UN Plaza makeover: From skate park dreams to market leaders’ ‘logistical nightmare’

AS SAN FRANCISCO officials plan to transform United Nations Plaza into a skateboarding and recreation haven, a longstanding farmers’ market will be relocating close by. Market leaders consider the move to be a “logistical nightmare.” 

San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department first proposed a pilot project in July to make U.N. Plaza — currently considered the epicenter of the city’s open drug market and overdose crisis — safer and more inviting to residents.