Questions Surround Fate Of Pedestrian Footbridge In SF's Chinatown

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco

April 21, 2022

Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to revoke the permit for a 50-year-old pedestrian overcrossing in Chinatown. Some call it a spiritual landmark, but the city wants to tear it down to renovate a beloved park.

When they built the Hilton Hotel in the late 1960s, the development agreement called for both a Chinese Culture Center and a pedestrian bridge across Kearney Street to Portsmouth Square Plaza.

“It is part of the landmark of Chinatown and bridging from the park all the way to the Cultural Center makes it easier, especially for elderly folks to cross this busy street,” said Robert Fong, who once worked in the area and now visits for lunch.

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