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20th St Hillside Gets Water!

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On Sunday, June 22 a strong and determined group of neighbors moved the wine barrel planters from the parking area at the base of the hillside to the south sidewalk next to the 20th Street retaining wall.  This completed the project to provide water for irrigating the hillside.  DHIC Board member Dave Dea spearheaded this effort … engaging DPW and SF Water Department in a one-year-plus effort to install a water line for the hill — after the pre-existing line was disconnected.  In 2023, neighbors obtained Landmark Status for the Cork Oak Tree at the top of the hill.  So they needed continued water supply to keep the tree and the many other plants on the hillside thriving.  Kudos to Dave and other neighbors who continually emailed city representatives to keep the project moving forward.   

A Mural Beside the 20th Street Hillside

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Neighbors’ vision to fill the empty retaining walls next to the 20th and Noe hillside garden (see photo above) is getting legs (or arms and paintbrushes).  Dave Dea, co-chair of the Green Gardens Committee, reported that they’ve selected a wall mural artist. Her name is Melanie Getman, a native San Franciscan born in North Beach/Chinatown.  Her website has many  images of nature scenes with diverse color palettes, hopefully appealing to all tastes.  The group wants the mural to be a nature scene – with the landmark Cork Oak tree as an anchor image, along with insects, plants, birds and raptors nesting, flybys etc.

Dave is asking for feedback and for more volunteers to help set up a GoFundMe and to raise money for the conceptual drawing of the mural to submit to the SF Arts Commission. You can reach him at ddea888@gmail.com.