Category Archives: infrastructure

services and resources that the park requires

controversial gardens to replace recycling

Posted on December 3, 2010 by fromthethicket

“Nothing lasts forever, even in San Francisco, the city where you can’t sharpen a pencil without conducting an environmental impact report. For decades, the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Council Recycling Center has [provided] recycling services and native plants to the locals. But … Continue reading →

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what is a park for?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by fromthethicket

This week a red-hot public quarrel erupted over the proposed eviction of the HANC recycling center that has been occupying a half acre of park land next to Kezar Stadium for the past 30 years or so.  Recreation and Park … Continue reading →

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turning sewage sludge into gold!?

Posted on October 2, 2010 by fromthethicket

Turns out there is fascinating precedent for water recycling in Golden Gate Park!  The following information is from a paper entitled:  “The Beautification and Irrigation of Golden Gate Park with Activated Sludge Effluent,” written in 1937 by Charles Gilman Hyde, Professor … Continue reading →

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recycled water in golden gate park?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by fromthethicket

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has a plan to build a state-of-the-art facility for treating recycled water in the south-west corner of Golden Gate Park.   The treated water would fan out from this facility via pipelines, pump stations, … Continue reading →

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