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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. William Hammond Hall - Wikipedia

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    In 1870 the Park Commission solicited bids for a topographical survey which was awarded to Hall. After the successful completion of that task, he was appointed Golden Gate Park's first superintendent in 1871. [1] Hall devised a plan to improve the Park. The design included a Panhandle along with two main drives.

  4. Sunset District, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    Development was initiated in the 1870s and 1880s with construction of Golden Gate Park, but it did not reach a full scale until after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when small lots of tract homes and row homes now characteristic of the neighborhood were built into the sand dunes. [6]

  5. Outside Lands - Wikipedia

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    Initial work completed in 1871 included grading, fencing, drainage and irrigation work, and development of a park nursery. In 1872, 22,000 hardy and quick-growing trees were planted, park roads were built, and visitors began to arrive by the thousands. [4] Aerial view of today's Golden Gate Park, which was once known as the Outside Lands

  6. Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Tea Garden (Japanese: 日本茶園) in San Francisco, California, is a popular feature of Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Though many of its attractions are still a part of the garden today, there have been changes throughout the ...

  7. Beach Chalet - Wikipedia

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    The Beach Chalet is located near the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park. [7] It replaced an older building called the Golden Gate Park Chalet, built in 1892, that had stood on the opposite side of the Great Highway. [8]

  8. Conservatory of Flowers - Wikipedia

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    The Conservatory of Flowers is a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. With construction having been completed in 1879, it is the oldest building in the park.

  9. McLaren Lodge - Wikipedia

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    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).