The sign read:

OneSF Building Our Future

The Port of San Francisco is constructing a new 57,000 square
foot public open space along 830 feet of waterfront where
Piers 34 and 36 were recently removed. The Brannan Street
Wharf will feature a 400 foot long lawn, interpretive exhibits, and
a walkway along the bay edge.

Funding is provided by the 2008 Clean & Safe Neighborhood
Parks Bond, the Federal Water Resources Development Act of
2007, and the Port of San Francisco.

Completion in June of 2013

Brannan Street Wharf
For more information: www.sfport.com
A project of the City's Ten-Year Capital Plan

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Construction Of Brannan Street Wharf   •  The Embarcadero Across From Brannan Street, San Francisco   •  Pier 36 was torn down to make way for this park   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 21 November 2012)   •  (Photo taken 13:10:20 Sunday 18 November 2012)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_8212
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The current view along the waterfront is interrupted by fences and heavy construction. A huge crane on a barge just beyond the fence, with piles of construction materials on the pier.

A hole in the surface of the pier with a temporary wooden fence surrounding it and a ladder leading down into it.

Huge 100 foot piles were driven deep into the bay to form the piers that will eventually hold up the new park. In the background you can see the surface of the park being constructed on top of piles.

Piles that had not yet been driven were visible on a barge moored just off shore. Here you could see how long those piles were before they were driven into the bay.

Here, the new larger piles could be seen in contrast to existing skinny piles that held up the old pier.

A large pile-driving barge, the EM-1105 San Francisco CA, was moored just off shore. The crane only operated during week days to hammer new piles into the bay.

The new concrete surface that will support dirt and a lawn. Note the water lines that came up thorough the concrete surface and were ready for later sprinklers to water the lawn.

Rebar was being laid over plywood so that more of the concrete surface could be poured.

Below the rebar was this plywood surface that was constructed to support the concrete until it had set.

Massive wooden beams were supported by metal clamps attached to the piers. Six-by-six wooden beams were rested on top of those beams and the plywood was laid atop the Six-by-six beam sub-floor.

Dozens more pilings were ready for the clamps, beams and plywood. Progress was slow but steady.