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Eagle Plaza International Media Coverage

Mayor Breed visiting with attendees of the Eagle Plaza Groundbreaking Ceremony, (June 18th, 2019)

Mayor Breed visiting with attendees of the Eagle Plaza Groundbreaking Ceremony, (June 18th, 2019)

How to Support SF's Queer Nightlife Venues During Pride-in-Place (June, 7 X 7)

Plaza nearing Completion (April 2020, Bay Area Reporter)

HUGE Flag Greets Leather Week (September 2019, Bay Area Reporter)

Eagle Plaza Construction, Mayor Breed attends the groundbreaking (June 2019, World Journal)

Eagle Plaza breaks ground as Leather District centerpiece (June 2019, SFBay.ca)

Work starts on SF’s Eagle Plaza (June 2019, Bay Area Reporter)

Officials, Community celebrate groundbreaking at Eagle Plaza (June 2019, SF Examiner)

SF’s Leather Community breaks ground at site celebrating culture’s emergence (June 2019, SF Chronicle)

How Tactical Urbanism of the past decade has permanently changed the way we think about creating Public Space (April 2019, Landscape Architecture Magazine)

Can San Francisco’s famed leather district be saved in an era of high property values? (March 2019, LA Times)

Mayor Breed Signs Bill to Build Eagle Plaza in Western SoMa Neighborhood (February 2019, SF Gate)

Ambitious $1.85M Eagle Plaza headed to Western SoMa (February 2019, SF Chronicle)

SF is getting an Official “Leather-Themed Plaza'“in its SoMa Neighborhood (February 2019, Hornet)

Working to Open Eagle Plaza in time for Folsom Street Fair 2019 (February 2019, Hoodline)

City Approves Eagle Plaza Project in SoMa (February 2019, Curbed San Francisco)

SF Leaders OK Eagle Plaza Permit (February 2019, Bay Area Reporter)

Mayor London Breed signs legislation to Permit Eagle Plaza Project (February 2019, Mayor’s Office Press Release)

Board of Supervisors Set to OK Eagle Plaza (February 2019, Bay Area Reporter)

Mayor Breed steps in to expedite construction of Eagle Plaza (January 2019, Bay Area Reporter)

Mayor Breed introduces legislation to permit Eagle Plaza to move forward (January 2019, Mayor’s Office Press Release)

Arts Committee signs off on SF Leather Plaza (December 2018, Bay Area Reporter)

San Francisco votes to formally recognize city's gay fetish leather district (May 2018, Newsweek)

San Francisco votes to recognize gay 'leather' district (May 2018, Pink News, UK)

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Fetish's New Safe Word: Open Space (Jun 2016, San Francisco Magazine)

With Planning Approval, Western SoMa's Eagle Plaza One Step Closer To Reality (Feb 2016, Hoodline)

SF Leather-themed public plaza proposal inches closer to fruition (Sep 24, 2015, Bay Area Reporter)

Open space dedicated to S.F. leather community closer to reality (Sep 23, 2015, SF Chronicle)

Eagle Plaza Scores $1.5M to Create Leather-Themed Public Open Space (Sep 22, 2015, Hoodline)

Eagle Plaza and Former Co-Living Development Closer to Reality (Sep 11, 2015, Socketsite)

Leather-themed public plaza in SF competes for grant funding (May 20, 2015, Bay Area Reporter)

Eagle Plaza video coverage (March 20, 2015, CNS News, UC Berkeley School of Journalism)

Eagle Plaza, el primer parque gay leather del mundo (Mar 10, 2015, Revista Blue, Bilbao)

In a first, San Francisco plaza would celebrate leather culture (Feb 21, 2015, SF Gate)

San Francisco Is Considering A Leather-Themed Public Plaza To Commemorate Iconic Gay Bar (Feb 18, 2015, Live105)

Paradise Found: San Francisco May Be Getting Its Very Own Leather-Themed Park (Feb 17, 2015, Queerty)

Nejen "tradiční" rodiny rády pořádají nedělní pikniky! San Francisco chce vybudovat městský park na počest gay "kožeňáků". Jak vypadá spojení zeleně a koženého fetiše? Obrázek UVNITŘ článku (Feb 17, 2015, LUI Magazine, Czech Republic)

Leather-themed public plaza proposed for San Francisco’s LGBT cultural district (Feb 15, 2015, LGBTQ Nation)

San Francisco Gay District To Get 'Leather-Themed' Park? (Feb 15, 2015, Pink News UK)

Sanfrancisko iecerēts izveidot tematisku BDSM parku "Eagle Plaza" (Pride Online, Latvia)

San Francisco LGBTQ Leather Bar, SF Eagle, Submits Plans For Public Plaza (Feb 13, 2015, NBC Bay Area)

Plaza Pride (Feb 13, 2015, Curbed SF)

LGBT Leather-Themed Parklet In The Works For San Francisco SoMa (Feb 12, 2015, CBS SF Bay Area)

SoMa To Get Leather-Themed Public Park? (Feb 12, 2015, SFist)

Plan calls for leather-themed plaza in SOMA (Feb 12, 2015, Bay Area Reporter)

CNS Television News Report on Eagle Plaza (Mar 20, 2015, Berkeley School of Journalism)

 

Because Eagle Plaza has received significant media coverage to date, this list may not be comprehensive. If you would like us to add additional links, please let us know about them!