As the sun rose over JFK Promenade on Sunday morning, Dec. 18, thousands of people gathered in the Golden Gate Park to watch the stunning finale of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Press Release: More Than 3,000 Soccer Fans Watch World Cup Final in GG Park
Press Release: Final World Cup Match Watch Party in GG Park Dec. 18
On Sunday, Dec. 18, soccer fans will gather along the JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park at 7 a.m. to watch Argentina and France face off for the 2022 World Cup finals.
Children With Disabilities Enjoy Therapeutic Recreation Day in GG Park
With a Saturday morning mist pattering down on the leafy foliage of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, Marcela Guerrero and her 10-year-old son Matteo strolled hand-in-hand to the tucked-away Celebration Garden. Huddled in his coat, Matteo brims with a smile as he recognizes familiar faces from the Therapeutic Recreation Inclusion Services Team – friends whom he has not seen since summer camp. For Matteo and his mom, this is their first family recreation day for children with disabilities.
‘Looking Back’: GG Park Carousel
In a pavilion in Golden Gate Park is a charming carousel that has been entertaining children of all ages since the late 1800s.
Stow Lake May Be Renamed, Racism Charged
Another change for Golden Gate Park has been launched with an effort to rename Stow Lake, and the boathouse that serves it, after revelations that its namesake, the 19th-Century politician William W. Stow, was virulently anti-Semitic.
‘Looking Back’: Doughboy Statue
America’s participation in World War I spurred the creation of memorials not just honoring a hometown’s fallen soldiers, but a memorial could be dedicated to deceased members of a connected organization.
Letter to the Editor: Save the JFK Promenade and Great Walkway
JFK Promenade and The Great Walkway, less than three miles, are two places where pedestrians, cyclists, runners, people who are blind, people who use wheelchairs, children, and pets can feel safe and breathe in clean air.
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City leadership has been missing in action across a range of issues, so not surprisingly a San Francisco Chronicle opinion poll found Mayor London Breed with less than 25% favorability rating, and the Board of Supervisors with 12%.
Letter to the Editor: We Are Humans, Not Tech Upgrades
I am retired and able to visit Golden Gate Park when I wish. However, there are retired girlfriends of mine who worked many years as civil servants in SF who do not enjoy that privilege.
Press Release: New Paving and Design at Waller Street Skate Park
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department rolled out improvements to the Waller Street Skate Park today—a project spearheaded by local skaters who helped shape its inclusive design that honors its street skateboarding roots.
Letter to the Editor: Luring More People Onto JFK Drive
A Sept. 27 article in the Chronicle revealed “a project to lure (emphasis mine) more people to JFK” which includes installing three 7-foot-tall Doggie Diner heads along JFK, plus “food trucks, places to grab coffee, areas for buskers and even a small beer garden.”
Press Release: Link to Info. for Tennis Tournament in GG Park. Oct. 12-16, 2022
$40,000 pro tournament (men and women) at the GG Park Goldman Tennis Center. Free to the public. Finals on Oct. 16.
‘Looking Back’: Turtle Sundial
Atop the column is a bronze turtle representing the slowness of the passage of time. Atop of the turtle’s back is a vertical bronze hemisphere, with a map of the Americas on the curved side. The flat side of the hemisphere has inscribed portraits of the three explorers above a sundial with the Latin inscription “horam sol nolente nego,” translated by the Colonial Dames as “if the sun is unwilling I don’t tell the time.”
Letter to the Editor: Save our Park From Becoming Disneyland at the Beach
The continuing privatization of our parks by Phil Ginsburg is just plain wrong and has been done without full disclosure to the public. Who voted for Doggie Diner heads in our green space?
Murals Painted on JFK Drive Ahead of Ballot Vote
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department started converting JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park into the “JFK Promenade” by stripping away some of the road paint for guiding cars, bicycles and ADA parking spots last month.
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