New 'Shifting Sands' exhibit at Sunset Dunes tells 150 years of SF's freeway fights
SPUR's 11-panel outdoor exhibit traces the coast from the Outside Lands dunes to the Freeway Revolt and today's Sunset Dunes park.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Traffic light trails on the new Bay Bridge eastern span beside the old span. Photo: Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
A new outdoor exhibit called "Shifting Sands" opened at Sunset Dunes park on San Francisco's Ocean Beach last week.
What's in it
The urban planning group SPUR created the 11-panel display, which was directed by SPUR fellow Lily Hayes. It covers more than 150 years of San Francisco history:
the wild dunes of the Outside Lands
the seawall and the oceanside road
the 1950s freeway construction and the Freeway Revolt that followed
freeways coming down and parks taking their place, ending with Sunset Dunes
The election connection
The exhibit opened before the Nov. 3 vote on Proposition G, which would bring cars back to the Great Highway on weekdays. Streetsblog reported that SPUR's Sean Elsbernd urged voters to reject the measure. The exhibit was presented with Friends of Sunset Dunes.
The panels are in the park along the coast. Admission is free.
Sources
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