2012
The Trailhead (the Trailhead of the Tenderloin National Forest) reversed a trend by installing the first public benches in Mid-Market since the City of San Francisco removed seating along Market Street, Civic Center Plaza and United Nations Plaza in the 1990s.
Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the San Francisco Art Commission’s Artery Project, The Trailhead was an urban ranger station that provides trail maps of the Tenderloin National Forest initiatives and housed a plant nursery, an art gallery space, and a workshop space for youth. Visitors could drink coffee at the cafe and sit by the pygmy forest on Market Street.
A collaborative effort that was programmed for 6 months, The Trailhead incorporated design, curation, maintenance and labor from staff members of Intersection for the Arts, the Luggage Store Gallery, the Hyphae Design Lab, Holy Stitch and farm:table.