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Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the second-largest park in the city , containing 1,017 acres (412 ha), and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 24 million visitors annually.
The National AIDS Memorial Grove, or "The Grove," is located at the de Laveaga Dell in eastern Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, California. [1]The Grove is a dedicated space and place in the national landscape where the millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember.
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,116 acres (33,231 ha) of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United States Army.
McLaren Lodge is an historic building within Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, U.S..Built in 1896, the building served dual use; as the home of the superintendent of the park department John McLaren, until his death in 1943; and also serves as the headquarters for the San Francisco Parks Department (now known as San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department).
The Beach Chalet is a historic two-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style building, [2] located at the far western end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.The building is owned by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department; and the tenants are the Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant, and the Park Chalet.
Lloyd Lake, also known as Mirror Lake or Kissane Lake, is a clay-lined lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, named in memory of Reuben Hedley Lloyd, the park commissioner. [2] It is home to a wide variety of non-native, non-migratory birds.
The Parks Conservancy was founded in 1981 as the Golden Gate National Parks Association and changed to its current name in 2003. [8]Considered a model for urban park management worldwide, the Parks Conservancy's work is made possible through the support of its members and donors, contributions from foundations, [9] businesses, public agencies, and individuals; as well as earned income from the ...
The Giuseppe Verdi Monument is installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California. [1] The monument was dedicated on March 23, 1914, to the soprano singer Luisa Tetrazzini. Ettore Patrizzi, an Italian newspaper owner, raised $15,000 for the monument through a subscription fund.