The view from Buena Vista Park. Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and by Buena Vista Avenue West and Buena Vista Avenue East. The park is on a steep hill that peaks at 575 feet (175 m), and covers 37 acres (150,000 m²). The lowest section is the north end along Haight. The view of San Francisco from Buena Vista Park File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Haight Street, in San Francisco, is perhaps best known as the principle street in San Franciscos Haight Ashbury, aka the Upper Haight district. ...
The layout of the park uses the steep hill to great advantage, offering excellent views of the city (particularly to the north) as well as impressive natural beauty.
Muni bus lines 6, 7, 66, and 71 pass Buena Vista directly north along Haight. The 37 passes along the ridge at the south end. The 43, 33, and 24 come within a few blocks. The N Judah runs through the Sunset Tunnel, which is directly below the park. The San Francisco Municipal Railway, or Muni as it is commonly known, is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California. ...
Two N Judah trains on Judah Street near 9th Avenue N Judah train entering the eastern portal of the Sunset Tunnel The N Judah is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California that mainly serves the Cole Valley and Sunset neighborhoods. ...
The Sunset Tunnel is a tunnel in San Francisco, California, USA that is used by the N Judah Muni Metro line. ...
The park, with its thick foliage and secluded pathways, has long been known as a nighttime "cruising ground" for gay men, who meet in the park for anonymous sexual encounters. Cruising for sex, or more commonly, cruising, denotes the act of walking or driving about a locality in search or pursuit of a suitable partner for sex, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. ...
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Specific points of interest
- The hill is composed primarily of sand and San Francisco chert, formed in the Mesozoic period.
- At the peak of the park is a small lawn offering views to the east, north, and west, including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Marin Headlands. Other excellent views are available from various lookouts lower down, including "The Window," an overlook on the western side of the hill from which there is a sweeping vista of Golden Gate Park, the Pacific Ocean, and, on clear days, northward up the coast to the white cliffs of Drake's Beach.
- The east side of the slope is particularly notable for a group of majestic trees that are believed to date from the park's inception.
- The paths along the west side are lined with gutters built by WPA workers out of broken headstones from the City's Victorian cemeteries at Lone Mountain (i.e. Laurel Heights), which were moved to Colma in 1930s.[1] In a few cases the inscriptions were placed facing up and can be discerned (Cf. the Wave Organ).
- Across the street from the south side of the park is 355 Buena Vista East, an architecturally memorable building appearing briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. The building, constructed in 1928 as St. Joseph's Hospital, has been converted to condominiums. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The west side of the park near Frederick features a particular noteworthy example of the modern-architecture work of Cass Calder Smith, as featured in many architectural magazines including Dwell Magazine.
- The northeast corner staircase features a large peace symbol (the classic Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament variety) shaped out of flower plantings.
- According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, when a neighborhood dowager was asked if she feared for her safety because of the "cruising" activity in the park, the lady replied with a smile, "Heavens no! I feel secure in knowing that if I ever cried out in distress at least half a dozen strapping young men would likely appear to come to my assistance."[citation needed]
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...
View to the northwest, towards the Marin headlands The Golden Gate Bridge in morning fog, viewed from the north, just below and east of the headlands. ...
WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 by Presidential order (Congress funded it annually but did not set it up). ...
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Colma is a small town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula next to Daly City and South San Francisco. ...
A binaural listening booth The Wave Organ is an unusual device constructed in San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. ...
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ...
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Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ...
References - ^ Details of the dismantlement of the Lone Mountain cemetaries in the Encyclopedia of San Francisco.
See also This is a list of hills in San Francisco, California. ...
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