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Hannah Gallagher y Kate Goldstein act\u00faan frente al Teatro Brava durante el \u2018Ciclo de dise\u00f1o\u2019, una presentaci\u00f3n sobre prototipos urbanos organizada por el Grupo Rebar. Hannah Gallagher and Kate Goldstein perform in front of the Brava Theater for \u201cDesign Cycle\u201d, a presentation about urban prototyping hosted by Rebar Group, Sunday, July 21. Photo Ryan Leibrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though vibrant 24th Street stands firm in maintaining its unique Latino identity, the concept of \u201curban prototyping\u201d is now sweeping the neighborhood, as it has many other areas of San Francisco in recent years.<\/p>\n

A movement that is self-defined as \u201ctemporary interventions in public space to drive longer term conversation and changes in a city,\u201d Urban Prototyping is embodied by the numerous \u201cparklets\u201d that dot Valencia Street and other San Francisco streets.<\/p>\n

Matthew Passmore of San Francisco-based design firm Rebar, spoke on sustainability and community-themed methods during \u201cDesign Cycle,\u201d an event hosted by Brava Theater, proclaiming \u201cwe can reinterpret the urban landscape to create a more adaptive, creative, responsive, resilient city.\u201d<\/p>\n

But who benefits from these \u201ctemporary interventions of space,\u201d and what kind of community will the spaces be sustaining? Will Rebar be as \u201cadaptive and responsive\u201d to the community should they not agree with the changes taking place?<\/p>\n

\u201cAccessibility must start in the planning phase. A diverse group representing the community will guarantee true accessibility to the whole community,\u201d said Charlie Sciammas of People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to recognize the context of development,\u201d he added. \u201cThe City says that any new development is good, but policies working alongside economic interests are surpassing and excluding folks who have helped create the cultural identity of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ilaria Salvadori of the City-sponsored Pavement to Parks program, confirms a new round of parklets is coming soon, adding to the 42 existing parklets throughout the city, along with the Rebar-designed Bartlett Mercado Plaza to be constructed at 22nd and Bartlett streets in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re fighting tooth and nail against parklets, the merchants depend on vital parking spaces being available to customers who drive from outside the Mission to get items only available on 24th Street,\u201d said Erick Arguello of Lower 24th Street Merchants Association.<\/p>\n

Spanning three spaces, a temporary parklet in front of Brava offered a mini-stage with live bluegrass music, Rebar-designed \u201cbubbleware\u201d categorized as \u201csocial furniture,\u201d and the Taco Bike to patrons of the $18 event.<\/p>\n

Roger Ortega, a full-time plumber and sheet metal worker who has lived in the Mission for over 12 years, was doing his family\u2019s laundry at Laundry World while the event was taking place next door.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The parklet] isn\u2019t a bad idea, but when I need to pick up the clothes soon, it will be harder to park my van near the laundromat,\u201d he said. Ortega rents a studio apartment with his wife and two children.<\/p>\n

Images of artwork rendered from ordinary plumbing pipes and fittings flickering behind Passmore stand in stark contrast with the daily struggle to survive that Ortega and many other people of the Mission community describe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love San Francisco, but it\u2019s getting ridiculous. My wife and I both work, even with two incomes we can only live month-to-month,\u201d said Ortega.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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