t o r y o f A H i s A History of Golden Gate Park Fromm Institute - Fall 2019 - John Freeman October 16 - Quest for Civic Pride in a People’s Park
San Francisco Chronicle - July 20, 1895
Fateful End to the Bonet’s Electric Tower The Bonet Electric Tower stood a year and a half in the otherwise cleared Midwinter Fair site, waiting for the Park Commission to make a decision to save it or scrap it. Finally the irritated John McLaren took maters into his own hands, when dynamite was placed under two support legs on January 12, 1896. Now the Park staff could finish clearing the site.
Change in management of Tea Garden 1900 1900 1901 1903
Spreckels Temple of Music - Dedicated Sept. 9, 1900
New popular Sunday “focus” in Golden Gate Park
Bison herd moved to Western Golden Gate Park paddock - 1900
James Duval Phelan 1861 - 1930 Mayor: 1897 - 1902 U.S. Senator - 1914 -1920 A Complicated Biography
Mayor Phelan in 1900 evicted the Hagiwara family from the Japanese Tea Garden. He replaced staff with inexperienced “gardeners” ( political cronies) who made a mess of the attraction. The Hagiwara family relocated across from GG Park, opening a more comprehensive and authentic Japanese operation and a commercial nursery.
Western Golden Gate Park c. 1900 1888 F&CHRR.. 1896 Sutro R.R. Beach Chalet Ferries & Cliff House R.R Steam (1883 - 1898) Electric (various names) (1898 - 1947)
Park’s Western Beachhead Original Beach Chalet 1892 - 1922 The Odyssey of the Original Beach Chalet John Freeman - 2011
Original Beach Chalet 1892 - 1924 1895
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