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12 unusual facts about Golden Gate Park


Al White

White, who was raised in San Francisco, California from an early age, decided to embark on an acting career after he had been employed as a janitor in the Golden Gate Park for eight years.

Andrew Jackson Bryant

Grant went for a ride in Golden Gate Park with Bryant in September and dined at his house in October.

Bruce Judd

He has directed high-profile projects, including the repair and restoration of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, seismic upgrading and renovation to the Beaux-Arts style Pasadena City Hall, and the restoration work at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego.

Bushy Hare

Bugs pops out in Golden Gate Park and encounters a man, who asks Bugs to hold his balloons while he ties his shoelaces.

Dede Wilsey

In 2005, she raised $190 million to rebuild the earthquake-damaged De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, one of the largest collective gifts ever made to an American museum.

Ellis Lake

It wasn't until 1924 that the Women's Improvement Club of Marysville commissioned Robbie McLaren, famed designer of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, to turn the swamp into a beautiful lake.

INgage Networks

Initial focus is on the public sector, and early projects include public outreach for Golden Gate Park, the Stapleton Airport, and the Erie Canal.

Kurt Herbert Adler

Other innovations included the Merola Opera Program named after the founder of the San Francisco Opera, and "Opera in the Park", which, from 1971, has been an annual free concert in Golden Gate Park on the Sunday following opening night of the fall season.

Mark Izu

The principal curator of the original Asian American Jazz Festival held at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for nearly two decades, he helped establish the genre.

Michael Flohr

In the same year, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum included Michael Flohr's paintings into its exhibition in Golden Gate Park.

Red Mosquito

The lyrics for "Red Mosquito" were inspired by the events surrounding Pearl Jam's June 24, 1995 concert in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park.

The Red Victorian

The Red Victorian is a historic hotel located in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, two blocks from Golden Gate Park and well served by public transit.


A Jitney Elopement

Most of the film was made in San Francisco and includes scenes of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and the large Windmills still in the park's west side.

At Golden Gate Park

At Golden Gate Park is an authorized release in the United Kingdom of a recording of the concert given on May 7, 1969 by the San Francisco, USA, rock band Jefferson Airplane at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Central Freeway

The remainder of the freeway is signed as exit 434B from US 101, and comes to the surface at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the latter continuing north to Oak and Fell Streets, a one-way pair west to Golden Gate Park.

Haight-Ashbury

The district generally encompasses the neighborhood surrounding Haight Street, bounded by Stanyan Street and Golden Gate Park on the west, Oak Street and the Golden Gate Park Panhandle on the north, Baker Street and Buena Vista Park to the east and Frederick Street and Ashbury Heights and Cole Valley neighborhoods to the south.

Warren Hellman

Hellman was the primary sponsor and provided funding for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.