It's fully functional
To the west end of the park
The pacific beach on the westmost part of the city
and the occasional blot of paint!
Catching a bus along Fulton Street
this place is excellent for jogging
which we are heading next!
walking along the gardens
That's all folks!
it's essentially a nursery and greenhouse
digging the cool trees here
the de young in the background
The front gardens
winter planters by the conservatory
The flower beds in winter
The Music Concourse Bandshell
The temple and seats in place
The John F Kennedy drive serving the park
It's an open garden
you can see far from the tower
The park's rather sparse
view from the temple
and surrounding art show
The Music concourse
many statues along the common paths
sword Taiqi!
The Dutch Windmill!
bu tthere's more to that
overlooking the de young museum
the concourse fountain
lotsa walking to do
such as the Conservatory of flowers
which are mostly London plane and Scotch elm
decked out with monuments
blending modern and traditional art together
history of the concourse
tick tock!
moving on to open plains
complete with authentic graffiti
and houses a collection of rare and exotic plants
built in 1878...
it's opened in September 2008 designed by Renzo Piano
Look Ludwig van Beethoven!
It is a rather huge park to begin with
it's an active garden all year round
Roman Gladiator commemorates the excavation of the Music Concourse in 1893
Here we are at the east end of the golden gate park
one of the largest natural history museums in US
many of the main galleries feature modern art
mmm chowder.... :P