Arts & Entertainment Mayor Breed Wants To Keep That Giant Ferris Wheel at Fisherman’s Wharf Another Year and a Half The 150-foot Ferris wheel that’s technically known as the SkyStar Observation Wheel is scheduled to shut down April 30, but could stay at Fisherman’s Wharf through October 2025 if Mayor Breed gets her way.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Park Ferris Wheel Moving to Fisherman's Wharf Ahead of APEC Summit The Ferris wheel that's been spinning next to Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse for three years is relocating to the more heavily touristed Fisherman's Wharf, and will reopen in two weeks.
SF Politics Supervisor Peskin Proposes Moving the Golden Gate Ferris Wheel to His District, at Fisherman’s Wharf Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who was not a fan of putting the SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park, is now a fan of putting it in his own district in time for November’s APEC Summit.
SF Politics Audit Finds $3.5 Million In Anonymous Donations to SF Parks Alliance, Calls Out 'Potential Conflicts of Interest' Supervisor Connie Chan is not done snooping into the finances of the San Francisco Parks Alliance, with an audit she ordered finding millions in anonymous donations, but no smoking gun.
SF Politics SF Board of Supervisors Approves Four-Year Extension of Ferris Wheel, Rejecting Challenge Several supes expressed exasperation about the fact that they were spending so much time and energy on this. And in the end, they voted 6-5 to let the contract stand as-is, at four years, in what will be cast as a victory for fun.
SF Politics Peskin and Chan Appear Likely to Thwart Ferris Wheel Extension, Shorten It To One Year At Tuesday's SF Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan maneuvered to get their way and keep Rec & Parks from extending the contract for the 150-foot-tall observation wheel in Golden Gate Park for another four years.
Arts & Entertainment Ferris Wheel Approved to Stay in Golden Gate Park Until 2025, But Two Supervisors Push Back, Call for Board Vote The goddamn drama continues over the Ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park, with two SF supervisors siding with a group of cranky residents who hate fun and joy and/or think that the attraction is going to bother the birds.
Arts & Entertainment Rec & Parks Looks to Keep Giant Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park Through 2025 Originally slated as a one-year installation that was part of the celebration of the Golden Gate Park sesquicentennial, the 150-foot-tall observation wheel at the Music Concourse might get a four-year extension.
Arts & Entertainment Rec & Parks Seeks to Keep Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park For Longer; Activists Complain of Impacts On Birds San Franciscans barely got to enjoy the 150-foot tall "observation wheel" in its 5.5 weeks of operation this fall, and parks officials now want to get its permit extended through next year.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Park Ferris Wheel Opens Next Week With 36 Fully Enclosed Gondolas The 150-foot-tall "Observation Wheel" that was erected earlier this year in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Golden Gate Park is going to begin taking passengers for 12-minute rides starting on Wednesday, October 21.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight It's that time of the year again for San Francisco magazine's Best of the Bay party. The annual bash features lots of eats, drinks and chances to win prizes. Be prepared to fork
