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The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Park Presidio Boulevard is a road and park in San Francisco, California, which connects Golden Gate Park to the Presidio of San Francisco. [1] It carries California State Route 1 along its entire route. The land was purchased in 1903, for the sum of $360,000, as an extension of Golden Gate Park. [2]
East of Park-Presidio Boulevard and bordering Golden Gate Park's northeast corner, Balboa Hollow is the gateway to the main park attractions, including the Music Concourse, flanked by the de Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences; the Conservatory of Flowers; and the San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Presidio Terrace is a small, extremely affluent [1] gated [2] neighborhood in San Francisco that was the first of the master-planned communities built in the western part of the city. It consists of 36 large lots laid out around a single privately owned street, also called Presidio Terrace, which takes the form of a two-way access street ...
Baker Beach is part of the Presidio, which was a military base from the founding of San Francisco by the Spanish in 1812 until 1997. In 1904, it was fortified with disappearing gun installations known as Battery Chamberlin, which can still be viewed today. [4]
About a million gallons per day—half the average flow of the creek—is diverted to a water treatment facility in the Presidio. [ 5 ] 37°47′26″N 122°29′07″W / 37.790485°N 122.48525°W / 37.790485; -122.48525
Torpedo Wharf is a wharf in the Presidio of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California. The site has been a wharf since 1854, and earned its current name when the United States Army built a naval mine depot c. 1907–1909. The current wharf was established in 1941, and now serves as a popular tourist destination. [1] [2]
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