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It’s a big, grassy oval field a few hundred yards long with some bleachers on either side and a bike track around the perimeter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Gate Park Polo Field is frequented by intramural athletes, runners and cyclists.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate Park polo field is frequented by intramural athletes, runners and cyclists. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were big plans back then for what The Stadium would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The grand vision was that this would become a stadium in the biggest imaginable sense, like the Coliseum in Rome,” Pollock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan was for The Stadium to be a major site of the 1915 World’s Fair being held in San Francisco. It would be surrounded by bleachers with room for thousands of spectators. An arcade of arches would surround the field, and grand portals would act as entrances to the field itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the World’s Fair was relocated to the Marina District, and a lack of easy parking near The Stadium ended any chance of realizing that grand vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The polo field\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Instead, polo became The Stadium’s main attraction. In 1931, it was designated an official municipal polo field and, somewhere along the way, the name stuck: It became known as just “the polo field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the next three decades, polo matches were a regular sight on the field, and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department hosted matches nearly every week into the early 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 509px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Alberdi (R) of the famed Argentine polo team plays alongside Larry Sherrin (L) of the Texas Hurricanes play polo at the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park on May 7, 1949.\" width=\"509\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut.jpg 509w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-240x189.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-375x295.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Alberdi (right) of the famed Argentine polo team plays alongside Larry Sherrin (left) of the Texas Hurricanes at the polo field at Golden Gate Park on May 7, 1949. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 506px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The California All-Star polo team plays the Texas Rangers at the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park on May 1, 1948.\" width=\"506\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut.jpg 506w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-240x190.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-375x296.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California All-Star polo team plays the Texas Rangers at the polo field at Golden Gate Park on May 1, 1948. \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 510px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A polo game between Australia and San Francisco played at Golden Gate Park Polo Field on January 3, 1948.\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut.jpg 510w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-240x188.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-375x294.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polo game between Australia and San Francisco plays at the Golden Gate Park polo field on Jan. 3, 1948. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But polo isn’t a cheap sport to play or host. Horses are expensive to keep, and a polo field requires constant maintenance to repair the turf after horses have galloped all over it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1970s, rugby had replaced polo as the primary sport on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It died out gradually,” Pollock says of polo at the field. “It wasn’t one of these things that just dropped off all of a sudden. It happened over a very gradual amount of time as the sport really became less popular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still a couple of clubs in the North Bay and on the Peninsula where you can find old-fashioned polo matches, but there’s nothing in San Francisco. The polo field is the only place that could realistically host a match, but outside of the rare tournament or charity event, it’s all concerts and recreational soccer games there now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You don’t have to ride a horse to play polo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>About five miles east of Golden Gate Park is Dolores Park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652193/theres-no-polo-at-the-polo-fields-but-there-is-at-dolores-park\">where bike polo matches happen\u003c/a> almost every night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/134147568\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://nahbpa.gitbooks.io/nah-ruleset-2017/\">The rule book is 17 pages long\u003c/a>, but the basics are pretty simple: Teams of three play against each other, and the first team to score five goals wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game looks more like hockey than it does polo. For instance, in polo, players aren’t allowed to cut off someone who has the ball because it would be dangerous for both the rider and the horse. But that’s fair game in bike polo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661034\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661034\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Curious listener Cliff Bargar poses by the Dolores Park court where you can find bike polo being played almost any night of the week.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Curious listener Cliff Bargar poses by the Dolores Park court where you can find bike polo being played almost any night of the week. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnkbikepolo.com/History-of-Bike-Polo.pdf\">Bike polo has its origins in Ireland\u003c/a> from the late 19th century, where it was played on a grass field. In 1908, it was featured as an exhibition sport in the London Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hard-court bike polo, like what’s played in Dolores Park, got its start in Seattle in the late 20th century and quickly spread from there. The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/23/san-franciscos-bike-polo-league-finds-a-home-at-new-dolores-park/\">Dolores Park court was built in 2015\u003c/a> specifically for sports like hard-court bike polo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So should we expect to see our question-asker, Cliff Bargar, pedaling into a game anytime soon?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find this a lot more interesting than horse polo, to be honest,” he said, “[but] I’m not sure yet if I’ll be back with my own bike … but I’ll definitely consider it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was originally published on April 26, 2018. It’s part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Park Polo Field and Stadium in San Francisco is probably best known as the home to music festivals like Outside Lands.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nBay Curious listener Cliff Bargar has been to Outside Lands, and he likes to bike and run on the track around the polo field, but he’s never seen an actual polo match there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If polo was happening I would probably check it out at least once,” Cliff says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which raises the question: Is polo still played at the polo field?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Like the Coliseum in Rome’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Stadium (as it was originally called) opened to the public in 1906, just after the massive earthquake and fire that ravaged the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People probably needed some celebration after all of the calamitous things that had happened,” says Christopher Pollock, historian-in-residence for the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollock says it looks pretty much the same today as it did back then. It’s a big, grassy oval field a few hundred yards long with some bleachers on either side and a bike track around the perimeter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Gate Park Polo Field is frequented by intramural athletes, runners and cyclists.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30483_mayoraldebate-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate Park polo field is frequented by intramural athletes, runners and cyclists. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were big plans back then for what The Stadium would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The grand vision was that this would become a stadium in the biggest imaginable sense, like the Coliseum in Rome,” Pollock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan was for The Stadium to be a major site of the 1915 World’s Fair being held in San Francisco. It would be surrounded by bleachers with room for thousands of spectators. An arcade of arches would surround the field, and grand portals would act as entrances to the field itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the World’s Fair was relocated to the Marina District, and a lack of easy parking near The Stadium ended any chance of realizing that grand vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The polo field\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Instead, polo became The Stadium’s main attraction. In 1931, it was designated an official municipal polo field and, somewhere along the way, the name stuck: It became known as just “the polo field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the next three decades, polo matches were a regular sight on the field, and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department hosted matches nearly every week into the early 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 509px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Alberdi (R) of the famed Argentine polo team plays alongside Larry Sherrin (L) of the Texas Hurricanes play polo at the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park on May 7, 1949.\" width=\"509\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut.jpg 509w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-240x189.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30358_Polo-1-qut-375x295.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Alberdi (right) of the famed Argentine polo team plays alongside Larry Sherrin (left) of the Texas Hurricanes at the polo field at Golden Gate Park on May 7, 1949. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 506px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The California All-Star polo team plays the Texas Rangers at the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park on May 1, 1948.\" width=\"506\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut.jpg 506w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-240x190.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30359_Polo-2-qut-375x296.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California All-Star polo team plays the Texas Rangers at the polo field at Golden Gate Park on May 1, 1948. \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 510px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A polo game between Australia and San Francisco played at Golden Gate Park Polo Field on January 3, 1948.\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut.jpg 510w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-240x188.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30360_Polo-3-qut-375x294.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polo game between Australia and San Francisco plays at the Golden Gate Park polo field on Jan. 3, 1948. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But polo isn’t a cheap sport to play or host. Horses are expensive to keep, and a polo field requires constant maintenance to repair the turf after horses have galloped all over it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1970s, rugby had replaced polo as the primary sport on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It died out gradually,” Pollock says of polo at the field. “It wasn’t one of these things that just dropped off all of a sudden. It happened over a very gradual amount of time as the sport really became less popular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still a couple of clubs in the North Bay and on the Peninsula where you can find old-fashioned polo matches, but there’s nothing in San Francisco. The polo field is the only place that could realistically host a match, but outside of the rare tournament or charity event, it’s all concerts and recreational soccer games there now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You don’t have to ride a horse to play polo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>About five miles east of Golden Gate Park is Dolores Park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652193/theres-no-polo-at-the-polo-fields-but-there-is-at-dolores-park\">where bike polo matches happen\u003c/a> almost every night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/134147568\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://nahbpa.gitbooks.io/nah-ruleset-2017/\">The rule book is 17 pages long\u003c/a>, but the basics are pretty simple: Teams of three play against each other, and the first team to score five goals wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game looks more like hockey than it does polo. For instance, in polo, players aren’t allowed to cut off someone who has the ball because it would be dangerous for both the rider and the horse. But that’s fair game in bike polo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661034\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661034\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Curious listener Cliff Bargar poses by the Dolores Park court where you can find bike polo being played almost any night of the week.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS29586_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-58-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Curious listener Cliff Bargar poses by the Dolores Park court where you can find bike polo being played almost any night of the week. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnkbikepolo.com/History-of-Bike-Polo.pdf\">Bike polo has its origins in Ireland\u003c/a> from the late 19th century, where it was played on a grass field. In 1908, it was featured as an exhibition sport in the London Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hard-court bike polo, like what’s played in Dolores Park, got its start in Seattle in the late 20th century and quickly spread from there. The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/23/san-franciscos-bike-polo-league-finds-a-home-at-new-dolores-park/\">Dolores Park court was built in 2015\u003c/a> specifically for sports like hard-court bike polo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So should we expect to see our question-asker, Cliff Bargar, pedaling into a game anytime soon?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find this a lot more interesting than horse polo, to be honest,” he said, “[but] I’m not sure yet if I’ll be back with my own bike … but I’ll definitely consider it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Japanese Tea Garden is one of the most magical corners of Golden Gate Park. Pass through its elaborate front gate, and the serene landscape welcomes you to take a deep breath and let life’s stresses melt away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stepping-stone paths weave through beds of well-tended plants, koi fish swim beneath an arched drum bridge and benches invite visitors to sit and admire the blooming cherry blossom trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an oasis from the hustle and bustle of daily life, which makes it a hard pill to swallow that the history of this garden is full of racism toward Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A fair comes to Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you were living in the United States at the end of the 19th century, it was a tough time. The country was trying to rebound from an economic depression that shuttered about 15,000 businesses and sent unemployment soaring to nearly 25 percent. Congress was looking for anything to spur a little economic growth. In 1893, they decided to hold a World’s Fair in Chicago, called the World’s Columbian Exposition. It drew millions of visitors — and their dollars — and was, by all accounts, a huge success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael H. de Young, publisher of The San Francisco Chronicle, was a national commissioner for the Chicago fair and was inspired by what he saw. Before long, he was lobbying to hold a fair in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He really wanted to point out that San Francisco was as good as every other city on the East Coast,” said Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the Western Neighborhoods Project, a nonprofit focused on the history of the west side of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But de Young’s interests weren’t only for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[De Young] also owned a bunch of land in the Sunset District, which was totally undeveloped at the time. So he thought, ‘Why don’t we put a midwinter exposition in Golden Gate Park? It’ll show how good the weather is here in California. And also it would be bringing tons of people out here,'” said Meldahl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city would need to build transportation and make other infrastructure improvements around the park — all things that would make the property de Young was hoping to sell more attractive to buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, de Young was successful in his bid to bring a fair to San Francisco. With Congress and local leaders on board, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 came to be. Over the course of eight months, organizers transformed a portion of quiet, tree-studded Golden Gate Park into a boisterous fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Midwinter fair\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the fair’s attractions surrounded the Grand Court, which you can still see today in Golden Gate Park. It’s the plaza between the de Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences, also known as the Music Concourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A118128?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=33b26e9e7c761f3cf72f&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=3\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915614\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair.png\" alt=\"A night time shot of a tall tower lit up and beaming a light across the night. A little ways off is a round pavilion also brilliantly lit up.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A night view of the Midwinter International Exhibition of 1894 in Golden Gate Park. The Electric Tower stood at the center of the Grand Court, now known as the Music Concourse, and offered visitors views across the park. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Situated in the middle of the Grand Court was the Electric Tower, where visitors could climb up and get a view out over the fairgrounds. Food was the main attraction at the Agricultural and Horticultural buildings. There was also an ostrich farm, a scenic railway and a mining camp where guests could pretend to be gold miners. Oh, and a 100-foot-tall Firth wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>” … which is a Ferris wheel, but ‘Ferris Wheel’ was copyrighted. So some guy named Firth built this one,” said Meldahl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also a lot of cultural exhibitions about faraway places like Egypt, Hungary, China and Japan. These attractions were supposed to showcase art, food and culture from other countries — places San Franciscans were unlikely to visit themselves during the 1890s. But it was often done in a way that was problematic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was advertised to white people as a visit to authentic countries and cultures, and it was just kinda a sketch,” said Sango Tajima, a performer and writer who has been researching the history of the Japanese Tea Garden for an upcoming performance there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairgoers were invited to view the lifestyles of Native Americans on display at the Eskimo Village — where Inuit people were made to live in plaster igloos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was an Indian Village with wooden lean-tos and straw huts. And there was an African Village where you could meet members of the Dahomey tribe — who were actually just actors from Oakland,” said Tajima.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there was the Japanese Village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A117954?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=8be6806e44bf968d2e5b&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=9&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=11\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden.png\" alt=\"A black and white photo shows a small rounded bridge built of lashed together logs and a small thach roofed building in the distance.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, circa 1894, when it made its debut as part of the California Midwinter International Exhibition. People loved the tea garden so much that organizers left it when they demolished the rest of the fair. Later, a Japanese landscape architect named Makoto Hagiwara took over care of the garden, building it out and importing plants and animals to make it more authentic. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers had plans for fairgoers to ride around in a fleet of rickshaws, pulled by Japanese men. This plan did not sit well with Japanese Americans in San Francisco. They wrote a letter to the fair committee that said: “The custom of requiring the jinrikisha to be drawn by men instead of animals is degrading. … We, consequently, respectfully and earnestly protest against its use in this manner in the Park or upon public streets during the Fair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers responded by having white men, who wore yellowface and were dressed in Japanese garb, do the job instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also aspects of these exhibitions that showcased culture in less problematic ways. The Japanese Village had a theater where Japanese dancers and acrobats performed, a studio with an artist creating live paintings, and a house where tea was served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just kind of a taste of Japan, and what it would be like to ride a jinrikisha passenger car and visit a tea garden and enjoy some Japanese treats,” Tajima said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the many exhibits at the fair, the Japanese Village was a crowd favorite. It was so beloved that when the rest of the fair was disassembled in July 1894, it remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Tea Garden’s many lives\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the fair closed, the design and operation of the garden was taken over by Makoto Hagiwara, a landscape architect who immigrated from Japan in 1878. He nurtured its grounds, importing plants, birds and fish from Japan, reportedly at his own expense. He also tripled the size of the garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142735?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=34fdfb99b9b8f3492b06&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=4\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara.png\" alt=\"Black and white photo of an older Asian man in a suit looking at a card. A younger Asian woman reads over his shoulder. They are dressed in clothes typical of the early 20th century.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makoto Hagiwara, manager of the Japanese Tea Garden, and his daughter look at a card after returning from a vacation to Japan. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He hired a bunch of Japanese craftsmen to build the garden,” said Tajima. “And [they] kind of made it a little bit more authentic to what a Japanese garden in Japan might look like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Hagiwara built a house on the grounds and moved in with his family. They joined him in caring for the garden, dedicating their lives and talents to its upkeep. When Hagiwara died in 1925, his daughter, Takano Hagiwara, and her children continued to care for the grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1942, at the start of World War II, they were evicted from their home and sent to the Japanese concentration camp at Tanforan (near where the Tanforan Mall is today).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garden was scrubbed of its Japanese affiliations: Structures were demolished, a Shinto shrine was removed, and the garden itself was renamed “The Oriental Tea Garden.” Chinese women replaced the Japanese workers. In a matter of months, the work of the Hagiwara family was almost completely erased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hagiwaras were held in concentration camps until the end of the war. When they were finally released, San Francisco leaders did not allow the family to return to their home in the garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took years, but slowly, Japanese elements were returned to the garden and the name was changed back to the “Japanese Tea Garden.” The city also is recognizing the work and passion of Hagiwara and his family more. San Francisco Recreation and Parks put up a plaque honoring the Hagiwara family, designed by revered sculptor Ruth Asawa. And the road in front of the garden is now named Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you make the trip to the Japanese Tea Garden today, enjoy the beautiful plants, peaceful places to sit, and delightful treats served in the teahouse. They are all a reminder that even in the face of hatred, beauty can endure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Japanese Tea Garden is one of the most magical corners of Golden Gate Park. Pass through its elaborate front gate, and the serene landscape welcomes you to take a deep breath and let life’s stresses melt away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stepping-stone paths weave through beds of well-tended plants, koi fish swim beneath an arched drum bridge and benches invite visitors to sit and admire the blooming cherry blossom trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an oasis from the hustle and bustle of daily life, which makes it a hard pill to swallow that the history of this garden is full of racism toward Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A fair comes to Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you were living in the United States at the end of the 19th century, it was a tough time. The country was trying to rebound from an economic depression that shuttered about 15,000 businesses and sent unemployment soaring to nearly 25 percent. Congress was looking for anything to spur a little economic growth. In 1893, they decided to hold a World’s Fair in Chicago, called the World’s Columbian Exposition. It drew millions of visitors — and their dollars — and was, by all accounts, a huge success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael H. de Young, publisher of The San Francisco Chronicle, was a national commissioner for the Chicago fair and was inspired by what he saw. Before long, he was lobbying to hold a fair in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He really wanted to point out that San Francisco was as good as every other city on the East Coast,” said Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the Western Neighborhoods Project, a nonprofit focused on the history of the west side of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But de Young’s interests weren’t only for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[De Young] also owned a bunch of land in the Sunset District, which was totally undeveloped at the time. So he thought, ‘Why don’t we put a midwinter exposition in Golden Gate Park? It’ll show how good the weather is here in California. And also it would be bringing tons of people out here,'” said Meldahl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city would need to build transportation and make other infrastructure improvements around the park — all things that would make the property de Young was hoping to sell more attractive to buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, de Young was successful in his bid to bring a fair to San Francisco. With Congress and local leaders on board, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 came to be. Over the course of eight months, organizers transformed a portion of quiet, tree-studded Golden Gate Park into a boisterous fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Midwinter fair\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the fair’s attractions surrounded the Grand Court, which you can still see today in Golden Gate Park. It’s the plaza between the de Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences, also known as the Music Concourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A118128?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=33b26e9e7c761f3cf72f&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=3\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915614\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair.png\" alt=\"A night time shot of a tall tower lit up and beaming a light across the night. A little ways off is a round pavilion also brilliantly lit up.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/midwinter-fair-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A night view of the Midwinter International Exhibition of 1894 in Golden Gate Park. The Electric Tower stood at the center of the Grand Court, now known as the Music Concourse, and offered visitors views across the park. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Situated in the middle of the Grand Court was the Electric Tower, where visitors could climb up and get a view out over the fairgrounds. Food was the main attraction at the Agricultural and Horticultural buildings. There was also an ostrich farm, a scenic railway and a mining camp where guests could pretend to be gold miners. Oh, and a 100-foot-tall Firth wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>” … which is a Ferris wheel, but ‘Ferris Wheel’ was copyrighted. So some guy named Firth built this one,” said Meldahl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also a lot of cultural exhibitions about faraway places like Egypt, Hungary, China and Japan. These attractions were supposed to showcase art, food and culture from other countries — places San Franciscans were unlikely to visit themselves during the 1890s. But it was often done in a way that was problematic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was advertised to white people as a visit to authentic countries and cultures, and it was just kinda a sketch,” said Sango Tajima, a performer and writer who has been researching the history of the Japanese Tea Garden for an upcoming performance there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairgoers were invited to view the lifestyles of Native Americans on display at the Eskimo Village — where Inuit people were made to live in plaster igloos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was an Indian Village with wooden lean-tos and straw huts. And there was an African Village where you could meet members of the Dahomey tribe — who were actually just actors from Oakland,” said Tajima.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there was the Japanese Village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A117954?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=8be6806e44bf968d2e5b&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=9&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=11\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden.png\" alt=\"A black and white photo shows a small rounded bridge built of lashed together logs and a small thach roofed building in the distance.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/first-japanese-tea-garden-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, circa 1894, when it made its debut as part of the California Midwinter International Exhibition. People loved the tea garden so much that organizers left it when they demolished the rest of the fair. Later, a Japanese landscape architect named Makoto Hagiwara took over care of the garden, building it out and importing plants and animals to make it more authentic. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers had plans for fairgoers to ride around in a fleet of rickshaws, pulled by Japanese men. This plan did not sit well with Japanese Americans in San Francisco. They wrote a letter to the fair committee that said: “The custom of requiring the jinrikisha to be drawn by men instead of animals is degrading. … We, consequently, respectfully and earnestly protest against its use in this manner in the Park or upon public streets during the Fair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers responded by having white men, who wore yellowface and were dressed in Japanese garb, do the job instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also aspects of these exhibitions that showcased culture in less problematic ways. The Japanese Village had a theater where Japanese dancers and acrobats performed, a studio with an artist creating live paintings, and a house where tea was served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just kind of a taste of Japan, and what it would be like to ride a jinrikisha passenger car and visit a tea garden and enjoy some Japanese treats,” Tajima said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the many exhibits at the fair, the Japanese Village was a crowd favorite. It was so beloved that when the rest of the fair was disassembled in July 1894, it remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Tea Garden’s many lives\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the fair closed, the design and operation of the garden was taken over by Makoto Hagiwara, a landscape architect who immigrated from Japan in 1878. He nurtured its grounds, importing plants, birds and fish from Japan, reportedly at his own expense. He also tripled the size of the garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1719px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142735?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=34fdfb99b9b8f3492b06&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=4\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara.png\" alt=\"Black and white photo of an older Asian man in a suit looking at a card. A younger Asian woman reads over his shoulder. They are dressed in clothes typical of the early 20th century.\" width=\"1719\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara.png 1719w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-800x335.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-1020x427.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Hagiwara-1536x642.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makoto Hagiwara, manager of the Japanese Tea Garden, and his daughter look at a card after returning from a vacation to Japan. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He hired a bunch of Japanese craftsmen to build the garden,” said Tajima. “And [they] kind of made it a little bit more authentic to what a Japanese garden in Japan might look like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Hagiwara built a house on the grounds and moved in with his family. They joined him in caring for the garden, dedicating their lives and talents to its upkeep. When Hagiwara died in 1925, his daughter, Takano Hagiwara, and her children continued to care for the grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1942, at the start of World War II, they were evicted from their home and sent to the Japanese concentration camp at Tanforan (near where the Tanforan Mall is today).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garden was scrubbed of its Japanese affiliations: Structures were demolished, a Shinto shrine was removed, and the garden itself was renamed “The Oriental Tea Garden.” Chinese women replaced the Japanese workers. In a matter of months, the work of the Hagiwara family was almost completely erased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hagiwaras were held in concentration camps until the end of the war. When they were finally released, San Francisco leaders did not allow the family to return to their home in the garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took years, but slowly, Japanese elements were returned to the garden and the name was changed back to the “Japanese Tea Garden.” The city also is recognizing the work and passion of Hagiwara and his family more. San Francisco Recreation and Parks put up a plaque honoring the Hagiwara family, designed by revered sculptor Ruth Asawa. And the road in front of the garden is now named Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you make the trip to the Japanese Tea Garden today, enjoy the beautiful plants, peaceful places to sit, and delightful treats served in the teahouse. They are all a reminder that even in the face of hatred, beauty can endure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: In our humble opinion, with so many treasures across almost 1,000 acres, it’s arguably one of the best urban parks in the world. There’s a \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatepark.com/windmills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pair of windmills\u003c/a> that look like they belong in the Dutch countryside, and through an elaborate gate you’ll find the \u003ca href=\"http://japaneseteagardensf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oldest public Japanese teagarden\u003c/a> in the United States. But perhaps the wildest treasure in the park is the herd of American bison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In March 2020, for the park’s 150th anniversary, a birthday gift of five new bison calves were added to the herd.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hbu_pGErw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the bison in the park is unexpected, says Bay Curious listener Paul Irving. After all, bison aren’t native to San Francisco, and they certainly stand out in today’s urban setting. After years of cycling past the paddock, Irving asked Bay Curious: “What’s the story behind the bison in Golden Gate Park?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495865\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11495865 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Irving in front of the bison paddock.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Irving in front of the bison paddock. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1500s, an estimated 30 million to 60 million bison roamed American prairies. They grazed all over the West, from northern Mexico up through Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As European colonizers moved into the West, the bison’s habitat was chopped up by railroads, or turned into farms. Imported cattle brought grazing competition and new diseases to the bison. But the greatest threat to bison was hunting. Bison meat was exported or eaten on the spot, skins were sent to commercial tanneries, and bones were ground up to make things like fertilizer and bone china.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495700\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-800x688.jpg\" alt='\"Map of Bison Distribution Over Time.\" Kentucky Geological Survey, 1876. ' width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-800x688.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-160x138.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-960x826.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-375x323.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-520x447.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Map of Bison Distribution Over Time,’ Kentucky Geological Survey, 1876. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Newberry Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, allegedly killed 4,280 bison over 17 months to feed construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bison also were killed for sport. Competitions were held to see who could kill the most bison (Buffalo Bill got his nickname at one of these competitions). Tourists on trains would shoot the animals from their seats, leaving the carcasses where they fell. In 1973, a railway engineer in Santa Fe said it was possible to walk 100 miles along the railroad by stepping from one bison carcass to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11495712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway.jpg\" alt=\"A collection of bison heads killed from the Kansas Pacific Railway.\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway.jpg 614w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of bison heads killed from the Kansas Pacific Railway. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the U.S. government clashed with Native Americans over land, the army encouraged the rampant slaughter of bison, which were an important native resource. One colonel even said to hunters, “Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1889, the estimated number of bison had dwindled to about 1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Piles of bison skulls that would be ground up for fertilizer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piles of bison skulls to be turned into fertilizer. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The bison come to Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It was around this time that work began on Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Bison facts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A male bison tips the scale at 2,000 pounds, and females can weigh around 1,000 pounds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In 2016 President Obama named the American bison the United State’s official mammal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bison can use their heads as snowplows, allowing them to discover food beneath feet of snow.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When bison were close to extinction, concerns about inbreeding led to many being bred with cows, which explains why most of the bison we see today look a little like cows.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Though their names are often used interchangeably, bison and buffalo are different animals. Buffalo are a species native to Africa and Asia, while bison are specific to North America and parts of Europe.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“When Golden Gate Park was created, the idea was to honor the Wild West,” says Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Recreation and Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recreate the Wild West, the park needed bison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first bison was brought to the park in 1891. It was soon joined by more bison from private and public herds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bison and several other animals were actually first put in a paddock, which is very close to where Kezar Stadium is today,” Ginsburg says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The zoo had a captive-breeding program that produced more than 100 bison calves, though the program has since ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the decades, conservation efforts (and, ironically, an increased interest in bison meat) have brought the North American bison population back into the hundreds of thousands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495873\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-800x378.jpg\" alt=\"Bison and white deer grazing in Golden Gate Park in 1944.\" width=\"800\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-800x378.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-160x76.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-1020x482.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-1180x558.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-960x454.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-240x113.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-375x177.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-520x246.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bison and white deer grazing in Golden Gate Park in 1944. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Today’s herd\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The bison currently living in the pen in Golden Gate Park are not descended from the original animals brought to the park. The bison were replaced by a younger herd in 1984 and again in 2011. At the beginning of March 2020, the five new bison calves were added to the surviving 2011 herd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, all the bison in the paddock are female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11497000\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11497000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The bison at Golden Gate Park.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bison at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Having all females just keeps everything a little bit more calm,” says Ginsburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When there were bulls, the bison could get aggressive. One tried to maul a police officer on horseback, and another tried to escape by running into the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Males become very aggressive around August because they’re fighting for dominance in order to breed with the females,” says Sarah King of the San Francisco Zoo, which takes care of the animals. “Then calves are generally born in the spring, nine months later, and that’s when the females get aggressive because they’re very protective of their offspring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they may appear to be slow, bison are powerful creatures. They can run over 30 mph, jump up to 6 feet in the air, and swim over half a mile, says King.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days the paddock is calm. On any given day, you can see the bison either grazing or resting. Most of the excitement in the paddock is human-generated. For example: The streaker who was arrested for running into the paddock during Bay to Breakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this article was first published on June 8, 2017. In the last few years some bison referenced in the original story have passed away.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: In our humble opinion, with so many treasures across almost 1,000 acres, it’s arguably one of the best urban parks in the world. There’s a \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatepark.com/windmills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pair of windmills\u003c/a> that look like they belong in the Dutch countryside, and through an elaborate gate you’ll find the \u003ca href=\"http://japaneseteagardensf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oldest public Japanese teagarden\u003c/a> in the United States. But perhaps the wildest treasure in the park is the herd of American bison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In March 2020, for the park’s 150th anniversary, a birthday gift of five new bison calves were added to the herd.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/h7hbu_pGErw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/h7hbu_pGErw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Seeing the bison in the park is unexpected, says Bay Curious listener Paul Irving. After all, bison aren’t native to San Francisco, and they certainly stand out in today’s urban setting. After years of cycling past the paddock, Irving asked Bay Curious: “What’s the story behind the bison in Golden Gate Park?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495865\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11495865 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Irving in front of the bison paddock.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Question-Asker.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Irving in front of the bison paddock. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1500s, an estimated 30 million to 60 million bison roamed American prairies. They grazed all over the West, from northern Mexico up through Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As European colonizers moved into the West, the bison’s habitat was chopped up by railroads, or turned into farms. Imported cattle brought grazing competition and new diseases to the bison. But the greatest threat to bison was hunting. Bison meat was exported or eaten on the spot, skins were sent to commercial tanneries, and bones were ground up to make things like fertilizer and bone china.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495700\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-800x688.jpg\" alt='\"Map of Bison Distribution Over Time.\" Kentucky Geological Survey, 1876. ' width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-800x688.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-160x138.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-960x826.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-375x323.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map-520x447.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-map.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Map of Bison Distribution Over Time,’ Kentucky Geological Survey, 1876. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Newberry Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, allegedly killed 4,280 bison over 17 months to feed construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bison also were killed for sport. Competitions were held to see who could kill the most bison (Buffalo Bill got his nickname at one of these competitions). Tourists on trains would shoot the animals from their seats, leaving the carcasses where they fell. In 1973, a railway engineer in Santa Fe said it was possible to walk 100 miles along the railroad by stepping from one bison carcass to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11495712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway.jpg\" alt=\"A collection of bison heads killed from the Kansas Pacific Railway.\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway.jpg 614w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/A-collection-of-bison-heads-killed-from-the-Kansas-Pacific-Railway-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of bison heads killed from the Kansas Pacific Railway. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the U.S. government clashed with Native Americans over land, the army encouraged the rampant slaughter of bison, which were an important native resource. One colonel even said to hunters, “Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1889, the estimated number of bison had dwindled to about 1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Piles of bison skulls that would be ground up for fertilizer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/bison-fertilizer.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piles of bison skulls to be turned into fertilizer. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The bison come to Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It was around this time that work began on Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Bison facts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A male bison tips the scale at 2,000 pounds, and females can weigh around 1,000 pounds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In 2016 President Obama named the American bison the United State’s official mammal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bison can use their heads as snowplows, allowing them to discover food beneath feet of snow.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When bison were close to extinction, concerns about inbreeding led to many being bred with cows, which explains why most of the bison we see today look a little like cows.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Though their names are often used interchangeably, bison and buffalo are different animals. Buffalo are a species native to Africa and Asia, while bison are specific to North America and parts of Europe.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“When Golden Gate Park was created, the idea was to honor the Wild West,” says Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Recreation and Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recreate the Wild West, the park needed bison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first bison was brought to the park in 1891. It was soon joined by more bison from private and public herds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bison and several other animals were actually first put in a paddock, which is very close to where Kezar Stadium is today,” Ginsburg says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The zoo had a captive-breeding program that produced more than 100 bison calves, though the program has since ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the decades, conservation efforts (and, ironically, an increased interest in bison meat) have brought the North American bison population back into the hundreds of thousands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11495873\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11495873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-800x378.jpg\" alt=\"Bison and white deer grazing in Golden Gate Park in 1944.\" width=\"800\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-800x378.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-160x76.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-1020x482.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-1180x558.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-960x454.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-240x113.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-375x177.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock-520x246.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/High-Res-Mixed-paddock.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bison and white deer grazing in Golden Gate Park in 1944. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Today’s herd\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The bison currently living in the pen in Golden Gate Park are not descended from the original animals brought to the park. The bison were replaced by a younger herd in 1984 and again in 2011. At the beginning of March 2020, the five new bison calves were added to the surviving 2011 herd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, all the bison in the paddock are female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11497000\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11497000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The bison at Golden Gate Park.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Bison_2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bison at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Having all females just keeps everything a little bit more calm,” says Ginsburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When there were bulls, the bison could get aggressive. One tried to maul a police officer on horseback, and another tried to escape by running into the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Males become very aggressive around August because they’re fighting for dominance in order to breed with the females,” says Sarah King of the San Francisco Zoo, which takes care of the animals. “Then calves are generally born in the spring, nine months later, and that’s when the females get aggressive because they’re very protective of their offspring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they may appear to be slow, bison are powerful creatures. They can run over 30 mph, jump up to 6 feet in the air, and swim over half a mile, says King.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days the paddock is calm. On any given day, you can see the bison either grazing or resting. Most of the excitement in the paddock is human-generated. For example: The streaker who was arrested for running into the paddock during Bay to Breakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this article was first published on June 8, 2017. In the last few years some bison referenced in the original story have passed away.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A map of San Francisco from 1853 labels the west side of the city the “Great Sand Bank” because at the time it was largely rolling dunes. A few intrepid folks lived there, but for many early San Franciscans, the area that is now Golden Gate Park was far away and inhospitable, a “dreary desert.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors to the park today will find more than a thousand acres of green parkland, replete with walking paths, dells, lakes and almost every kind of recreational activity one can imagine. So how did the area go from acres of desolate sandy dunes to the beautiful, urban park it is today? One myth says it was a magical combination of horse manure and spit that tamed the sandy expanse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Wild West(ern side)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The land where Golden Gate Park sits today wasn’t even part of San Francisco in the early 1860s. But city leaders saw potential. They thought the area then known as “Outside Lands” was a perfect place for an urban park that would help put San Francisco on the map as a great metropolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco has always thought of itself as a great, amazing city,” said Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsidelands.org/\">Western Neighborhoods Project\u003c/a>, a community history nonprofit focused on the west side of San Francisco. “But really, it was the new kid in town. So at some point they decided they needed a park that was befitting of the amazing city they hoped to build this into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land was federal property back then. It took a protracted legal battle and the passage of the Outside Lands Act of 1866 to officially extend San Francisco’s borders out past Divisadero Street, all the way to the Pacific Ocean. But even once the city had the land, there were still park naysayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.olmsted.org/the-olmsted-legacy/frederick-law-olmsted-sr\">Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape architect known for his work on Central Park\u003c/a> in New York City, to weigh in on their idea to put a park in the Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And [Olmsted] was like, ‘Oh, no, no, you can never build a park here,'” Meldahl said. “‘Trees won’t grow on these sand dunes. So I recommend the other side of the city.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city leaders were stubborn, though, and put out a bid for surveyors who could design a park in the Outside Lands despite its seemingly inhospitable environs. The winner was a man named William Hammond Hall, the park’s first superintendent and chief architect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142708?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=24d08e44aa79fb342fd7&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915018\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall.png\" alt=\"Old-timey black and white photo of a man with white hair, big white mustache and old fashioned looking suit.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-800x310.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-1020x396.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-160x62.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-1536x596.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Hammond Hall. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“William Hammond Hall had all the confidence in the world that he could do it,” said Christopher Pollock, Golden Gate Park historian and author of the book “\u003ca href=\"https://norfolkpress.com/san-franciscos-golden-gate-park-a-thousand-and-seventeen-acres-of-stories-christopher-pollock/\">San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories\u003c/a>.” “And he did. That was just an amazing feat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land for Golden Gate Park was approved in 1870, which is why we celebrate that year as the park’s official birthday. But really, that’s when the hard work began, turning the park into the green place it is now. As to how Hall transformed sand dunes into verdant park, there is some folklore around that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hall vs. sand and wind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most common story is a bit more involved than merely manure and spit. It goes like this: Hall and his team of surveyors were out in the western part of what would come to be the park, and because there were few roads out there, they were camping. A feed bucket filled with barley was attached to each horse. One of the buckets fell off, and the barley scattered in the sand. Conveniently the horse then dropped a load of manure right on top of the grain kernels now lost in the sand. In a few days, the men returned to that spot and found the quick-growing barley had sprouted and was thriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And William Hammond Hall goes, ‘Aha, this is going to be the secret recipe for how we tame these dunes,’” says Meldahl, “because if you combine the quick-growing barley with native lupine here, that will sort of stabilize the dunes long enough to allow for these trees that he wanted to put through the park as windbreaks to grow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP.png\" alt=\"Black and white photo shows rolling sandy hills with grasses and low shrubs. A road winds off into the distance.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-800x282.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-1020x360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-160x56.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-1536x542.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Park, circa 1886. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library/Society of California Pioneers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meldahl thinks some of the elements of this story are true, but the fact that they all happened at once in the same spot is a little hard to believe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Golden_Gate_Park_History\">This tale also leaves out some important context.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, historians now think the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhistory.org/a-journey-of-discovery-the-fleishhacker-family/\">Fleishhacker family\u003c/a> — famous for their philanthropic giving in the early days of the city — owned a farm at the eastern end of what is now the park. On that farm they grew barley. So, Hall likely knew that barley could grow in some areas of the park already. Second, landscape architects in Europe were already pioneering a technique of using quick-growing grasses to “reclaim” sandy areas of the coast. Hall would have heard about those successes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the manure, that brings us to some old-timey street sweeping. In the 1800s, transportation was mostly by horse and buggy. The roads were full of horse manure, so street sweepers would come along, sweep up the droppings, and bring them to the city’s parks to use as fertilizer. So, yes, Golden Gate Park probably did have a healthy amount of horse manure to help the reclamation process along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A118075?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=63e8c3e3e9425557fb4b&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=1&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=10\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP.png\" alt=\"A photochrome print of the main drive of Golden Gate Park with people in 1800 clothes picnicking in the foreground and horse and buggy in the backround.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-800x282.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-1020x360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-160x56.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-1536x542.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Hammond Hall envisioned a park that all San Franciscans could enjoy. The manure from the city’s many horses helped fertilize the soil. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The genius of place\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The other technique Hall used in his design of the park is an idea put forward by Frederick Law Olmsted (the two were friends). Olmsted believed that architects should respect the natural topography of a place and work with it. He coined the term “the genius of place” to describe the idea that you would work with what nature created instead of leveling everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that meant was a very efficient way of using the sand dunes as the existing topography to create this undulating kind of interesting landscape,” Pollock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall used the dunes themselves as a break against the strong winds coming off the Pacific Ocean. He reclaimed the leeward side first, and stabilized the ground at the bottom of the natural valleys. As plant matter created topsoil that could support stronger plants, Hall gradually extended plantings around to the other side. The “genius of place” explains the many hidden dells and winding paths you’ll still find in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall’s most formidable challenge was at the far western end of the park, near the ocean. He built a fence where sand would pile up. Then he used his tried-and-true reclamation strategies of marrying quick-growing grasses with natural lupine and overlaying the whole thing with manure to build up the plant matter on the protected side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By 1890, only 20 years after the park’s inception at the eastern end, it looked fairly mature,” Pollock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 678px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915026\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park.jpg\" alt=\"Old drawing of an aerial view of Golden Gate Park from the east end looking west. Some roads exist and the contours of the land are visible. There are almost no houses in the neighborhoods surrounding the park.\" width=\"678\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park.jpg 678w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park-160x136.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Golden Gate Park, circa 1892. Perspective is from the east end looking west and includes seven notable spots in the park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/\">Online Archive of California\u003c/a>\u003ca>\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Hall makes enemies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sadly, Hall’s contributions as the first designer and superintendent of Golden Gate Park are often forgotten. That may be because he didn’t get along with some of the political power players of his day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of graft in the city at the time,” Meldahl said. “And William Hammond Hall didn’t like it, so he tried to control what he could with his power as superintendent of the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he discovered that a blacksmith by the name of Sullivan was padding his contracts with the city, Hall fired him. Unfortunately for him and the park, Sullivan rose to prominence as a state legislator and took his revenge by throttling funding for Golden Gate Park. At the same time, he accused Hall of misusing park resources.[emailsignup newslettername=\"baycurious\" align=\"right\"]“The allegations were completely false,” Meldahl said. “However, William Hammond Hall had had enough. In 1876, he resigned and the entire park commission resigned because they’re so disgusted by what they’re seeing as politics getting in the way of a beautiful city park that the city wanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Hall and his supporters gone, the park commission became a political pawn. Several railroad men were appointed and, soon after, a plan to build a railroad out to the park was approved. Conveniently, the railroad companies paid a much lower tax rate than usual for the privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also tension over how to develop the park. Hall envisioned a wild, open space for people to escape city living. But others thought the park could be a place to showcase the cultural and social power of the city. Some of the buildings considered iconic today, like the Conservatory of Flowers, were built during this time. Without proper funding, the park struggled until the commission promoted a man named John McLaren to the superintendency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142749?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=c4de9a849febd3cafe75&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915020\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren.png\" alt=\"Sepia toned photo of a tall man in a black suit with large eyebrows. He stands surrounded by palm trees with more greenery behind him.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren-800x282.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren-1020x360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren-160x56.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren-1536x542.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John McLaren, circa 1927. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think he’s one of the most universally beloved city employees of all time,” Meldahl said. “They built him a giant house. McLaren Lodge was built in 1896 specifically for him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McLaren was hired in 1890 and stewarded the park for the next 50 years. He oversaw the development of much of what is in the park today. He shared Hall’s vision, believing the space should be kept as undeveloped as possible. And he managed to stay the course without making so many enemies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One example: “[McLaren] hated statues in the park, hated them,” Mehdahl said. But rich people and cultural groups were constantly giving the city statues as gifts. Leaders didn’t know what to do with them so they’d just put them in the park. There would be a lot of fanfare around choosing the perfect location for a statue and placing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then John McLaren would very quietly plant things around the monuments that would grow up over time and totally obscure them so you couldn’t see them,” Mehdahl said. Some of the oldest statues in the park are around the Music Concourse, near the de Young Museum and the Academy of Sciences. But you wouldn’t know it because they’re almost completely obscured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given his hatred of statues, it’s a cruel irony that despite his wishes to the contrary, the city put a statue of McLaren in the rhododendron dell after his death in 1943. It’s still there, but fittingly his feet are firmly on the ground with the plants, not up on a big pedestal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A park for everyone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Visit Golden Gate Park today and you’ll see William Hammond Hall’s dream in action. He wrote in an 1872 report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With drives and rides for the rich, and pleasant rambles for the poor; quiet retreats for those who would be to themselves, and thronged [promenades] for the gayly disposed; sheltered nooks for invalids, and open grounds for lovers of boisterous sports; and tracts adapted to the special wants of children, and arranged to insure their comfort and welfare — the modern urban park is, indeed, the municipality’s open-air assembly-room, acceptable alike to all, and pleasing to each of her citizens.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More than a million people visit Golden Gate Park each year, and it is beloved by many. The park continues to evolve with the needs of San Francisco’s residents, but none of it would have been possible without the knowledge, skill and perseverance of William Hammond Hall and John McLaren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the Bay Curious series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">A Very Curious Walking Tour of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A map of San Francisco from 1853 labels the west side of the city the “Great Sand Bank” because at the time it was largely rolling dunes. A few intrepid folks lived there, but for many early San Franciscans, the area that is now Golden Gate Park was far away and inhospitable, a “dreary desert.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors to the park today will find more than a thousand acres of green parkland, replete with walking paths, dells, lakes and almost every kind of recreational activity one can imagine. So how did the area go from acres of desolate sandy dunes to the beautiful, urban park it is today? One myth says it was a magical combination of horse manure and spit that tamed the sandy expanse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Wild West(ern side)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The land where Golden Gate Park sits today wasn’t even part of San Francisco in the early 1860s. But city leaders saw potential. They thought the area then known as “Outside Lands” was a perfect place for an urban park that would help put San Francisco on the map as a great metropolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco has always thought of itself as a great, amazing city,” said Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsidelands.org/\">Western Neighborhoods Project\u003c/a>, a community history nonprofit focused on the west side of San Francisco. “But really, it was the new kid in town. So at some point they decided they needed a park that was befitting of the amazing city they hoped to build this into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land was federal property back then. It took a protracted legal battle and the passage of the Outside Lands Act of 1866 to officially extend San Francisco’s borders out past Divisadero Street, all the way to the Pacific Ocean. But even once the city had the land, there were still park naysayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.olmsted.org/the-olmsted-legacy/frederick-law-olmsted-sr\">Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape architect known for his work on Central Park\u003c/a> in New York City, to weigh in on their idea to put a park in the Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And [Olmsted] was like, ‘Oh, no, no, you can never build a park here,'” Meldahl said. “‘Trees won’t grow on these sand dunes. So I recommend the other side of the city.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city leaders were stubborn, though, and put out a bid for surveyors who could design a park in the Outside Lands despite its seemingly inhospitable environs. The winner was a man named William Hammond Hall, the park’s first superintendent and chief architect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142708?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=24d08e44aa79fb342fd7&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915018\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall.png\" alt=\"Old-timey black and white photo of a man with white hair, big white mustache and old fashioned looking suit.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-800x310.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-1020x396.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-160x62.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/william-hammond-hall-1536x596.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Hammond Hall. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“William Hammond Hall had all the confidence in the world that he could do it,” said Christopher Pollock, Golden Gate Park historian and author of the book “\u003ca href=\"https://norfolkpress.com/san-franciscos-golden-gate-park-a-thousand-and-seventeen-acres-of-stories-christopher-pollock/\">San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories\u003c/a>.” “And he did. That was just an amazing feat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land for Golden Gate Park was approved in 1870, which is why we celebrate that year as the park’s official birthday. But really, that’s when the hard work began, turning the park into the green place it is now. As to how Hall transformed sand dunes into verdant park, there is some folklore around that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hall vs. sand and wind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most common story is a bit more involved than merely manure and spit. It goes like this: Hall and his team of surveyors were out in the western part of what would come to be the park, and because there were few roads out there, they were camping. A feed bucket filled with barley was attached to each horse. One of the buckets fell off, and the barley scattered in the sand. Conveniently the horse then dropped a load of manure right on top of the grain kernels now lost in the sand. In a few days, the men returned to that spot and found the quick-growing barley had sprouted and was thriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And William Hammond Hall goes, ‘Aha, this is going to be the secret recipe for how we tame these dunes,’” says Meldahl, “because if you combine the quick-growing barley with native lupine here, that will sort of stabilize the dunes long enough to allow for these trees that he wanted to put through the park as windbreaks to grow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP.png\" alt=\"Black and white photo shows rolling sandy hills with grasses and low shrubs. A road winds off into the distance.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-800x282.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-1020x360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-160x56.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/early-view-GGP-1536x542.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Park, circa 1886. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library/Society of California Pioneers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meldahl thinks some of the elements of this story are true, but the fact that they all happened at once in the same spot is a little hard to believe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Golden_Gate_Park_History\">This tale also leaves out some important context.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, historians now think the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhistory.org/a-journey-of-discovery-the-fleishhacker-family/\">Fleishhacker family\u003c/a> — famous for their philanthropic giving in the early days of the city — owned a farm at the eastern end of what is now the park. On that farm they grew barley. So, Hall likely knew that barley could grow in some areas of the park already. Second, landscape architects in Europe were already pioneering a technique of using quick-growing grasses to “reclaim” sandy areas of the coast. Hall would have heard about those successes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the manure, that brings us to some old-timey street sweeping. In the 1800s, transportation was mostly by horse and buggy. The roads were full of horse manure, so street sweepers would come along, sweep up the droppings, and bring them to the city’s parks to use as fertilizer. So, yes, Golden Gate Park probably did have a healthy amount of horse manure to help the reclamation process along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A118075?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=63e8c3e3e9425557fb4b&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=1&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=10\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP.png\" alt=\"A photochrome print of the main drive of Golden Gate Park with people in 1800 clothes picnicking in the foreground and horse and buggy in the backround.\" width=\"1622\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP.png 1622w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-800x282.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-1020x360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-160x56.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/main-drive-GGP-1536x542.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Hammond Hall envisioned a park that all San Franciscans could enjoy. The manure from the city’s many horses helped fertilize the soil. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The genius of place\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The other technique Hall used in his design of the park is an idea put forward by Frederick Law Olmsted (the two were friends). Olmsted believed that architects should respect the natural topography of a place and work with it. He coined the term “the genius of place” to describe the idea that you would work with what nature created instead of leveling everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that meant was a very efficient way of using the sand dunes as the existing topography to create this undulating kind of interesting landscape,” Pollock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall used the dunes themselves as a break against the strong winds coming off the Pacific Ocean. He reclaimed the leeward side first, and stabilized the ground at the bottom of the natural valleys. As plant matter created topsoil that could support stronger plants, Hall gradually extended plantings around to the other side. The “genius of place” explains the many hidden dells and winding paths you’ll still find in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall’s most formidable challenge was at the far western end of the park, near the ocean. He built a fence where sand would pile up. Then he used his tried-and-true reclamation strategies of marrying quick-growing grasses with natural lupine and overlaying the whole thing with manure to build up the plant matter on the protected side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By 1890, only 20 years after the park’s inception at the eastern end, it looked fairly mature,” Pollock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 678px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915026\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park.jpg\" alt=\"Old drawing of an aerial view of Golden Gate Park from the east end looking west. Some roads exist and the contours of the land are visible. There are almost no houses in the neighborhoods surrounding the park.\" width=\"678\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park.jpg 678w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/birdseye-GG-park-160x136.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Golden Gate Park, circa 1892. Perspective is from the east end looking west and includes seven notable spots in the park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/\">Online Archive of California\u003c/a>\u003ca>\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Hall makes enemies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sadly, Hall’s contributions as the first designer and superintendent of Golden Gate Park are often forgotten. That may be because he didn’t get along with some of the political power players of his day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of graft in the city at the time,” Meldahl said. “And William Hammond Hall didn’t like it, so he tried to control what he could with his power as superintendent of the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he discovered that a blacksmith by the name of Sullivan was padding his contracts with the city, Hall fired him. Unfortunately for him and the park, Sullivan rose to prominence as a state legislator and took his revenge by throttling funding for Golden Gate Park. At the same time, he accused Hall of misusing park resources.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The allegations were completely false,” Meldahl said. “However, William Hammond Hall had had enough. In 1876, he resigned and the entire park commission resigned because they’re so disgusted by what they’re seeing as politics getting in the way of a beautiful city park that the city wanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Hall and his supporters gone, the park commission became a political pawn. Several railroad men were appointed and, soon after, a plan to build a railroad out to the park was approved. Conveniently, the railroad companies paid a much lower tax rate than usual for the privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also tension over how to develop the park. Hall envisioned a wild, open space for people to escape city living. But others thought the park could be a place to showcase the cultural and social power of the city. Some of the buildings considered iconic today, like the Conservatory of Flowers, were built during this time. Without proper funding, the park struggled until the commission promoted a man named John McLaren to the superintendency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1622px\">\u003ca href=\"https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A142749?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=c4de9a849febd3cafe75&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915020\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/john-mclaren.png\" alt=\"Sepia toned photo of a tall man in a black suit with large eyebrows. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area is one of the most eclectic places in the world, if we do say so ourselves. It’s filled with people and places that prove time and again why so many yearn to visit us. As we’re contemplating how we want to start this new year, the Bay Curious team wanted a way to get out and explore the unique, rich history surrounding us in a safe — and relatively cost-free — way. So we dug through the archives for some fun activities you and yours can enjoy this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are seven places to visit to learn more about what makes the Bay so special. Listen to our Spotify playlist of these Bay Curious episodes on the road, while you’re there, or on your way to the next adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3wc6RFluIltLRclRN3yHsb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11428075/whos-behind-the-colorful-lights-at-san-francisco-city-hall\">Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11428739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11428739 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Emigh met up with her best friend Kim Ish for St. Patrick's Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1920x1277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Emigh (left) met up with her best friend, Kim Ish, for St. Patrick’s Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark. \u003ccite>(Blair Wells/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By day, San Francisco City Hall is a monument to a place many of us call home. And at night, the lights reflect the city’s unique identity. Like every great structure in every great city, San Francisco City Hall has a story to tell. Its history can be explored through the special days when its granite exterior takes on a vibrant new look: perhaps the colors of the rainbow for Pride Week, or a radiant shamrock green on St. Patty’s Day. Head on over to the historic steps and listen to Bay Curious to discover who makes the lighting decisions, and how it comes together.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655269/how-oakland-became-a-gnome-mans-land\">How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11655279 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This gnome sits against its telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This gnome is nailed to a telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every time Bay Curious listener Lauren Bresnahan takes her dog for a walk, she sees them: a collection of painted gnomes at the bases of utility poles all over her Lake Merritt neighborhood. Seems kind of random, right? It’s a cute oddity, so we set out to find the story behind the little gnomes painted around this cherished Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11495697/whats-with-the-bison-in-golden-gate-park\">What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11809842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11809842 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Five new bison are joining the heard at Golden Gate Park in honor of the park's Sesquicentennial.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five members of the herd at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(James Watkins/Courtesy of San Francisco Recreation and Parks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might be wondering, why are there bison in San Francisco? Bay Curious listener Paul Irving had the same question. So we headed over to the lush fields of Golden Gate Park in search of the herd of American bison that call a section of the 1,000-acre urban park home. Bison aren’t native to San Francisco, after all, so what’s the story behind their presence at Golden Gate Park? The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831229/the-unassuming-east-bay-beach-with-hidden-ceramic-treasures\">The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO beach in Richmond\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Beach is strewn with broken pieces of TEPCO pottery, dumped there when the factory was operating in El Cerrito. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, you’ll find broken pottery, not sand. It feels like you’ve happened upon some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco. Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada stumbled upon this beach, affectionately called TEPCO Beach by locals, and wondered why it has so much pottery on it. The bizarre ceramic-strewn beach’s history tells us a lot about a beloved Bay Area porcelain business, its legacy, and changing views on environmentalism.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11634601/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay\">Is the Castro Getting Less Gay?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1920x1436.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1180x882.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-960x718.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up. \u003ccite>(oversnap/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I had never seen a gayer place,” journalist Ryan Levi said when he first moved to San Francisco in 2016. He was blown away by the endless expressions of love and community in the Castro. But Bay Curious listener Bob Girard has a different perspective. As someone who has visited the Castro a lot over the years, he noticed a changing neighborhood, one that is less of a haven for LGBTQ+ people than it once was. “Doesn’t seem to be quite the same old Castro as in years past,” he said. So, what has changed, and why? Bay Curious explores the changing dynamics of one of San Francisco’s most famous neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\">El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11621286 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission San José in Fremont once controlled a huge expanse of what we now know as the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El Camino Real runs the length of the Peninsula between San Francisco and San José. Its very name implies a regal history, translating to “The King’s Highway” in Spanish. Legend has it that El Camino Real in Silicon Valley is part of the historic Mission Trail, an ancient road that connects the Spanish missions that stretch along the California coast. But is that true? Join us as we unravel a series of falsehoods that have become “common wisdom.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834961/the-swans-at-san-franciscos-palace-of-fine-arts-have-attitude\">The Secret Lives of the Palace of Fine Arts Swans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11834980 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Swan at the Palace of Fine Arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the swans at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontho/7984114855/in/photolist-dawFbF-dQim3j-7pRZus-6RdUub-4xeUJK-TKz9yu-6R9TGV-6R9MGF-6RdSEG-ij3Vv-wDA17y-6WpZDU-b76S2g-AUFCu-6Wq3gE-eyfZv-6Wmana-9W6KEf-nNnE2i-5LD1GD-5LHjsq-6Wm2yg-eBgK6B-PZzmK-9W3W7i-9W3WMr-56PXb-9W6Lq5-2zCEqN-9W6L7G-9W3WrK-9W3WAZ-9W6KY9-9W3Wjg-9W3Xak-9W3Wbv-9W3WnD-5j8jip-9W6LjY-9W3WS6-MBFw-9W6LAh-9W6KT3-jHc8Lx-5LHh79-9W6Lby-rMwYX-9W6Ldj-9W6Lr1-9W3WKR\">Jason Thompson\u003c/a>/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Palace of Fine Arts is an architectural gem tucked into a corner of the Marina district, offering a lovely space for a stroll, a picnic and a selfie session. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area is one of the most eclectic places in the world, if we do say so ourselves. It’s filled with people and places that prove time and again why so many yearn to visit us. As we’re contemplating how we want to start this new year, the Bay Curious team wanted a way to get out and explore the unique, rich history surrounding us in a safe — and relatively cost-free — way. So we dug through the archives for some fun activities you and yours can enjoy this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are seven places to visit to learn more about what makes the Bay so special. Listen to our Spotify playlist of these Bay Curious episodes on the road, while you’re there, or on your way to the next adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3wc6RFluIltLRclRN3yHsb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11428075/whos-behind-the-colorful-lights-at-san-francisco-city-hall\">Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11428739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11428739 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Emigh met up with her best friend Kim Ish for St. Patrick's Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1920x1277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Emigh (left) met up with her best friend, Kim Ish, for St. Patrick’s Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark. \u003ccite>(Blair Wells/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By day, San Francisco City Hall is a monument to a place many of us call home. And at night, the lights reflect the city’s unique identity. Like every great structure in every great city, San Francisco City Hall has a story to tell. Its history can be explored through the special days when its granite exterior takes on a vibrant new look: perhaps the colors of the rainbow for Pride Week, or a radiant shamrock green on St. Patty’s Day. Head on over to the historic steps and listen to Bay Curious to discover who makes the lighting decisions, and how it comes together.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655269/how-oakland-became-a-gnome-mans-land\">How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11655279 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This gnome sits against its telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This gnome is nailed to a telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every time Bay Curious listener Lauren Bresnahan takes her dog for a walk, she sees them: a collection of painted gnomes at the bases of utility poles all over her Lake Merritt neighborhood. Seems kind of random, right? It’s a cute oddity, so we set out to find the story behind the little gnomes painted around this cherished Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11495697/whats-with-the-bison-in-golden-gate-park\">What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11809842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11809842 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Five new bison are joining the heard at Golden Gate Park in honor of the park's Sesquicentennial.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five members of the herd at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(James Watkins/Courtesy of San Francisco Recreation and Parks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might be wondering, why are there bison in San Francisco? Bay Curious listener Paul Irving had the same question. So we headed over to the lush fields of Golden Gate Park in search of the herd of American bison that call a section of the 1,000-acre urban park home. Bison aren’t native to San Francisco, after all, so what’s the story behind their presence at Golden Gate Park? The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831229/the-unassuming-east-bay-beach-with-hidden-ceramic-treasures\">The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO beach in Richmond\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Beach is strewn with broken pieces of TEPCO pottery, dumped there when the factory was operating in El Cerrito. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, you’ll find broken pottery, not sand. It feels like you’ve happened upon some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco. Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada stumbled upon this beach, affectionately called TEPCO Beach by locals, and wondered why it has so much pottery on it. The bizarre ceramic-strewn beach’s history tells us a lot about a beloved Bay Area porcelain business, its legacy, and changing views on environmentalism.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11634601/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay\">Is the Castro Getting Less Gay?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1920x1436.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1180x882.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-960x718.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up. \u003ccite>(oversnap/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I had never seen a gayer place,” journalist Ryan Levi said when he first moved to San Francisco in 2016. He was blown away by the endless expressions of love and community in the Castro. But Bay Curious listener Bob Girard has a different perspective. As someone who has visited the Castro a lot over the years, he noticed a changing neighborhood, one that is less of a haven for LGBTQ+ people than it once was. “Doesn’t seem to be quite the same old Castro as in years past,” he said. So, what has changed, and why? Bay Curious explores the changing dynamics of one of San Francisco’s most famous neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\">El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11621286 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission San José in Fremont once controlled a huge expanse of what we now know as the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El Camino Real runs the length of the Peninsula between San Francisco and San José. Its very name implies a regal history, translating to “The King’s Highway” in Spanish. Legend has it that El Camino Real in Silicon Valley is part of the historic Mission Trail, an ancient road that connects the Spanish missions that stretch along the California coast. But is that true? Join us as we unravel a series of falsehoods that have become “common wisdom.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834961/the-swans-at-san-franciscos-palace-of-fine-arts-have-attitude\">The Secret Lives of the Palace of Fine Arts Swans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11834980 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Swan at the Palace of Fine Arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the swans at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontho/7984114855/in/photolist-dawFbF-dQim3j-7pRZus-6RdUub-4xeUJK-TKz9yu-6R9TGV-6R9MGF-6RdSEG-ij3Vv-wDA17y-6WpZDU-b76S2g-AUFCu-6Wq3gE-eyfZv-6Wmana-9W6KEf-nNnE2i-5LD1GD-5LHjsq-6Wm2yg-eBgK6B-PZzmK-9W3W7i-9W3WMr-56PXb-9W6Lq5-2zCEqN-9W6L7G-9W3WrK-9W3WAZ-9W6KY9-9W3Wjg-9W3Xak-9W3Wbv-9W3WnD-5j8jip-9W6LjY-9W3WS6-MBFw-9W6LAh-9W6KT3-jHc8Lx-5LHh79-9W6Lby-rMwYX-9W6Ldj-9W6Lr1-9W3WKR\">Jason Thompson\u003c/a>/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Palace of Fine Arts is an architectural gem tucked into a corner of the Marina district, offering a lovely space for a stroll, a picnic and a selfie session. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors issued a subpoena Thursday to obtain financial records between a parks-supporting nonprofit, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Parks Alliance raises money to build park infrastructure across the city in a private-public partnership, it’s usually primarily interested in one type of green — planting trees, for instance. But the board says more transparency is necessary to ensure \u003cem>another\u003c/em> type of green — money — isn’t changing hands improperly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just who has influence in renovating parks, and where, is a chief concern, said Supervisor Connie Chan, the lawmaker who requested the subpoena during a hearing of the board’s Government Audit and Oversight Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Supervisor Connie Chan, District 1\"]‘Are we now setting ourselves up for a two-tier parks system for those who can pay to play, literally, and for those who cannot afford access to our public space?’[/pullquote]While no formal accusations have been made, Chan’s subpoena comes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11839531/report-corrupt-sf-official-directed-nonprofit-to-pay-60k-to-organizations-under-fbi-investigation\">in the wake of an ever-unfolding corruption scandal that has ensnared four city department heads since early 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said she was worried the influence of money could determine exactly who gets to have parks built in the city, and where, citing equitable access as a key priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a city of riches,” she said during Thursday’s committee hearing. “We receive so much donations and so much money to renovate and improve our parks, and we can see those results. 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"content": "\u003cp>After months under California's most restrictive COVID-19 guidelines, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862817/san-francisco-santa-clara-napa-counties-move-to-less-restrictive-reopening-tier\">entered the so-called red tier\u003c/a> this week, meaning some businesses and services can reopen to the public for the first time since 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A county's ranking in the tier system, called California's \"\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">Blueprint for a Safer Economy\u003c/a>,\" is determined based on the seven-day average of its overall COVID-19 cases, and the positivity rate. Counties under the red tier are allowed to reopen some nonessential businesses — like bookstores, museums and fitness centers — with limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the announcement, aquariums and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893481/de-young-and-sfmoma-reopen-this-weekend-hopefully-for-good\">museums have been slowly opening\u003c/a> their doors. The Asian Art Museum reopened on Thursday, and de Young Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art plan to reopen this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11863543\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 'Welcome Back' sign at Pier 39 in San Francisco on March 4, 2021, outlining new safety measures due to COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the other businesses that can reopen under red tier restrictions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clothing and shoe stores, with 50% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dance studios, with 10% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hair salons and barbershops can open indoors, with modifications\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Libraries, with 50% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Movie theaters, with 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Restaurants can open indoor dining with 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">Check out the full list of what's open, and what's not, here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just days after moving from the more restrictive purple tier to the red tier, residents are already taking advantage of reopened businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863568\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diners eat inside of a tent at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana restaurant in San Francisco on March 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47552_003_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jorge Arreola sanitizes a table at Pier Market after the restaurant reopened for indoor dining on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11863538\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47544_022_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Espinosa family at the Aquarium of the Bay at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"sea otter swimming\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47543_018_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sea otter swims at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47539_014_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Yool at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11863533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47531_029_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel Mestayer-Orallo takes a passenger's temperature at SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park on March 4, 2021, on the first day of reopening as San Francisco enters the red tier. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11863532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47527_019_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger rides in a gondola on the SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park on March 4, 2021, on the first day of reopening as San Francisco enters the red tier. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863577\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47526_016_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After months under California's most restrictive COVID-19 guidelines, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862817/san-francisco-santa-clara-napa-counties-move-to-less-restrictive-reopening-tier\">entered the so-called red tier\u003c/a> this week, meaning some businesses and services can reopen to the public for the first time since 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A county's ranking in the tier system, called California's \"\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">Blueprint for a Safer Economy\u003c/a>,\" is determined based on the seven-day average of its overall COVID-19 cases, and the positivity rate. Counties under the red tier are allowed to reopen some nonessential businesses — like bookstores, museums and fitness centers — with limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the announcement, aquariums and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893481/de-young-and-sfmoma-reopen-this-weekend-hopefully-for-good\">museums have been slowly opening\u003c/a> their doors. The Asian Art Museum reopened on Thursday, and de Young Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art plan to reopen this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11863543\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47550_001_SanFrancisco_Pier39Reopening_03042021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 'Welcome Back' sign at Pier 39 in San Francisco on March 4, 2021, outlining new safety measures due to COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the other businesses that can reopen under red tier restrictions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clothing and shoe stores, with 50% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dance studios, with 10% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hair salons and barbershops can open indoors, with modifications\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Libraries, with 50% capacity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Movie theaters, with 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Restaurants can open indoor dining with 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">Check out the full list of what's open, and what's not, here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just days after moving from the more restrictive purple tier to the red tier, residents are already taking advantage of reopened businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863568\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS47567_025_SanFrancisco_EmbarcaderoReopening_03032021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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"content": "\u003cp>One of the most obvious signs of tourism’s potential comeback to San Francisco ought to be the sight of the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.skystarwheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyStar Observation Wheel\u003c/a>, creating countless Instagram moments as it gently rotates above the tree tops of Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or so you’d think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a sunny weekday afternoon, dozens of people wait in line to take the 10-minute to 12-minute ride on the Ferris wheel-style attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those riders generally aren't visitors to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're mainly seeing San Francisco locals and people from surrounding counties,\" said SkyStar greeter David Saffold as he checked people's temperatures at the ride's entrance and directed them to the line. Saffold said he’s yet to meet a single real tourist since the wheel finally opened for business on Oct. 21 — an opening that had been delayed for many months because of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845985 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he said people from San Francisco and surrounding counties have been showing up in droves, despite the $18-per-adult ticket price. (Kids and seniors pay $12 to ride.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is great for the locals,\" said Saffold. \"It gives people something to do, something to enjoy during these mad times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourism is San Francisco’s largest industry. It supports more than 80,000 jobs and contributed nearly $800 million in tax revenue to the city last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those jobs and dollars disappeared during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Travel Association\u003c/a> (SF Travel), which promotes the city by the bay as a destination for business and leisure travel around the country and the world, \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/88i61maeqrxlqa1l93mhtx8rpsidimn0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitor numbers are down more than 53% compared to last year and tourist spending has plunged by 67%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845988 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco's newest attraction, the SkyStar Observation Wheel. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So while Bay Area residents have been making the most of touristy attractions they might normally avoid, SF Travel has started vigorously marketing the city to \u003cem>actual\u003c/em> tourists once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since San Francisco officials softened restrictions on hotels, restaurants and attractions in line with health guidelines in mid-September, SF Travel has launched campaigns in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-and-sftravel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb\u003c/a> and the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/places-to-visit/san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit California.\u003c/a> There's also a series of YouTube videos promoting San Francisco featuring local celebrities like filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Mayor London Breed and former San Francisco Giants’ player Hunter Pence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhUw6H0dFwg&t=2s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Travel has also instituted the \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/article/take-san-francisco-safe-travel-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Safe Travel Pledge\u003c/a>\", asking potential visitors to fill out an online form agreeing to adhere to 10 health and safety requirements, such as wearing a face covering when in public spaces and maintaining physical distance from others while exploring the city. At the time of writing, 869 people had taken the pledge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Josephine Santos, tourist\"]'There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local. It's a little bit refreshing, actually.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard Pickett, SF Travel’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said he’s cautiously optimistic about tourism’s return to San Francisco, though it could be a long time before the most lucrative segment, international travelers, sees an upswing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's coming back very, very slowly,\" Pickett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers are nowhere near what they were last year, of course. Yet SF Travel data shows hotel occupancy has risen from just over 15% to around 35% since April. And the number of passengers flying into San Francisco International Airport has almost doubled over the past four months, according to SFO's \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/media/facts-statistics/air-traffic-statistics/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monthly traffic statistics\u003c/a>. Steep hotel and flight price reductions in recent months may have something to do with the recent growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11845966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png\" alt=\"Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel.\" width=\"691\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png 691w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy-160x78.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Travel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"covid-19\" label=\"related coverage\"]But because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. currently restricts many international travelers from entering the country\u003c/a>, and lots of people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/drive-fly-safe-covid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still feeling jittery\u003c/a> about boarding even domestic flights, Pickett said his target audience for now is mostly Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the recovery is starting now, it's really focused on domestic visitors, and frankly, even just in-state and regional visitors,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent visit to San Francisco’s main tourist hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a>, bears this out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see some tourists,\" said Mia Harriman, general manager of \u003ca href=\"http://cioppinos.letseat.at/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cioppino’s,\u003c/a> a longtime seafood restaurant with a big, umbrella’d outdoor patio right there on the main drag. \"We had people from Texas the other day. They said that they flew out and that was fine, except for the fact there was no bar on the plane. That was their biggest complaint.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845989 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Harriman, general manager of Cioppino’s, a longtime seafood restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Harriman said the overwhelming majority of customers she's met haven’t traveled nearly as far to sample Cioppino’s signature seafood stew and cocktails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen quite a few from San Diego and Los Angeles,\" Harriman said. \"So it seems like a lot of people are coming from Southern California. And they are driving up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same thing goes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>, another of the city's major tourist destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent visitors to Alcatraz are mostly from Northern and Southern California,\" wrote a spokesman for ferry operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Cruises\u003c/a>, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an intrepid few are flying in from out of state, like Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos of Jersey City, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845991 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos are on vacation in San Francisco from New Jersey. It's the couple's third visit to the city. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local,\" said Santos, standing in line for the Alcatraz ferry on her third visit to the city. \"It's a little bit refreshing, actually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple is slightly disappointed that some of the infamous prison's inside spaces, including the cell block, are off-limits right now for COVID-19 distancing safety reasons and a long-awaited seismic retrofit construction project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Arcos and Santos are relieved San Francisco is taking visitors’ well-being so seriously. Boats to Alcatraz are operating at reduced capacity, only a maximum of 750 people are allowed on the island per day (down from roughly 5,000 before the pandemic), and there are multiple hand sanitizing stations on the dock, on the ferry and on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845993 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Alcatraz Island. The famous tourist destination reopened to visitors in August. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's good to see how many people are wearing masks, socially distancing and following all the rules,\" said Santos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm glad that San Francisco is taking the proper precautions, because this is a really big city,\" Arcos added. \"They're handling it well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current city guidelines recommend that people quarantine themselves for two weeks after arriving (or returning) to San Francisco. While self-quarantining isn't required, city officials are considering emphasizing its role in preventing a possible travel-related spike in COVID-19 cases during the holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One of the most obvious signs of tourism’s potential comeback to San Francisco ought to be the sight of the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.skystarwheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyStar Observation Wheel\u003c/a>, creating countless Instagram moments as it gently rotates above the tree tops of Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or so you’d think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a sunny weekday afternoon, dozens of people wait in line to take the 10-minute to 12-minute ride on the Ferris wheel-style attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those riders generally aren't visitors to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're mainly seeing San Francisco locals and people from surrounding counties,\" said SkyStar greeter David Saffold as he checked people's temperatures at the ride's entrance and directed them to the line. Saffold said he’s yet to meet a single real tourist since the wheel finally opened for business on Oct. 21 — an opening that had been delayed for many months because of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845985 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he said people from San Francisco and surrounding counties have been showing up in droves, despite the $18-per-adult ticket price. (Kids and seniors pay $12 to ride.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. currently restricts many international travelers from entering the country\u003c/a>, and lots of people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/drive-fly-safe-covid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still feeling jittery\u003c/a> about boarding even domestic flights, Pickett said his target audience for now is mostly Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the recovery is starting now, it's really focused on domestic visitors, and frankly, even just in-state and regional visitors,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent visit to San Francisco’s main tourist hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a>, bears this out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see some tourists,\" said Mia Harriman, general manager of \u003ca href=\"http://cioppinos.letseat.at/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cioppino’s,\u003c/a> a longtime seafood restaurant with a big, umbrella’d outdoor patio right there on the main drag. \"We had people from Texas the other day. They said that they flew out and that was fine, except for the fact there was no bar on the plane. 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And they are driving up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same thing goes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>, another of the city's major tourist destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent visitors to Alcatraz are mostly from Northern and Southern California,\" wrote a spokesman for ferry operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Cruises\u003c/a>, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an intrepid few are flying in from out of state, like Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos of Jersey City, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845991 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos are on vacation in San Francisco from New Jersey. It's the couple's third visit to the city. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local,\" said Santos, standing in line for the Alcatraz ferry on her third visit to the city. \"It's a little bit refreshing, actually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple is slightly disappointed that some of the infamous prison's inside spaces, including the cell block, are off-limits right now for COVID-19 distancing safety reasons and a long-awaited seismic retrofit construction project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Arcos and Santos are relieved San Francisco is taking visitors’ well-being so seriously. Boats to Alcatraz are operating at reduced capacity, only a maximum of 750 people are allowed on the island per day (down from roughly 5,000 before the pandemic), and there are multiple hand sanitizing stations on the dock, on the ferry and on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845993 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Alcatraz Island. 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