TENDERLOIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
CHILDREN'S CENTER & COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITY
Turk Street @ Van Ness; San Francisco Unified School District

This new inner-city school for San Francisco's Tenderloin District was designed by architect Joseph Esherick, Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis, in association with architects Wayne Barcelon and Darlene Jang, Barcelon & Jang, for the SFUSD and the Bay Area Women's and Children's Center. The new $17 million 66,686 s.f. facility is the first elementary school and community center in this tough district, from where children were bussed to schools as far as Treasure Island. The facility will serve 540 elementary school students and includes a day care facility, medical and dental facilities, counseling rooms, an adult education center, and a parking garage. Since space was a large concern on this tight urban site, the roof areas were also utilized as playspace and community garden space. The team of EHDD and Barcelon & Jang worked with the community and school district to make the Tenderloin Community School a reality.