Victoria Manalo Draves Park

10/29/2024

08/10/2019

Sunday streets Sunday the 18 of August at Victoria Manalo Draves Park!

Comprised of 10 seasoned musicians, San Francisco powerhouse Native Elements has been keeping the energetic, feel-good reggae tradition alive in the Bay Area for over 19 years.

05/07/2017

This is welcome at our park, 7 days, 9 to 5.

10/09/2015

Tomorrow!!

The plaque is intended to inspire Filipino youth via the Olympic gold medalist's legacy, and create a dialogue about SoMa's Filipino heritage.

10/08/2015

The Bronze Plaque is NaFFAA's tribute to Victoria Manalo Draves, the first and only Filipino-American woman in history to win gold medals in the Olympic Games. She was born December 31, 1924 in San Francisco to an English immigrant mother and Filipino immigrant father. In October 2006, San Francisco opened its newest city park and named it Victoria Manalo Draves Park. However, visitors and kids who play at the park daily do not know who the park is named after. In 2013, I came up with an idea of installing a plaque that would tell everyone visiting the park about Victoria Manalo Draves. The San Francisco Parks and Recreation Commission recently approved the installation of the bronze plaque describing Victoria’s triumph in the1948 London Olympics.. It will be unveiled at 10:00 am on October 10, 2015 at the front entrance of her park located on Folsom Street between Sixth and Seventh Street. Among the community co - sponsors honoring her with this free event featuring entertainment, food and drinks are the Filipina Women’s Network, the San Francisco Manila Sister City Committee, the Philippine American Press Club and the Inquirer.

08/06/2014

I think it was the Superclub sf folks with the entertainment, cute

08/06/2014

This was the talking car, cool

08/06/2014

These guys won the bike!