Freeway Revolt
DEDICATED
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
TO
HONORABLE SUSAN J. BIERMAN
THIS BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF TREES AND GREENERY HONORS A
TRUE CHAMPION WHO BROUGHT THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER
IN AN EIGHT YEAR STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE THE PANHANDLE.
VICTORY AND WHAT THE NATION CALLED SAN FRANCISCO'S
"FREEWAY REVOLT" CAME IN 1966 WHEN, BY ONE VOTE, THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REJECTED PLANS TO PAVE A FREEWAY
THROUGH THIS WOODED CONCOURSE TO GOLDEN GATE PARK.
WITH THE SAME COURAGE, FERVOR, AND CONCERN FOR THE CITY
SHE LOVES, SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION FROM 1976 UNTIL 1992, AND AS A
SUPERVISOR FROM 1993 UNTIL 2001.
Submitted by @xor.