Golden Gate Park is a major venue for the Bay Area's residents to go to unwind, commune with nature, dance freely and participate in epoch defining celebrations. Yet like the cityscape it relieves, Golden Gate Park is a man made construction. And like the city, it too has eradicated the land upon which it was built.
Glenn Robert Lym Architect AIA/PhD
HERE2 Video Podcast:
A History of Golden Gate Park
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So the history of Golden Gate Park is more than a history of hard and |
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The construction of Golden Gate Park, wittingly or not, creates a myth of HERE2 is below. The video controls are along the bottom. Clicking the diagonal arrow on the lower right expands the video fullscreen. Press the "escape" to exit fullscreen mode.
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You can also view HERE2 on YouTube. Due to its length and YouTube's file size and duration restrictions, HERE2 on YouTube consists of 2 separate, lower quality videos. |
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Westerdorf online at the Library of Congress, Music Division: Music of the Nation - American Sheet Music from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html "Garfield-A Nation's Tribute of Rejoicing and Prayer for the Recovery of Their Beloved President" 1881 by Frank N. Scott online at the Library of Congress, Music Division: Music of the Nation - American Sheet Music from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html Mid Winter Exposition "The Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah" 1894 - performed by the Battery Band of New York City, "Cylinder of the Month" from http://www.tinfoil.com/cm-0212.htm#ny-hallelujahcho "The Esquimaux Dance" 1892 - performed by William Tuson on Clarinet, with piano, anvil and dog accompaniment, "Cylinder of the Month" from http://www.tinfoil.com/cm-9906.htm#nj-danc Concourse Band Shell "Circus Band" by Charles Ives from "Charles Ives An American Journey" Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus Ending, Eastward Park Flyover "One Jam" by Glenn Lym from http://www.myspace.com/glennlym |
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