Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park er den største byparken i San Francisco i California i USA. Med dei 4,1 km² (parken er 5 km lang og 800 meter brei) er den større enn Central Park i New York. Parken vart planlagd av Frederick Law Olmsted og hans assistent John McLaren i 1860-åra på land som da vart vurdert som ueigna for busetnad, og anlagt i 1870-årane under William Hammond Halls leiing. Parken har ikkje berre stort landareal med planter og trær, men òg mange bygningar. Jordskjelvet i San Francisco i 1906 gjorde liten skade.

Det inngjekk betydeleg landskapsarkitektur i parken, som kunstige vannløp, ein foss og innsjøar, slik at det vart til eit avvekslende og troverdig naturleg anlegg. I 1875 vart det planta 60 000 tre i parken (for det meiste eukalyptus, montereyfuru og montereysypress) for å stabilisera terrenget. Seinare er ytterlegare omtrent like mange tre tilkome. To vindmøller av hollandsk inspirasjon kom på plass i 1903 heilt vest i parken, for å pumpa vatn opp i parken.

Parken inneheld fleire av San Franciscos severdigheiter, blant anna De Young-museet, California Academy of Science og Conservatory of Flowers. Her er òg USAs eldste japanske tehage, Japanese Tea Garden. Makato Hagiwara, ein japansk anleggsgartner, som i 1895 anla og forvalta så tehagen med dens bonsaitrær, dens tehus og alt det øvrige fram til 1942, reknast som utviklaren av dei såkalla Fortune cookies. Anlegget har den såkalte Drum Bridge og seinare kom ei pagode og zen-hage til.

Ei rekkje statuar av historiske skikkelsar er spreidd rundt om i parken, av Francis Scott Key, Robert Emmet, Robert Burns, dobbelmonumentet til Johann Goethe og Friedrich Schiller, General Pershing, Beethoven, Giuseppe Verdi, president Garfield og Thomas Starr King. Bronsestatuen av Don Quixote og hans følgjeven, Sancho Panza, knelande føran deres skapar, Cervantes, kombinerer fiktive skikkelsar med ein historisk forfattar.

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Polaskuta «Gjøa» lå tidledere på parken, men ho vart flyt til Noreg i 1972

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Litteratur

  • Elizabeth May McClintock og Richard G. Turner: The Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco, Heyday,‎ 2001, 244 s. ISBN 9781890771287.
  • Terence G. Young: Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930:, Johns Hopkins University Press,‎ 2004, 260 s. ISBN 9780801874321.
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SFist
3 August 2014
It's got its faults and some sketchy characters, but it's THE park of SF, period. It's got it all: stadium, conservatory, and some of the finest patches of grass on which to trip your balls off.
Karen
30 April 2018
Plan to spend a whole day here. There's so much to see and do. Look out for the free shuttle that'll take you around the park when you're tired. Super friendly drivers.
Mike Campton
2 August 2012
So many things to do here! Visit the bison paddock, Cal Academy of Science, deYoung Museum. Best explored by bike. Fun fact: GG Park is the largest park in America, larger than Central Park in NYC.
Brian Strauss
7 January 2018
A country side within a city, a manicured wilderness. Get lost forever but be home in time for dinner. Rent a boat on Stowe Lake and then take in the Sunset at Ocean Beach.
Wilson Favre-Delerue
12 April 2016
Incredibly well kept park, especially in view of San Francisco's often shabby public cleaning standards. A lovely park to take in some culture or go for a long stroll or bike ride.
David Lytle
9 December 2011
Roller skating, lawnbowling, drum circles, the country's first public playground, buffalo, boating -- pick an activity and go for it!
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