Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. At 1017 acres (4.1 kmē), it is in the shape of a long rectangle, similar in shape but 174 acres (0.7 kmē) larger than Central Park in New York.Top photos chosen by u all:
greener future
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The most striking architectural feature of the new Academy will be the undulating, living roof. Inspired by the natural world, the undulations will read as hills against the surrounding landscape. The roof will slope over interior exhibitions 5 stories below. The Morrison Planetarium and rainforest exhibit will be discernible from the exterior as elevations in the roofline. Planted with a variety of Northern California native plants, the roof will blend the building with the surrounding park and provide benefits to local wildlife. The living roof will enhance the performance of the new Academy building and reduce the building's impact on the environment. Each year, the roof will prevent approximately two million gallons of rainwater from becoming storm-water runoff that carries salt, sand, soil, pesticides, fertilizers, oil, litter, and other pollutants into nearby ecosystems. The roof will provide excellent insulation, improve air quality, and require very little maintenance. The new Academy is still under construction until later this year and will open in late 2008. The California Academy of the Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
7th Ave & Lincoln
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This house has always caught my eye, but I didn't quite know how to photograph it because it's surrounded by a lot of traffic, power lines and other visual distractions. I took this shot with just a blank blue sky behind it to give the best color contrast. I like how it came out!
queen wilhelmina tulip garden
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golden gate park - san francisco, california
Park Benches and Pond
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Lloyd Lake, No. 1 in a set. Best Large.
Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States.
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Drum Bridge-San Francisco
Nearest places of interest:
Duboce Triangle Dolores Heights | Lower Haight Western Addition |
