Updated: 4 concepts presented for Milk plaza project
As the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza works to reboot its renovation project, new preliminary designs for the public parklet above the Castro Muni Station were rolled out April 15 and 17 during two virtual town halls that saw a memorial grove concept be received favorably by attendees.A pedestal-type design scored lower.The concepts are part of a plan to give a facelift to the plaza, which has been fiercely opposed by some in the community who have countered the goal of better honoring Milk can be achieved within the confines of the current design and at less cost than the estimated $10 million price tag for the fuller renovation proposal.Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected in San Francisco when he won a supervisors' seat in 1977.
