Hello, San Francisco and welcome to Public Works TV!
I'm Natasha Reed, a structural engineer for Public Works
and I'll be your host for this week.
Before we go on, let's take a quick look back
at some of our accomplishments from this past week.
It's been an exciting week.
We patched the streets and sidewalks
for the annual Autumn Moon Festival
to keep everyone safe.
The Giant Sweep campaign promoted keeping SF
clean during Sunday Streets in the Excelsior.
Our OnE Team conducted four Night Walks
to inspect and enforce safety closures on the City's streets.
Neighborhood improvement work began at Tutubi Plaza in the South of Market.
Public Works also celebrated building strong bodies and strong minds
at our Annual Employee Health Fair.
And we launched Public Works TV! It's great to have you here.
This week, we're going to bring you inside the making of one of San Francisco's Navigation Centers:
A new kind of shelter for people who have been living in sidewalk encampments.
They can move in with their friends and loved ones,
their pets and their belongings.
They can access services and start to navigate into more stable living situations.
The design and building trades team at Public Works have been intently
involved in getting the Navigation Centers constructed and open.
There are now four with more in the works.
A lot of thought and a lot of heart go into the conception.
Let's watch "A Little Alcove" to get a closer look.
My name is Fred Vickers. I was born here in San Francisco. Lived here most of my life.
Every couple of weeks, you'd have to end up moving somewhere else you know? A couple of blocks
away and it's just a pretty miserable way to live.
A lot of violence. A lot of ugly. A whole lot of ugly and not much else, you know?
I lost everything I own, like, 18 times you know?
So, I was really thankful to get out of there and get in here, I tell ya.
These Navigation Centers are designed to make people feel at home.
and so, all the facilities, all the rooms, all the coordination of the spaces
They've been carefully put together.
And when you come here, you're actually treated with dignity
you're being heard and the staff here are excellent and they do a
very good job to transition you on to a better place.
When I come back here, it's nice to come in here and see this place all
tranquil and quiet and clean and you know?
You have a hot shower and there's great food to eat...mostly. (laughs)
It's like a little alcove against all the bad out there you know?
I believe homelessness affects everyone. My brother was homeless
on the streets for 15 years.
A lot of our projects, we do make a difference. But this one
is actually almost a one-to-one result-oriented project.
The one on 25th Street was probably the most challenging
because it was on the dead end of a street. We all had to get
around a table and really make a decision that we're going to make this happen no matter what.
It's really a place where you come in to change your life
and be linked with the people that are going to facilitate that.
Architecture is about creating space and creating environments for people.
We've, you know, honestly neglected as a profession
one of our most vulnerable populations.
Their interactions with architecture have been on the margins of it.
Everyone I know that's in here - and that's the majority of people in here -
they all love it. They all love it. They're grateful to be here, you know?
It's just too...it's like heaven-sent for crying out loud.
This one hit home because it was a very current situation and project
that was needed in San Francisco immediately.
When you look at a lot of these homeless shelters, it's basically: "Here's what you got..."
...This is leftover warehouses' dingy furniture and what-not."
So, we wanted to add a little life -- make it a fun and friendly environment.
We knew we were going to have some art pieces with murals
so, we wanted to draw from that.
We wanted to draw from people's stories.
People feel good when they're in clean, aesthetically pleasing environments.
and if something is for somebody who is low-income
it doesn't need to look shabby.
We can give people something high-quality
and we can do it well. And I think that this Navigation Center really demonstrates that.
This is the place to get stuff accomplished, for sure.
This is it. And everyone that's coming in here is going in the right direction, for sure.
I'm just glad I'm here, I tell ya. I feel really lucky that I got picked up and brought down here.
What a powerful story.
A lot goes into keeping San Francisco a sustainable,
beautiful, vibrant, safe and livable city.
Public Works is a 24-7 operation committed to
the public and their families.
So, we are constantly improving our city with exciting projects.
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I'm Natasha Reed and thanks for tuning in to Public Works TV.
Until next time, here's a sneak peek of what's to come. Bye!
I am Lena Liu. I keep SF running. I am Public Works.
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