Category Archives: people

stories about people in the park, historic and contemporary

registering a historic landmark in california

Posted on January 7, 2011 by fromthethicket

What would it take to “officially” designate Golden Gate Park a historic landmark?  The process begins at the state level;  historic landmarks must be registered by a state first and then they may be considered for national historic landmark designation … Continue reading →

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frozen in time?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by fromthethicket

Frozen in time?  If Golden Gate Park were to be given historic-landmark status, the Stow Lake boathouse could be included in the designation. (Examiner file photo) via Entire Golden Gate Park might be deemed historic | San Francisco Examiner. What … Continue reading →

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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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golden gate park field guide (phone app)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by fromthethicket

This is a pretty cool new phone app — a field guide to golden gate park — developed by the Academy of Sciences.  It’s interactive, so users can help build a data base on plants, wildlife and other things of … Continue reading →

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get a daily dose of green space

Posted on December 1, 2010 by fromthethicket

“First, the bad news: Americans are suffering from an acute case of ‘outdoor deprivation disorder,’ and the effects on physical and mental health are rising fast. Children aged 8 to 18 today spend more time than ever using electronic media … Continue reading →

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free admission?

Posted on November 20, 2010 by fromthethicket

On August 7 this year, the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park began to charge admission for the first time since it opened to the public seventy years ago.   Nobody likes to have to pay for something that was … Continue reading →

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ferlinghetti in golden gate park

Posted on November 15, 2010 by fromthethicket

In Golden Gate Park That Day … by  Lawrence  Ferlinghetti In Golden Gate Park that day a man and his wife were coming along thru the enormous meadow which was the meadow of the world He was wearing green suspenders … Continue reading →

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charlie chaplin in golden gate park

Posted on November 12, 2010 by fromthethicket

Charlie Chaplin filmed several movies in Golden Gate Park, including “A Jitney Elopement” (1915) pictured above.  In this romance Chaplin plays the true love of Edna, whose father wants her to marry the wealthy Count He-Ha instead.  What place could … Continue reading →

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the machine in the garden?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by fromthethicket

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in New York in the mid-nineteenth century, they depressed the four cross-town roads below the grade of the park, to prevent the hustle and bustle of city traffic from interfering … Continue reading →

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