then alexis was there too. and then on saturday converse the skate park project and skate like a girl hosted a celebration to kick off the expansion featuring skateboarding competitions, giveaways. this was a build on the $2 million effort we undertook in 2023 that now has seen 350,000 people come to u.n. plaza each year for four healthy and happy reasons. we're very, very, very proud of this project. it's also result it resulted in nearly an 80% reduction in daytime crime in the space. >> it's really turned the co