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The general manager is appointed by the mayor of San Francisco.General Manager Phil Ginsburg oversees a staff of over 850 that includes gardeners, foresters, natural resource, pest management and nursery specialists, recreation and summer camp staff, lifeguards, park rangers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, metal shop/welders and painters from the historic headquarters inside McLaren Lodge ...
Camp Mather is the 337-acre (136 ha) Sierra Nevada family summer camp in Mather, California run by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department which welcomes nearly 10,000 campers each summer. Founded in 1923, the camp opened in 1924 and offers nearly three months of week-long camping experiences each year.
Moscone Recreation Center is a park located between Chestnut Street and Bay Street, Laguna Street and Webster Street in San Francisco's Marina District. The area was renamed in honor of San Francisco mayor George Moscone , who was assassinated in 1978.
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.. National Park Service. Golden Gate National Recreation Area (partially), including ...
Potrero del Sol Park, San Francisco Potrero del Sol Park, formally known as “La Raza Park,” is an urban park located at the intersection of Potrero Avenue and 25th St [1] in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District within San Francisco’s Mission District. The 4.5 acre park houses San Francisco’s largest skate park, a large event and ...
McLaren Lodge is an historic building within Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, U.S..Built in 1896, the building served dual use; as the home of the superintendent of the park department John McLaren, until his death in 1943; and also serves as the headquarters for the San Francisco Parks Department (now known as San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department).
[1] [2] The property then sat unused until 2014, when the city Board of Supervisors voted to hand over the property from the utility district to the city's Recreation and Parks Department. The park was then built by Francisco Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization supported by the donations from the neighbors and community, and finally ...
John McLaren Park is a park in southeastern San Francisco. At 312.54 acres (126.48 ha), McLaren Park is the third largest park in San Francisco by area, after Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.