Project Site of the OMI / Excelsior
Living Library & Think Park in San Francisco

Balboa High School
James Denman Middle School
San Miguel Child Development Center
300 Seneca (near Balboa BART)
San Francisco, CA 94112

Site Plans & Resources for OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park Conceptual Master Plan (© 2001)

Old Water Maps (1907 & 1913-15)

Map of Existing Conditions (© 2001)

Map of Interrelated Learning Zones (© 2001)

Design Development Plans for San Miguel CDC (© 2004)

Before and After Photos of OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park (San Francisco, CA)
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 Hours of Operation:
 Tuesday 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
 Wednesday 2:00 pm- 5:30 pm
 Thursday 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
 Friday 8:45 am - noon
 Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Three schools in southwest San Francisco—San Miguel ChildDevelopment Center, James Denman Middle School and Balboa High School—sit on a contiguous piece of land of about nine acres. They are currently separate campuses with concrete, asphalt and chain-linked fences and are being transformed byLife Frames, Inc. and Bonnie Ora Sherk, in conjunction with the three schools, into the OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park.

This transformation integrates the ecological, built, and cultural milieu of the site—past, present and future—and links to the curricula of the three schools. The students learn math, science, social studies, language arts, technology, the arts, and other subjects through involvement in interdisciplinary, project-based learning—all aspects.

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