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The general manager is appointed by the mayor of San Francisco.General Manager Phil Ginsburg oversees a staff of over 850 that includes gardeners, foresters, natural resource, pest management and nursery specialists, recreation and summer camp staff, lifeguards, park rangers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, metal shop/welders and painters from the historic headquarters inside McLaren Lodge ...
The first steps were taken in 1940 to convert the area to a park, when San Mateo County's Parks and Recreation Department purchased 727 acres (294 ha) from the Howard family, of which 329 acres (133 ha) were underwater. The purchase included 7,000 ft (2,100 m) of shoreline. [4]: 29
The San Francisco Recreation Department constructed a multi-purpose outdoor amphitheatre in the center of McLaren Park in 1970 and named it the McLaren Park Amphitheatre; [23] In 2005, it was renamed the Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, after the member of the rock band the Grateful Dead, who had grown up not far from the park, at 87 Harrington ...
The Jerry Garcia Amphitheater is an outdoor concert venue located in McLaren Park in San Francisco, California, [2] [3] opened in 1971. [1] Its maximum capacity (as of 2022) is 1,200 people. [ 1 ] It is named after Jerry Garcia of the rock band Grateful Dead , [ 1 ] and is the site of the annual Jerry Day event, at which various musical groups ...
Moscone Recreation Center is a park located between Chestnut Street and Bay Street, Laguna Street and Webster Street in San Francisco's Marina District. The area was renamed in honor of San Francisco mayor George Moscone , who was assassinated in 1978.
San Francisco: San Francisco: Owned and operated by the City's Recreation and Parks Department, focus is nature, science, arts and crafts, live native and domestic animals and interactive displays Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary: Tiburon: Marin: Operated by the National Audubon Society, 911 acres, adult and children's nature programs
Parks in the City and County of San Francisco — in the San Francisco Bay Area, northern California The main article for this category is List of parks in San Francisco . Subcategories
Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth, Mission and Folsom Streets [citation needed] in the South of Market (SoMA) neighbourhood of San Francisco, California. The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened on October 11, 1993.