Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco is the definition of an Urban Landscape. Buildings are packed closely together. A back yard is a luxury. Even back in the 1800's the landscape of San Francis featured buildings piled on top of one another. There was literally no open space in San Francisco.      Someone got the bright idea to terra-form the sand dunes to the west into a park before the "city" encroached on them. The idea was to provide a "natural" area for families to go and relax in the open air. At first they went to the designer of New York City's Central Park. He turned the project down stating there must be a better place to build the park. They finally found an engineer with the know how and the drive to construct Golden Gate Park.      The plan took several years and made use of the natural succession of plants. Today this project would have been totally impossible because one, it destroyed the native landscape and two, it did not use native species of plants. However, this was the 1800's and the city wanted a park. And a park they got. One source I found said that Golden Gate Park is the largest urban park in the U.S. (yes even bigger than Central Park in N.Y.      Golden Gate Park sits in the western part of San Francisco. It is one and a half miles wide (north to south) and four miles long (east to west). It is a very pleasant park. It serves its purpose well. It provides the citizens of San Francisco an open space to go on a sunny day (they do exist,) to relax and enjoy nature.      There are numerous things to do and see there. These galleries show only a small part of the park. Any comments, please sent to .

Click on a photo or thumbnail to view a larger version. Random Golden Gate Park Photos Cottage Dutch Windmill Buffalo Murals Inside "Changing House Arch I forget the true name of his location. It is on the western end of the park right by the beach. The bottom is now a museum and the top is a restaurant/brew pub. I do know it started out life as the changing rooms for park visitors who chose to swim in the near by ocean (or to visit the near by beach) The outside is of a neoclasical design. The inside is covered with beautiful murals Dutch Windmill Full View of Windmill Tulips Roman Bridge Dutch Garden Classical Temple Thank you for viewing Other Golden Gate Park Photos A Castle??? Botanical Gardens Conservatory of Flowers Viewing Options S.F. Travel FAQ S.F. Virtual Photo Tour S.F. Travel Books Guestbook U.S. Photos Photos for Sale