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All the features coming to San Francisco's forthcoming waterfront park
Sam Moore, SFGATE
Sep. 20, 2022

A project to transform a defunct boatyard into a waterfront park linking 64 acres of open space along the city's often-overlooked far southeast corner finally broke ground Wednesday, after 10 years of planning.

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And something is finally being done: Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of a process that will turn 900 Innes into India Basin Waterfront Park, complete with walkways, gardens and wildlife habitats. At $140 million, it will cost more than any other park project in the city's history.

“This is a historic moment for San Francisco and the Bayview-Hunters Point community,” said Mayor London Breed on Wednesday. “India Basin Waterfront Park will transform a neglected shoreline into a modern, world class park that reflects and benefits the people who live here now, and for generations to come.”

India Basin Waterfront Park will connect the two parks that border it – India Basin Shoreline Park and India Basin Open Space – and close a gap in the bike and pedestrian path that will eventually stretch from the Embarcadero to Candlestick Point. According to a press release from the Recreation and Park Department, the park will feature gathering docks, lighted paths and walkways, a plaza for public events and farmers' markets, and "an ecological education area where visitors can observe tidal mudflat habitats and native birds through small paths, decks, and viewing platforms."

Construction of the park is the second phase of the project. The first phase was an 18-month cleanup and remediation of the area, made necessary by debris and contaminants left behind during more than a century of boat building and ship repair. According to a document published by the city's planning department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, investigations conducted at 900 Innes revealed heavy soil contamination by copper, zinc and lead.

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