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$500M Expansion Plans for Moscone Center

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June 25, 2014

San Francisco’s Moscone Center, an event hub that generates more than 20 percent of the city’s overall tourism economy, has revealed a $500 million expansion and improvement project aimed at substantially improving the venue inside and out.

Set for completion in mid-2018, the ambitious undertaking will add more green elements, additional open space and pedestrian-friendly elements. Upon finalization, the Moscone Center will offer more than 500,000 square feet of contiguous exhibition space by linking the North and South halls.

Multiple outdoor terraces will provide sweeping views and be available for receptions and events, and an enclosed bridge will link the large Moscone North and South buildings. In addition to boosted exhibition space, new event areas will include a 50,000-square-foot ballroom.

Pedestrian-friendly space will replace 25,000 square feet of surface parking and vehicular areas, and neighboring Third Street will boast a widened sidewalk and offer new retail and dining. More than 8,000 square feet of public open space will be integrated, including improved gardens and more accessible pathways.

Among the eye-catching green and high-tech additions will be a row of LED light displays showcasing current and/or upcoming events (pictured at left), plus a dramatic rooftop cornice that will be naturally illuminated by sunlight.

At the heart of the expansions, according to Joe D’Alessandro, president & CEO for the San Francisco Travel Association, is dynamic flexibility.

“The enhancements are designed to let groups use the space as they see fit,” he said at the June 19 press conference addressing the project’s details.

For more information, visit the official website for the project, www.mosconeexpansion.com.

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Inaugural Juneteenth Awards Ceremony Celebrates the Fillmore’s Black History, Leadership and Resilience

Addressing more than 100 Black and Asian attendees, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stated “San Francisco is reliant on the Black community, and we must invest in this community.”

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District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, Pastor Emeritus of Third Baptist Church, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie. Photo by Linda Parker Pennington.

By Linda Parker Pennington

The Fillmore Community Ambassadors held its first annual Juneteenth Wesley Johnson White Horse Awards ceremony on June 19 inside the newly reopened Fillmore Heritage Center.

The event featured awards for former San Francisco mayors London Breed and Willie Brown, along with Third Baptist Church Pastor Emeritus, Rev. Dr. Amos Brown.

The Koret Heritage lobby at the newly reopened center at 1330 Fillmore St. held a standing-room-only, culturally diverse and multi-generational audience while the art gallery featured photos of Fillmore community members in action, red Japanese lanterns, art and calligraphy, and Chinese artwork, giving the space a multicultural feel.

Addressing more than 100 Black and Asian attendees, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stated “San Francisco is reliant on the Black community, and we must invest in this community.”

District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood acknowledged that “the Fillmore community has had a difficult history. Thanks to Rev. Amos Brown’s continuous focus on accountability and resistance, you hold us accountable and continue to inspire us.”

Mahmoud is referring to the Fillmore’s Japanese residents who were forced from their homes and sent to concentration camps during World War II. Black people occupied those homes until the return of their Japanese neighbors and then gave them back, while homes that had been unoccupied were lost. The presence of the Asian community on Juneteenth is a testament to that shared history.

In receiving his honor, Amos Brown elicited a powerful spontaneous call-and-response, where members of San Francisco’s many Black churches proudly shouted out the names: “Bethel AME! Providence Baptist! Jones Memorial! Glide!”

Awards program Master of Ceremonies Shawn Richards of Brothers Against Guns warmly introduced Breed, highlighting her many accomplishments, particularly on “March 16, 2020, when she became the first mayor to shut down a major U.S. city due to COVID-19, saving thousands of lives.”

The audience was captivated by Breed’s emotional speech touching on past traumas, present conditions, and future hopes for the neighborhood where she grew up.

She recalled another trauma of the neighborhood during the City’s redevelopment era in the 1960s, where Black residents were forced to move with a promise of being able to return that was largely unfulfilled.

“We remember when this land was just a field because they bulldozed hundreds of Victorian homes that Black people owned. They built the Fillmore Center, where most Black people can’t afford to live or start their own business. But we are still here.”