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.