Arts & Entertainment 'Monumental' New Sculpture Installation Commemorating America's First Slaves Likely Coming to Golden Gate Park A collection of 350 sculptures that commemorate America's "original sin" of slavery is set to arrive by Juneteenth at the Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.
SF News Reminder That This Is the Last Weekend to See 'Entwined' at Golden Gate Park "Entwined," the array of glowing LED structures at Golden Gate Park, has become an Instagram darling since debuting in the winter of 2020 — but with its month-long extension coming to a close, this is the last weekend to see it before the installation goes dark.
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.
SF News Golden Gate Park's Bioluminescent-Like LED Forest Will Now Be on Display Until April 4 The public light installation that's been glowing inside Golden Gate Park's Peacock Meadow since December was expected to dim entirely by the end of February; it's now been extended to shine until April 4.
SF News Another Smash-and-Grab Caught On Video, This Time in Golden Gate Park, and Victim Chased Down Thief If you want a sense of the sheer volume of petty crime going on in San Francisco, you need only look at Twitter or Reddit, basically, because there's so much that some of it is getting caught on video in broad daylight.
Arts & Entertainment Decision Delayed for Extension of Golden Gate Park Ferris Wheel At the request of several SF supervisors, the Historic Preservation Commission held off on a final decision about whether to grant a four-year extension for the 150-foot-tall observation wheel in Golden Gate Park
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.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Golden Gate Park Ferris Wheel Shuts Down San Francisco added 521 COVID cases since Thanksgiving, the percentage of homes on the market in SF with reduced listings hits nine-year high, and the UC application deadline has been extended after a technical glitch.
Arts & Entertainment Ferris Wheel Opens In Golden Gate Park and the Views Are Pretty Sweet Book your rides on the 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park while the weather's still nice and clear! The new attraction celebrating the park's 150th birthday opened to the public on Wednesday.
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 150-Foot-Tall Ferris Wheel in Golden Gate Park and Academy of Sciences Set October Opening Dates Some of the 150th anniversary celebrations for Golden Gate Park are actually going to happen this year after all, and at the very least the 150-foot-tall "observation wheel" that we were promised is, in fact, opening for rides soon.
Arts & Entertainment Marauding Gang of Raccoons Spotted In Golden Gate Park, Also a Coyote Recently a father and son on a stroll through Golden Gate Park came upon a gang of 14 raccoons, many of them juveniles, along a paved walking path near the ocean, and they shot a video.
SF News Photos: Hippie Hill Is Indeed Gated Off and Locked Up for 4/20 The City made good on its vow to proactively smoke out any attempt at 4/20 gatherings in Robin Williams Meadow, as six-foot chain link fences are bolted together and barricading the area.
Arts & Entertainment Dispensaries and Stoner Celebs Say Stay Away from the Park on 4/20, Offer Livestreams Instead The SFPD vows “the consequences probably won’t be favorable” for would-be Hippie Hill 4/20 crashers, and local cannabis bigwigs are making efforts to keep stoners staying at home.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Park Welcomes Five New Baby Bison! In addition to the 150-foot Ferris wheel we have to look forward to as part of the sesquicentennial celebration of Golden Gate Park next month, Rec and Parks will also be officially introducing five new bison yearlings, doubling the size of the local herd.
SF News SF’s Largest-Ever AIDS Quilt Display Coming for Golden Gate Park Anniversary We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, as the biggest AIDS Memorial Quilt display San Francisco has ever seen will be part of Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary proceedings.
Arts & Entertainment 150-Foot Ferris Wheel Coming to Golden Gate Park In honor of the park's 150th birthday in 2020, a 150-foot ferris wheel — or, as they're calling it, observation wheel — is getting installed in Golden Gate Park.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Park Getting 17 New Tennis Courts There's a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, April 17 for a $27 million Rec & Parks project to completely demolish and replace the 118-year-old Golden Gate Tennis Center near the Conservatory of Flowers.
SF News Masked Man Robs Museum-Goers At Gunpoint Shots rang out in Golden Gate Park Thursday night, when a robber accosted two people as they left an event at an area museum. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the mugging
SF News Man Fights For Life Following Crash Into Golden Gate Park Trees Three people were injured, one severely, after two drivers passing through Golden Gate Park lost control and slammed into some nearby trees. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crash occurred at
Arts & Entertainment Conservatory Of Flowers' 'Summer Of Love' Light Show Extends Run Through Thanksgiving The Conservatory of Flowers has announced that their popular Summer of Love-anniversary projection-mapped light show, Photosynthesis, will continue to be shown through November 26th. In a press release, they write that the project
SF News Vandal Melts Slides, Causes $1 Million Damage To Popular Golden Gate Park Playground An early-morning arson fire destroyed a popular Golden Gate Park playground Sunday, an act that will cost a million dollars to repair. NBC Bay Area reports that firefighters were called to the Koret