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  2. Golden Gate Park - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Outside Lands - Wikipedia

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    “The sand dunes of Golden Gate Park before they were converted into a garden; view from the old Seal Rock House, taken in 1865”. Outside Lands was the name used in the 19th century for the present-day Richmond District and Sunset District in San Francisco.

  4. Beach Chalet - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Spreckels Temple of Music - Wikipedia

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    The new bandstand was dedicated as a gift to the people of California on Admission Day, September 9, 1900, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the state's admission to the Union. 75,000 people attended celebration in the Golden Gate Park. Spreckels and General W. H. L. Barnes stepped into the music stand to address the people.

  6. Murphy Windmill - Wikipedia

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    In the 1870s and 1880s, Golden Gate Park was planted on sand dunes and required substantial irrigation. [2] In 1902, the Park Commission authorized the construction of two windmills to pump groundwater for park irrigation rather than purchasing water at exorbitant costs from the Spring Valley Water Company. [3]

  7. William McKinley Memorial - Wikipedia

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    On November 24, 1904, the monument was unveiled, at the entrance to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, to the memory of William McKinley. Speeches were made by former Mayor James D. Phelan, Mayor Eugene Schmitz, John McNaught, and others. Over 5,000 people came to the unveiling. Robert I. Aitken was unable to attend as he was in Europe.

  8. Golden Gate National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Conservatory of Flowers - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 did little damage to the Conservatory of Flowers. The structure is visible in a number of photographs of refugees living in Golden Gate Park after the disaster. However, records indicate that reconstruction costs ensued to the surrounding landscape from refugees living in the park.