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SF mayor announces $100K prize to ‘reimagine' Market Street
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has announced a $100,000 competition to reimagine Market Street. Co-sponsored by the Urban Land Institute San Francisco and the Civic Joy Fund, the competition is calling 'for ideas to reimagine the future of a great American street,' according to the competition's web page.
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Submissions for ideas for Market Street are not limited to SF residents. The initiative describes itself as an 'international call for ideas that identify new urban possibilities' for the street that cuts through downtown SF, 'responding to the disruptions caused by the pandemic, remote work, and other cultural changes.'
The competition's website says it is open to 'residents, business owners, urbanists, optimists, visionaries, community builders, students, professionals' and 'all who have a vision toward the future.'
The $100,000 prize will be administered by the jury to a pool of winners. The jury panel for the competition includes former San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic John King and iPhone designer Jony Ive, among others.
'We need your help. We have to reimagine Market Street. This is a world-class boulevard, and we need world-class ideas,' said Mayor Lurie in a video message. 'No matter how big, no matter how small, I want you to submit some great ideas. We have the Urban Land Institute and the Civic Joy Fund partnering up. We've got Jony Ive and John King and a whole host of other judges. We need your help. Let's go San Francisco.'
Once San Francisco's main business and traffic artery, Market Street has been closed to traffic apart from buses, bicycles and robotaxis, since 2020. Recently, there has been a push to reopen the roadway to cars.
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