Golden Gate Park

By Alyssa, Marissa & Will

Will

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• 1,017 acres
• Over 3 miles wide from east to west
• About ½ mile north to south
• Over 13 million annual visitors
• 5th most visited park in the U.S.A.
• In the beginning ¾ of the park was ocean
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queen Wilhelmina Windmills and tulip garden

• Named after an old ruler of the Netherlands
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Marissa

• 1860’s planned to transform the bleak sand and shore dunes into a park.
• 1870 field engineer William Hammond Hill organized survey that would help develop blueprint
• Year later he was deemed commissioner of the project
• In the beginning of the construction, ¾ of the park was covered in ocean dunes but soon many trees had been planted.
• By 1975 the area had bloomed with almost 60,000 trees
• Blue Gum Eucalyptus & the Monterey Pine
• 4 years later, about 155,00 more trees had been planted over 1,000 acres of land.
• In 1903 Dutch Windmills had been placed at the western end of the park with a duty pump water and life throughout the park

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• Japanese Tea Garden served as part of the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 but then later was kept as part of the park
• Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum plans were recognized in the 1890’s but the planting had kept pushing back until 1937 due the lack of funding.
• Another attraction, The De Young Museum was first built in 1921 then had undergone complete renovation and had reopened in 2005
• Throughout the years, structures have weakened due to earthquakes which has caused many renovations

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• In 1995, a major storm with 100 mph wrecked havoc on the conservatory flowers, shattering 40% of the glass
• Then in 2003 it was opened again after major repairs

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Japanese Tea Garden

• Monterey pine tree is located at the front gate of the garden
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Golden GAte Park History

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