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Port presents Crane Cove Park master plan; staff previews $45 million build-out and historic-preservation budget
Summary
Port and planning staff presented a master plan for Crane Cove Park at Pier 70, outlining a phased plan for a nine-acre park, reinterpretation of Slipways 2–4, adaptive reuse of Building 109, and an anticipated total budget of about $45 million, including approximately $19 million for historic preservation work.
Port of San Francisco staff and consultants presented the Crane Cove Park master plan to the Historic Preservation Commission on Aug. 7, describing an approach that rehabilitates World War II-era slipway features, adaptively reuses historic buildings, and creates layered public open space on a nine‑acre site at Pier 70.
Plan overview: the master plan divides the park into five zones—ranging from a more formal ‘New Port’ west of Illinois Street to a ‘Working Port’ area directly adjacent to continuing ship-repair operations—with Slipway 4 as the central historic feature. The plan proposes adaptive reuse of Building 109 as a park pavilion and human-powered boating center; excavation of Slipways 2 and 3 to restore historic slip forms; preservation and interpretation of cranes, rail tracks and cribbing; and new shoreline access for non-motorized boating and beach-like shoreline uses.
Budget and phasing: presenters reported about $21 million currently available from the February 2012 parks bond and an anticipated total project budget of about $45 million for the nine-acre park. Port staff said approximately $19 million of the estimate is attributable to historic-preservation and rehabilitation work. They outlined a phased approach that could begin with Slipway 4, Building 109 reuse and shoreline cleanup, with later phases addressing site elevation to address sea-level-rise projections.
Historic designation work: the Port has prepared a National Register nomination for the Pier 70 resources and will present that nomination to the commission for comment in the future. The plan includes interpretation partnerships with national institutions and local non-profits to highlight ships and structures built at Pier 70 (presenters referenced the USS Olympia and USS Sullivan among notable historic vessels built on site).
Commission response: commissioners praised the plan’s preservation-minded approach and recommended refining some features (for example removing a wharf element that bifurcates access). Staff said they are coordinating closely with planning, port and development partners to align implementation with neighborhood plans and with ongoing ship-repair operations.
The presentation was informational; no action was required or taken by the commission at this hearing.
