For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page. 

Cleanup Day On September 7th, with More to Come

by Rosaura Valle, Project Lead

It took the hard work of 12 Sunnyside residents over 3 hours to generate over 30 compost bags full of weeds, twigs and organic debris: we removed ivy, fennel and honeysuckle, snipping, pruning, cutting and sawing. Decade old ivy had grown intertwined with the slats of a wooden fence that had long concealed illegal dumping. 

Most of our work focused on bringing to bare ground an area located midway of the Upper Steps which abuts an empty lot protected by a chain link fence. This project was also made possible by the contribution of Brian and Cheyenne, two City College students attending the Intro to Horticulture class during the summer, who contributed their internship hours to the Detroit Steps Project. 

Next month the CCSF Horticulture Design Class will come for an on-site visit, and will produce landscape designs for the Upper Steps as a class project.

Last winter this was a distressing dumping ground (let’s attach before/after pictures).

What will it be tomorrow?

Please go by the site, check our progress, and send us feedback at detroitstepsproject@gmail.com

And join us for our next cleanups:

• Sunday October 6 from 11 AM – 2 PM
• Saturday November 9 from 9 AM -12 noon with the DPW Green&Clean Team

Meet at Lower Detroit Steps at Hearst.