The Aquatic Park and Pier Project is a community-led initiative to realize the full potential of this national, historic waterfront park and its surroundings, and to rebuild its protective, iconic pier so that future generations can enjoy this special place in San Francisco. Aquatic Park is in jeopardy. Its iconic, infrastructural pier is deteriorating, putting at risk the future of this urban nat
ional park. The pier offers a dramatic water-level promenade and it also serves as vital infrastructure that defines and protects the cove and its assets. Years of sea surge along the pier's western edge have eroded the structure and, today, parts of it are falling into the bay. In November 2022, the pier was deemed structurally unsound and is now permanently closed for public access. We need to rebuild the pier to ensure future generations can experience the water from its mantle — whether walking, cycling, fishing, or viewing — and to preserve the shoreline park and historic ships it shelters. This national park is a popular destination for local residents as well as tourists. More than four million people visit Aquatic Park every year to see the historic ships, take a dip in the bay or just enjoy this gem on San Francisco's northern waterfront. The park's beautiful cove, easily accessible public beach, and the world's largest collection of floating historic ships are dependent on the protection of this iconic pier that is one of the City's biggest treasures and also one of its biggest infrastructure challenges. For years locals have called it the Municipal Pier, or the Muni Pier for short. With passage of the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act, which devotes $9.5 billion over the next five years to address deferred maintenance in the National Park Service, our aim is to spur the needed federal investment to rebuild Aquatic Park for future generations.
