Project Schedule
June 2025 Project initiation | Summer 2026 Near-term enhancements complete
Project Summary
Fisherman’s Wharf Forward is a major investment strategy aimed at reinvigorating the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf, the City’s most visited neighborhood in 2024. This multi-phase project will create a new destination and reconnect visitors to the Inner Lagoon. It will also advance seismic and sea level rise protections to ensure the historic area remains a vibrant destination for decades to come.
Fisherman’s Wharf Forward will focus on the areas of Taylor and Jefferson streets and the Wharf’s Inner Lagoon. The near-term work includes:
- Planning and community engagement,
- Creating a new public plaza on Taylor Street where Alioto’s Restaurant stands now,
- Creating a new Inner Lagoon overlook along Al Scoma Way,
- Adding new lighting in the Inner Lagoon to highlight and celebrate the fishing fleet and historic fishing vessels, and
- Creating new opportunities for events and experiences.
Longer-term efforts will focus on resilience infrastructure designed to adapt Taylor Street and the Inner Lagoon through 2100, including strengthening or replacing the seawall and wharves, flood proofing buildings, improving facilities for the fishing fleet and fishing industry, developing and leasing retail spaces, and enhancements to the public realm. Public outreach and engagement will inform these longer-term efforts.
Presentations and Documents
September 3, 2025 press release
June 10, 2025 Port Commission staff report
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