Local Greening Hero Ming Louie Passes Away

On October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, Community, GreeningLeave a comment

Longtime Sunnysider and dedicated local volunteer Ming Louie passed away yesterday evening. He will be missed by by all who knew him, but the work he did on behalf of our local green spaces in Sunnyside will live on.

Ming Louie ( center) with Pat Moore, SNA Greening Committee Chair, and Ed Lee, San Francisco Mayor, in Sept 2011, at the dedication ceremony for the Circular Ribbon Garden.

Ming had the terrible misfortune to be hit by a car on Monterey Boulevard in 2016, the first of a series of pedestrian/cyclist injuries and deaths that led to the street being designated a High Injury Corridor by the City. Read more about that here and here.

A remembrance of Ming by his friend Pat Moore:

Remembering Ming Louie

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Feb 15: Big workday for Circular Ribbon Garden

On February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, Greening, SF Parks AllianceLeave a comment

Please join the usual crew of noble volunteers–and a special contingent of workers form SF Parks Alliance–for a day of beatification (and trash pickup) on the Circular Ribbon Garden.

The next workday is Saturday February 15th, from 9 AM to Noon. Meet at Congo Street and Circular Avenue. There will be tools and gloves, but if you can, please bring your own. Go green while greening–don’t forget your reusable water bottle!

Circular_Ribbon_Garden_BIllWilson_3_event_2019_02_23 — Trash haul from February 2019 workday at the Circular Ribbon Garden. Photo: Bill Wilson

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Prompt response — DPW trims Circular Ribbon Garden oak tree

On April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, GreeningLeave a comment

The San Francisco Department of Public Works took over care of the city’s street trees a couple years ago. Here is that voter-approved proposition in action — a big oak tree in the Circular Ribbon Garden needed a good deal of attention, and a request recently brought DPW workers out to work on it. They did a great job. Thank you DPW!

Circular_Congo_1_OAK_trimmed_2019_04 — Oak tree, Circular Ave. and Congo St., after trimming. Photo: Dept. of Public Works.

Circular_Birrell_Lizarraga_Boone_Niu_1_OAK_trimmed_2019_04 — DPW workers Andy Birrell, Ricardo Lizarraga, Brian Boone and Supervisor Nili Niu. Photo: Dept. of Public Works.

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The Circular Ribbon Garden

On April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, GreeningLeave a comment

By Pat Moore

In 2011, after three years of intense work by a roster of some 35+ volunteers, Circular Avenue was changed from an unofficial dump into a beautiful SF Park: the Circular Avenue Ribbon Garden, so-named because it consists of the 6′ of land between the curb and the 280 Freeway fence, running the 3/4 mile stretch from Monterey Blvd. to Havelock, near CCSF. It’s cleaner now, but needs regular attention. And we have plans for the future!

Circular_Ave_Ribbon_Garden_opening_ceremony_Mayor_Ed_Lee — The 2011 opening ceremony for the Circular Ribbon Garden, with Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Scott Wiener in attendance, along with local residents who helped make it happen, including Pat Moore, Ming Louie, Bob Abra, and many others.

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Circular Ribbon Garden cleanup event, Saturday Feb 23

On February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, GreeningLeave a comment

Photos from the cleanup day event for the Circular Ribbon Garden. Local volunteers were joined by helpers and supplies provided by SF Parks Alliance. All photos Bill Wilson Photography billwilsonphotos.com.

Right to left: Supervisor Norman Yee, SNA President Stephen Martinpinto, and Erica Maybaum, aide to Supervisor Yee. Photo: Bill Wilson Photography.

Pat Moore, Circular Ribbon Garden leader and committee chair, has a word with Supervisor Yee. Photo: Bill Wilson Photography.

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