The park was a major reason that SF decided in 1934 to build a dam in Hetch Hetchy, a glacial valley which once rivaled Yosemite Valley in grandness and natural beautypic.twitter.com/FD4amxHoKw
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The park was a major reason that SF decided in 1934 to build a dam in Hetch Hetchy, a glacial valley which once rivaled Yosemite Valley in grandness and natural beautypic.twitter.com/FD4amxHoKw
In 1865, before GGP was built, the city commissioned a proposal from Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park and father of American landscape architecture His design focused on sustainable local flora in intimate green spaces and would have required little irrigationpic.twitter.com/3szO7yVlUl
In addition to its interconnected gardens, Olmsted’s proposal included wide excavated promenades enclosed by evergreens and blanketed with grass and native flowers The longest one would have extended from Market/Van Ness up to North Beachpic.twitter.com/MRPovmoNtP
“Despite its brilliance, novelty, and environmental fitness, Olmsted’s plan was opposed and never attempted”, and the city eventually opted in favor of a rectangular park inspired by his design in New Yorkpic.twitter.com/Ox5DU9oC3Y
Interesting history. SF is currently working on a water recycling system for the park to hopefully cut back on this: https://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=144 …
In terms of wild master plans that never happened, glad we ended up with Golden Gate Park instead of this mess of freeways!pic.twitter.com/9he3MJewHz
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