• Originally Built:  1966
  • Renovated:  August 2006
  • Opened: February 2008

Neighborhood Library Campaign


Bay View Ingleside Ortega Sunset
Bernal Heights Marina Park Visitacion Valley
Chinatown Merced Parkside West Portal
Eureka Valley Mission Portola Western Addition
Excelsior Mission Bay Potrero Hill
Glen Park Noe Valley Presidio
Golden Gate North Beach Richmond/Anza

Western Addition


Reopened in 2008, the Western Addition Branch is an important institution in an extremely diverse neighborhood that serves a large Japanese, Russian and African American community – a diversity that is represented in their collections. A small expansion allows for disabled access, seismic work and building system upgrades.

Friends Contact: Marian Chatfield-Taylor, 415.626.7512 ext. 103, marian.ctaylor@friendssfpl.org